FOURTH OF JULY

I celebrated Independence Day at Blue Chip Café with some colleagues. We ate hot dogs, baked beans, salsa dip, etc. and drank a couple of beers, e.g. Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Red Seal Ale.

[Editor's note: Will you watch the fireworks at your place?]



[Editor's note: Who is your favorite historical person?]



231 Years Young by John Cox.

Mid-week roundup links:

Berliner on Independence Day by Gus Van Horn.

Thomas Jefferson's Last Letter by Paul Hsieh.

The Declaration of Independence by Nicholas Provenzo.

Citizen Hitchens Celebrates July 4th by Pajamas Media's Richard Miniter. [Editor's comment: I have added God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens to my wish list at Amazon.]

I'm American by Stuck Mojo.



[Via Contrarians].

GREEN CAT

Have you heard about green cats?



Morris has found his "the grass is greener here"-place...

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SWICKI SEARCH

I have added Egoist Swicki to the blog. For more information, check out the following resources:

Swicki tutorial at About.com.
What's is a swicki on Squidoo.

Swicki

COMFY CHAIR REVOLUTION

[Editor's comment: Could a Chesterfield be classified as a comfy chair?

I got my hands on An Army of Davids (hardcover edition $5) by Glenn Reynolds for $14 in total, including shipping and handling to Sweden. (I saw the offer in a Pajamas Media ad on my blog.) I will put the book in our library at Blue Chip Business Center & Café. I have read the first chapter. The third chapter has the title, The Comfy Chair Revolution.

BORDERLINE

Is the idea of America as an melting pot dead? Have you heard about the Aztland movement? Related: My post, FAITH, CLOSED BORDERS AND NO GAMES.

Security Measures

ROUNDUP

It is time to kick-off the midweek roundup of blog posts again. I will try to publish it on Wednesdays, but it could occur on Thursdays too. I have updated my blogroll. I think I will keep my blogroll to a limited number of blogs, e.g. 30 blogs. Gus Van Horn is good at tracking new and interesting blogs. Check out his latest roundup. For more blogs, read Anita Campbell's post, Interesting Blogs Roundup and the blog review at Pajamas Media.

TEHRAN IS BURNING

Could the fuel rations in Tehran spark further resistance against the mullahs? Related: My post, KEEP THE FIRE GOING IN IRAN!

ENCYCLOPEDIA FIGHT

Encyclopædia Britannica is not throwing in the towel... Is it really a battle between Britannica and Wikipedia ? I have created a simple timeline called America. Maybe you are interested in reading about Sweden or Aristotle?

OPEN THREAD POST - LAW AND ORDER

Please comment on what's right and wrong with the law and order in today's America...

In the news:

Justice Done: Dry Cleaner Wins in Missing-Pants Case. AP / Breitbart via Pajamas Media.

Court limits student speech in 'bong hits' ruling. AP / Houston Chronicle.

Please continue this thread by a trackback or linking back to this post from your blog.

CAT CAM

I wrote that Sundays should be a day for future television shows. How about a cat cam? [Editor's comment: I am not sure that Morris would accept to wear a camera around his neck...]

LIVE FREE OR DIE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Look what supporters of Edward Lewis Brown are up to...



Here is a quote from the article, Tax resisters finding allies in cyberspace, in The Boston Globe.

He admires Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a bitter foe of the United States. Brown believes that the US government is an arm of the Freemasons, a centuries- old fraternal order that has long been a staple of conspiracy theories. (Boston.com, 06/22/07.)

WATER OF LIFE

It is a Scandinavian custom to drink aquavit during the midsummer festivities. Here is a recipe from Linie Aquavit. It is a Norwegian aquavit which has crossed the equator (linie) twice... [Editor's comment: As a person interested in logistics and purchasing, I wonder about the transport costs included in this product...]

Salmon pouches stuffed with cream cheese

(4 servings as starters)

4 slices of smoked salmon
125 grams of cream cheese
1 bunch of chives
Leaves of curled endive and lettuce
Salt, pepper
Dash of lemon
1 tsp. LINIE Aquavit


Rinse chives and cut into fine rolls. Mix cheese with chives. Season to taste with salt, pepper, lemon and LINIE. Flatten salmon slices, and put a small ball of cheese mixture in the center. Form little pouches of salmon and tie with a blade of chives. Arrange on a lettuce leaf and garnish with curled endive. (Linie.de, May 2007.)

[Editor's note: Maybe I should try to make my own bottle of "water of life" with my favorite spice...]

MIDSUMMER CAT

It is time for Friday Ark. It is midsummer holiday this weekend. I will try to post a recipe tomorrow.



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UNCLE SAM TOUR POLL

I missed to publish a venting post on Thor's day, so I have to start some thunder by adding a new EGO poll.

Opinion Polls & Market Research

The original poll was created at Bravenet.

BLOGROLL

I have to update my blogroll... Do you know any alternative to Blogrolling? Have you seen my autoroll?

EGO METRO BLOG

Metro ("The World's Largest Global Newspaper") has started a blog service. You will earn SEK 0.03 if a visitor is reading one of your posts. Talking "Tech Tuesday," John Strömstedt's blog, GadGeeks, is one of the star bloggers at Metrobloggen.se. Check out the new EGO blog at metrobloggen.se/ego.

UPDATE 06/22/07:

From The Local:

Karolina Lassbo is a successful blogger and the coordinator of Metro's new blog venture. But the self-styled glamour princess was also at the centre of an online storm last year when controversial comments about National Socialism provoked an angry reaction. (The Local, 06/20/07.)

FUTURE BLOGGING

I am contemplating to start with a weekly schedule of special posts in order to publish stuff on a regular basis.

Monday - Open thread post.

Tuesday - Tech stuff, gadgets, web 2.0, blogging trends, etc.

Wednesday - Mid-week blogrolling. I have to update my blogroll.

Thursday - Thor's day of thunder. Time for venting and raving about something that happened during the week.

Friday - Catblogging for the Friday Ark at the Modulator and writing a post for the Carnival of the Recipes on Saturday. Maybe a quiz or meme and some weekend reading material.

Saturday - Writing posts for the Carnival of the Cats and the Carnival of the Capitalists.

Sunday - A day for future podcast / radio / tv shows?

FLEMMING ROSE AND NORTHERN LIGHT

Flemming Rose, cultural editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, has joined Pajamas Media. Check out his blog, Northern Light.

Related: My post, JIHAD AGAINST THE WEST.

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