Am I the only IE user on this thing? I’ve been bothered by invisible text ever since we built this extension onto the porch. I googled several times on the problem over the last few months to no avail until today. This website discusses a bug in IE that causes the problem, so I screwed up our CSS by adding a ‘line-height’ setting in several places (including some that probably don’t need it) and I don’t have the problem anymore.

Which leads to a bigger issue: If you see any quirks with BPB that are troublesome, let me know (and keep hassling me about it). Between this and the CGI Timeouts I think I’ve addressed any outstanding issues, but I need your help to keep me straight.

Here’s a couple whammies on the whitehouse today.

The LA Times is reporting that the Bush administration denied a request from Gray Davis to clear dead trees from fire-prone So Cal after 6 months of sitting on the request — and only hours before the most recent fires went hog wild. I don’t have the best memory, but isn’t Bush the one who’s been touting clear-cutting as a means of fire prevention?

FEMA spokesman Chad Kolton said the agency denied Davis’ request for an emergency declaration because California was already receiving more than $40 million from the departments of Agriculture and Interior to deal with a bark beetle infestation that has damaged thousands of acres of forest in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Yes, the “we’ve already given them enough money, why should we give them anymore” defense will stand here…

In other environmental related news, the Washington Post has an article saying that the Bushies are going to allow hunters and circuses in this country greater access to species that are endangered in other countries. I don’t neccesarily oppose this one, but the idea that it

would feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay for conservation of the remaining animals and their habitat

smells funny to me and doesn’t seem like a good reason to do it. It’s not like animal fur is really a basic need despite that Jaime Gleicher says “People pay money for clothes, but shouldn’t it be, like, a free necessity, like water, because you need it?”

If you’ve been to a movie lately, you’ve seen the anti-piracy ads. I’m not sure why they put these ads up at the movies since anyone at the theater is already a paying customer. Next they’ll be putting commercials on TV that decry fast-forwarding through commercials. After the anti-piracy ad, though, I did have to do some soul-searching about an upcoming film or two.

I sincerely doubt it, but that’s what one Salon writer thinks might happen. Reading with even a slightly critical eye, you can figure out where the author stands on the Iraq situation… I hope he’s not just stirring the pot to try and scare 18 year olds into protesting/moving to Canada. I wonder why he didn’t use a Clinton reference when discussing draft loopholes… :-)

Good news for all you cycling fans. As Jank stated here the highly touted Once squad, who’s title and supporting sponsors are set to withdraw this year. But have no fear Liberty Segueros, a division of Liberty Mutual is picking up the slack and keeping the main riders in tact for the next five years.

Let the hoopla of next years’ Tour continue to blossom.