Friday, May 12th, 2006 Posted in politics, serious | No Comments »
I don't like sports. I've made that pretty clear in past posts. I also don't care too much for political scorecarding. But I have a prediction: The shitstorm surrounding the latest ... Read more..Thursday, May 11th, 2006 Posted in pet peeves | 5 Comments »
I'd like to register a gripe, a complaint, a pet peeve, a semi-major annoyance. Or two. 1) People who don't bus their dishes at cafés and restaurants. Sorry everybody, this is just ... Read more..Wednesday, May 10th, 2006 Posted in politics, serious | No Comments »
Hey, Cinnamon Stillwell, I've got news for you: this month's "Day Without Immigrants" did successfully achieve one desired effect. I had a friend in town for only that day, a friend ... Read more..Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in internet/multimedia, ridiculous, serious | No Comments »
So that the bomb doesn't go off in your lap, dear reader, I wanted to let you in on a little secret. I'm currently awaiting official approval of a domain that ... Read more..Monday, May 8th, 2006 Posted in politics, ridiculous, serious | No Comments »
George W. Bush recently completed an outrageously photo-op-laden trip to California, but he forgot to stop by or call to ask my advice on everything that should be troubling him ... Read more..Monday, May 8th, 2006 Posted in internet/multimedia, serious | No Comments »
C-Span Read more..Sunday, May 7th, 2006 Posted in currency, ridiculous | 1 Comment »
In researching U.S. presidents 1-10, I came across an interesting tidbit (Sorry, I usually prefer this term to the more popular "factoid"). The fourth president, James Madison, primary author of the ... Read more..Friday, May 5th, 2006 Posted in politics, serious | 2 Comments »
Please don't ask me why I'm thinking about this now, but I'd like to publicly show my support for an idea currently being touted as an amendentment-to-the-Consitution-less way to hold ... Read more..Thursday, May 4th, 2006 Posted in politics, ridiculous, serious | No Comments »
I've started seeing a lot written about how impolitic or unfunny Stephen Colbert was last week at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. But Richard Cohen pretty well takes the ... Read more..Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 Posted in serious | No Comments »
Thomas Friedman's column in today's Times would seal the deal on my liking him, if I hadn't already decided I do a year or more ago. In it, Friedman (doing his ... Read more..Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006 Posted in politics, serious | No Comments »
That would be the speech given by Stephen Colbert at last weekend's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Here's a transcript, and here's a video, or at least most of it. It's impossible ... Read more..Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006 Posted in ridiculous | No Comments »
I already decided I didn't like Boxy But Gold. Sorry to those of you who did. I'm feeling nostalgic, so I'm settling with the old tried-and-true first theme, one I affectionately ... Read more..Monday, May 1st, 2006 Posted in personal, ridiculous | 1 Comment »
The weather in the Bay Area has been pretty nice the last few days. Yesterday was no exception, so I invited some friends over for a barbeque. Chicken was the ... Read more..Monday, May 1st, 2006 Posted in serious | No Comments »
I've decided to get back to testing different themes. It's been a rather successful run for Flex 1.0, but it's time to move on. Over the past couple of years, an ... Read more..