Saturday, February 23, 2008

Hail Gutenberg!

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According to Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac, today in 1455 the first Gutenberg Bible was printed. All readers, myself included,...

Stolen from Shoebox Blog

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"Barack Obama has been accused of plagiarizing some lines in his speeches. Admit it, Barack, that "Yes we can" line is totall...

Children

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Children are basically a tremendous waste of time. Except Simon.
Friday, February 22, 2008

You and I

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February 22, 2008 Apparently, there was an article in a local paper bemoaning the presence of pharmacy technicians and (some of) their lack ...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Outrage!

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http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/contests/beautifulbabies2008/index.html Obviously, the wrong baby was selected. Th...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

A few words from the master

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"What I do know is that this belonging and caring is what our games are all about;this is what we come for. It is foolish and childish,...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Drinks Are On Me

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February 19, 2008 Listened to a fascinating Justice Talking today about policing and crime. Apparently the mayor of Philadelphia is beefing ...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Time's Makin Changes

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Listened to KCRW's "Left, Right and Center" today. A lot of discussion about the Democratic race, contrasting what seems to be...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Take It To The Limit

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February 17, 2008 It feels sometimes like I have the reverse Midas touch-everything I touch turns to shit. I’ve had this feeling since I was...
Saturday, February 16, 2008

top ten

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op Ten Songs I Heard At Work Today While Waiting Patiently For My Company To Stop Being Run By Malicious Three Year Olds: “Welcome to the Ju...
Friday, February 15, 2008

The General Falls

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Bob Knight, the winningest college basketball coach ever, has quit. Makes me think of management, and how hopelessly lost my company seems t...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

War Time, Party Time

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Curt Schilling is hurt. Reports have ranged from out for the season to out until the All Star Break. Nobody really knows, of course, not eve...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

That Mitchell and Webb Look

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New (to America) sketch comedy show on BBC America Friday night. Brilliant, witty, insane. Pythonesque. Loved it. Very sad segment on "...
Friday, February 08, 2008

A Bit of a Wash

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Another fascinating Dan Carlin's Common Sense today. First item was the notion that 1979 was the key year whose repercussions are still ...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Slippery Rock

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February 4, 2008 So, the Patriots lost. I’m actually more hurt than I thought I would be. It’s more the lack of symmetry to it-the game was ...