Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
An Observation From the Supermarket Parking Lot
If you are going to be dickish enough to take a handicap parking spot, at least have the common sense not to run back and forth to your car.
A Tip For Those of You Who Are Still Single
Which I am not, and quite happily.
Forget complimenting a woman about her shoes. If she has them, tell her how cool her glasses are. Shoes change every day, but most women only have one set of glasses and she probably spent a lot of time thinking about how they make her look. They are an [...]
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.
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 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.