Today, I get to be a contrarian for both the Left and the Right! To paraphrase Salon's War Room, there's a chart that's seemingly bounced from one end of the Internet to the other this morning, which maps Bush's popularity against terror alerts. The chart is compiled by "Julius Civitatus", and is displayed and discussed at his blog . Julius has this to say: There are few things that are quite evident from the chart: - Whenever his ratings dip, there's a new terror alert....
As I've mentioned several times, I'm not Dubya Bush's biggest supporter. Most years, I make a point of being as politically lazy as possible. Don't get me wrong: i follow politics closely, and I care about what happens; just please don't bother me with all those "requires effort" activities. Any activity that requires effort isn't worth doing. When I do get involved with politics, I like it to be as unconstructive as possible. I rallied against Gulf Wars I and II, against the IMF (and ...
As I've mentioned several times, I'm not Dubya Bush's biggest supporter. Most years, I make a point of being as politically lazy as possible. Don't get me wrong: i follow politics closely, and I care about what happens; just please don't bother me with all those "requires effort" activities. Any activity that requires effort isn't worth doing. When I do get involved with politics, I like it to be as unconstructive as possible. I rallied against Gulf Wars I and II, against the IMF (and ...
After several attempts to live solely on the console, here are the best apps I've found: Links : a superior web browser alternative to Lynx that formats things correctly on your screen. Mutt and PINE : Two great email clients that allow you to work much more quickly than with any graphical client. Nano : My favorite text editor. I refuse to feel guilty that it's easy to use! mICQ : a very nice ICQ client that works much better than the various AIM console clients that are o...
For those of us interested in the End Times and politics, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a mountain in our mental landscape. With his debonair faux-Eton accent, slightly too bright look, and prominenence in international politics, he seems a good candidate as someone indwelt with the Father of Lies. In addition, there was the irony that he appears to the world as a lackey of George Bush; but to those of us in the know, the more likely truth is that Blair is pulling Bush's strings. ...
For those of us interested in the End Times and politics, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a mountain in our mental landscape. With his debonair faux-Eton accent, slightly too bright look, and prominenence in international politics, he seems a good candidate as someone indwelt with the Father of Lies. In addition, there was the irony that he appears to the world as a lackey of George Bush; but to those of us in the know, the more likely truth is that Blair is pulling Bush's strings. ...
I'm rarely topical, since I realize many people are doing a better job of covering current events than I would. That said, my degree is in political science, and I come from a politically active family. My mom was even interviewed on CNN, during Persian Gulf War I. She was protesting in front of San Francisco's City Hall. I find it hard to be funny when I talk about politics, especially the current ones. In fact, if in 2000 I had been ironically overstating how bad politics could get, t...
This is another installment in my ...bLOgS FrOM tHE crYPt... series. In an another life -- remarkably similar to my current one, but earlier, in Washington DC, and while gainfully employed -- I kept a blog at another site that is now derelict. Pushing aside a moldering tombstone covered with painfully punned headlines, I found this ancient post: [in a spooky voice] ..BloGS frOM ThE CryPt... "I'm Next to the Crazy Lady, Trapped in the Taxi from Hell" So, I took a taxi a cou...
With impending financial doom in our near future, Jennifer held a war council at the local Barnes & Noble, planning to read Christian money management guides , even though I'm neither good at managing money, nor Christian. We agreed to meet at the magazine section, on the third floor. Jennifer reads "The New Yorker"; I read "Computer Gaming World". The up escalator to the third floor was broken, so I had to walk up. There was a man walking up right in front of me, along with a guy walk...
First of all, in case you don't know what "Bizarro World" is, read this snippet from the wikipedia : "In the Bizarro world, society is ruled by the Bizarro Code, which states that it is a crime to do anything well or to make anything perfect or beautiful. Predictably camp lines abound. In one episode, for example, a salesman is doing a brisk trade selling "Bizarro bonds. Guaranteed to lose money for you". Later in this episode, the mayor appoints Bizarro #1 to investigate a crime, "Becau...
Parents give me strange looks at the science museum. I can tell they're looking at me. Who is that guy? I don't see any kids with him. Does he want to molest my son? The problem is, I love science museums. I'm fucking insane about the Exploratorium , in San Francisco. They have this incredible holographic screw: you reach out to touch it, and your fingers pass right through. I know, doesn't sound like much, but it is. But you know the parents are thinking: Why's he near my son, next...
Parents give me strange looks at the science museum. I can tell they're looking at me. Who is that guy? I don't see any kids with him. Does he want to molest my son? The problem is, I love science museums. I'm fucking insane about the Exploratorium , in San Francisco. They have this incredible holographic screw: you reach out to touch it, and your fingers pass right through. I know, doesn't sound like much, but it is. But you know the parents are thinking: Why's he near my son, next...
Okay, I'm continuing my break from Chasing the Queen Mary 2 . About a week ago, my monitor stopped working. That's not quite correct, because it still does a very good job of making weird clicking sounds when I plug it in, but it doesn't show any image. The clicking sounds kind of scared me; I pointed the screen away from me when I tested the monitor. As a computer consultant, I can report that monitors do sometimes explode, and I'd rather not be accessorized with shards of glass. Y...
I hate slow walkers. Slow walkers are those people who slowly drift along the sidewalk, hallway, or pedestrian tunnel, sometimes listing to the left or to the right, blocking you as you try to get to an appointment, or to work on time. You try to scoot around the slow walker, but they're unaware of their surroundings, never move to let you past, and worst yet, just as you dart to that opening on the slow walker's left, the slow walker meanders into your path. Foiled again! By the nat...
I hate slow walkers. Slow walkers are those people who slowly drift along the sidewalk, hallway, or pedestrian tunnel, sometimes listing to the left or to the right, blocking you as you try to get to an appointment, or to work on time. You try to scoot around the slow walker, but they're unaware of their surroundings, never move to let you past, and worst yet, just as you dart to that opening on the slow walker's left, the slow walker meanders into your path. Foiled again! By the nat...