Today I hearken for the heady days of no electronics. Why? Because it’s really damn difficult to keep all of my gadgets and computers and infonodes synched up to current information. At the moment, I’ve given up a bit. My 5 year old PDA has kicked (sort of), and it’s a pain to try and …
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Wool-less Sheep
According to a story I read this morning, the cost of shearing sheep is going up while the price of wool is going down. Therefore, more and more sheep farmers are going to woolless sheep in order to avoid the expensive shear every year. I hazard three conclusions from this article: Sheep are being grown …
"I Am Legend"
We saw “I Am Legend” last night. Of all the movies to see on Christmas Day, this wasn’t a good one to pick. Not because it wasn’t an excellent movie; Will Smith did a fabulous job of portraying a man alone in a city full of monsters that want to eat him. No, it was …
"The Breakup" a.k.a. "Crap"
Given our recent experience with movies (see “Shooter” a.k.a. “Crap”) it looks like I should start a new category for sucky movies called A.K.A. Crap. We watched The Breakup last night. The only redeeming quality was that we received it through NetFlix and we didn’t pay for the NetFlix subscription. One of these days, Vince …
Presidential Politics
At some point in the next several months, I’m going to have to decide who to vote for in the 2008 US Presidential Elections. I am a citizen, and it is my right and duty to vote. Usually, I’ll weight the issues and the stances the various candidates have taken on them. Plus I’ll allow …
Upgrade to Windows XP!
If you upgrade to windows XP, it will be worth your time. PS. The comments are also entertaining. Mostly they are pingbacks, but down near the bottom (at the moment) on Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:25 AM by Daniel P, there is this: I find this really irritating. I don’t like to resort to petty …
Bush Hates Reality
I’m ever so shocked to see this report by Henry Waxman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In brief: the Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming Yeah. No big surprise. Now if only somebody …
Lottery = Tax?
A friend of mine jokes that state and multi-state lotteries are taxes on people who are bad at math. Given the odds of winning, he’s right, if you plan to use the lottery as a retirement vehicle. However, I will occasionally buy a quick-pick lottery ticket, when the prize gets up there in zeroes, because …
"Shooter" a.k.a. "Crap"
Jenn and I watched the Mark Wahlberg movie Shooter last night. Overall rating: Suckage. We are glad that we didn’t pay full theater price to see this one. It was chock full of holes in the plot and the acting. The only good thing that can be said about the movie are the settings and …
Scalzi vs. Ipod
Johns Scalzi sums up my opinions of the technologically closed system that is the Ipod. …no matter how cool and stylish every Apple product is, I sort of resent that they all drive you to suckle exclusively at Steve Job’s hairy manteat. Don’t get me wrong, I like my Ipod Nano, but I hate my …