Archive for January, 2009
Man, this some good writing…
There must be something to this Ivy League thing.
Question About My Moral Duty
Okay, so here’s my dilemma.
I was mostly out of work for the last twenty months. There was a good deal of free-lance work, but not a lot in the way of long-term security. Just at the end of last year, I hooked an excellent gig for a programmer such as myself. Better than average pay, [...]
For You Logic Students
This is a perfect example of “begging the question”, when you set the problem up so that you get a predetermined answer..
Do blacks care about black on black crime?
Uh…Yes..
For Some Things, There Is No Excuse
Let’s say that the proposed explanation of the shooting is true: that the officer thought he was using his taser and grabbed his gun instead. In the heat of the moment, I could see how that could happen.
It doesn’t matter.
A Red-Letter Day For Science.
Hard working field biologists discover a new species of invertebrate.
Failure is Not an Option
The spousal unit is out of town for three days. I wouldn’t expect to see a lot of posting as I am now outnumbered by my offspring.
I was looking for a clip of the Bill Paxton “Game Over, Man” bit from Aliens to put here, but could get the embed to work. The quality was [...]
Shouldn’t You Be Hiding Those?
I’m a big fan of Jessica Hagy’s blog, Indexed. Check out her latest post.
Fitting that much zeitgeist into a 3×5 card is amazing.
The Audacity of Dopes
Full marks to Bill Richardson for getting out ahead of the tar and feathering party coming down the town square.
But was this dude really so delusional that he didn’t think that a grand-chrissakes-jury-investigation wouldn’t be a bit of an impediment to a government job right about now?
I know, I know, the world hasn’t really changed [...]
The Affability of Incompetence
If the Nazis represented the banality of evil, our soon to be ex-President is surely the face of The Affability of Incompetence.