Did Loughner see Palin’s own most notorious contribution to the rancorous tone — her March 2010 Web graphic targeting Congressional districts? We have no idea — nor does it matter. But Giffords did. Her reaction to it — captured in an interview she did back then with Chuck Todd of MSNBC — was the most recycled, if least understood, video of last week. The week of that interview began with the House passing the health care bill on Sunday. Within hours, on Monday morning, vandals smashed the front door of Giffords’s office in Tucson. The Palin “target” map (and the accompanying Twitter dictum to “RELOAD”) went up on Tuesday, just one day after that vandalism — timing that was at best tone-deaf and at worst nastily provocative. Not just Giffords, but at least three other of the 20 members of Congress on the Palin map were also hit with vandalism or death threats.

Don’t ruin the internet! Give credit where credit is due.

I love this comment so much that I want to memorize it to repeat to haters on the fly. Especially point #1. Thank you, “Kat!”

“Seriously?” is my reaction, too. I find it incredible that #1) members of the general public can be so passionately disdainful about someone whom they’ve never met and not self-conscious about how ridiculous it sounds; #2) the reasons stated, like her winning an award or seeming pretentious, come across as irrational, and in some cases jealous. I think Owen Glieberman’s right. This all sounds like a collective chip on the shoulder. Paltrow got sucked into the spotlight first as Brad Pitt’s girlfriend of all things and survived tabloid windfall to establish herself as a serious actress. She carries herself with class, both professionally and personally, and doesn’t apologize for liking herself. People could learn from her. Lastly, I’m a military member who loves my country. Yet I have been stationed in several countries and won’t hesitate to point out their cultural advantages and disadvantages. That’s not being pretentious. That’s refusing to confuse patriotism with ignorance.

Fried potatoes of doom!

This is genius! The staggered drawers are a brilliant solution. I can think of a million uses for a sorting box like this - craft supplies, hair accessories, small toys, or collectables. 

This is a project I think I’ll start working on now for next year. This is a tree I would enjoy putting up and taking down each year. There are endless ways to customize the look by simply swapping out ornaments. You could arrange by color, shape, or theme.

I adore this pillar-shaped nativity set. See more at Bijou Kaleidoscope.

This is an open letter to the entertainment industry and people in charge of DRM, rights management, and all that stuff that makes it hard to have it my way (hello Hulu, your licensing issues have made things not easy).

Please just let things work, on all platforms and devices, (specifically Netflix and Android). I’m a 36 year old who works hard all day and wants to relax with music, movies, and television when I’m home. I don’t have the time or desire to pirate music, movies or software. I want to pay you a subscription fee to access these programs. You can take it directly out of my checking account every month!

I want to look up a tv show on my phone or internet capable device, then plug it into my tv. I might decide to watch it in the other room instead, because the kids and dog are making too much noise, so I pause my device, unplug it, and move into another room, where I can resume watching my favorite show where I left off. And I don’t want to pay a monthly fee for each device (Tivo, that one’s for you).

For every kid, college student, or dropout hacker who wants to steal your product and give it away, there are many hard working citizens who would gladly pay you money to make it easier for us to be entertained in our homes. Quit focusing on what you might lose, and look at what you stand to gain!