You can count on Dave Barry to provide bloggable material. “I’m not making this up” is his common lead-in to a story that’s so bizarre nobody could possibly have made it up.
Media Bias?
OK ..here’s something to think about. Earlier, I mentioned the Liberty and Livelihood march in London, which drew 400,000 marchers in protest of a proposed ban on foxhunting and other urban assaults on the rural way of life. The news media in this country covered it very prominently. That’s understandable, since a protest of that… Continue reading Media Bias?
Blogger’s Block?
I knew this would happen sooner or later. It’s been almost a week, and I haven’t had anything worthwhile to say here. I wandered around and looked at a couple of other blogs, and found GoogleFight, proof that some people are even more bored than I am. (I tried sex vs. chocolate .. guess which… Continue reading Blogger’s Block?
Sponsors of Terrorism
Another interesting twist in the Global War on Terrorism. Iraq’s biological weapons program, which is one of W’s excuses for bombing him (and lots of innocent civilians), got its start with considerable assistance from good old Uncle Sam. And it happened in the 80s, when Ronnie and Daddy were running the country, so we can’t… Continue reading Sponsors of Terrorism
"Non-Lethal" Weapons
Aside from the fact that the name is somewhat of a misnomer, this kind of research and development looks like another great reason to annihilate Iraq … except that it ain’t Iraq that’s working on it. Pot, meet kettle.
Five Dozen – Not 60
My co-worker Rainer sent me this gem: Many typists know “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” as a thirty-three-letter sentence that employs every letter in the alphabet at least once. Now fix your eyes on a sampling of the best pangrams of even fewer letters. What you are about to see are… Continue reading Five Dozen – Not 60
Isidore A-Dunkin\’
I can\’t take credit for that word play. I stole it from the local newspaper. Actually, so far, our share of Hurricane Isidore has been a complete blessing. As flood watch messages kept popping into my email box over the last couple of days, I pondered the irony of going from drought to flood, and… Continue reading Isidore A-Dunkin\’
Tally F’ing Ho
I just received email from the author of this Salon article about foxhunting, asking if I had seen it. Actually, I had, shortly after it was published in March 2002. But it was fun to read again, thinking “Yeah, been there, done that, couldn’t have said it that well”.
Cool Weather
Looking out the office window, I realize that the sad part of the return to pleasant weather means the student attire is shifting from halter tops and shorts to sweats and jeans. There are just a few weeks each year when fast network access is not the only good thing about this job.
Gates of Hell
Somebody at Google really must not like Microsoft. They’ve had “anomalies” like this before. Comment from college buddy Jeff: Pretty funny. Even if it’s simply a result of Google’s integrated view of web links, it’s right on. Though I suspect the RIAA also ranks pretty highly on the evil scale.