Jenn and I were on vacation last week. We got back home last night at 2330, approximately 2 hours late. This is all Tom’s fault. We briefly stopped by Tom and Steph’s house because they happened to be near the airport and we had not seen them for a while. Tom asked whether we’d been …
Category Archives: Opinion
L.Ron Hubbard to the RESCUE!
Did you know that L.Ron Hubbard (why the ‘L’? Can’t I call him Ronny Hubbard?) created the first and only technology that allows people to truly study? Neither did I. Did you know that things are so simple that it’s merely the addition of mass to the current level of sigificance that allows one to …
Why Today isn't the First Day of Summer
For a while now, I’ve thought it somewhat silly that the first day of Summer falls on the solstice. This is the day where the Earth’s north pole is pointed as close to the sun as it will get, the sun will be the highest in the sky, and the northern hemisphere will receive more …
Plagiarism on the Net
Anyone who blog posts in the fashion that I do is a plagiarist of some sort. Plagiarism in this case is defined as not citing your source information correctly. Now, keep in mind that my wife is a college professor of technical communication and has lectured me several times on the definition of plagiarism. Do …
Going Overboard
Insane Harry Potter fans now have a theme park to look forward to. I wil admit to being a huge Harry Potter fan, but not an insane one. Insane ones love ALL the movies and go to ALL of the HP-themed Dragon*Con sessions. And, of course, they’ll travel to California Florida to see a theme …
His Jesus and Your Jesus
A lot of my four readers are left-wing pinko commies. Thusly, they’ll probably get a kick out of John Scalzi’s1 What My Jesus Would Do post. I confess that I did not read the whole thing, because I didn’t think there would be many insights for me (because I agree with the premise), but I …
Legalisms
“What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?” “A good start” “Why won’t sharks eat lawyers?” “Professional courtesy” “Why are there so many lawyers in the United States?” “Because St. Patrick rid Ireland of all the snakes” I received an email today with the following disclaimer. I’m sure you’ve all seen …
Eric Rudolph is a Dolt
Eric Rudolph, the convicted abortion clinic bomber and the perpetrator of the backpack bomb at the 1996 Olympics here in Atlanta, is sending out hate mail from prison. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from deep …
Gas Station Price Fixing
Does this make sense? Quoted from an AP article. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon. But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin’s …
Oh, the Irony. It Burns…
NPR’s Morning Edition interviewed a woman today concerning the media coverage surrounding (enveloping? choking?) the Virginia Tech shootings. The upshot was, the media is being a huge hungry hound and is exacerbating the trauma on a number of students/faculty/staff/etc. The woman interviewed was a survivor of the Jonesboro shootings in 1998 when she was a …