Georgia Legislative Session – Interesting House Bills

Here are some bills that are up for consideration this session (started yesterday) that I find interesting. Both interesting good and interesting bad. I’ll post about Senate bills later. These are only the pre-files, the bills that survived from last year, and those that have been dropped on the floor yesterday. I’m sure there will …

From the Mouth of Junior Engineers

Don’t you hate it when someone questions something you know, and they’re right? I hate that. Well, I don’t actually hate that. I’m always looking for new things to learn, even with respect to old things. The trick is to project an attitude of openness to further knowledge and acknowledge where some areas of specificity …

The Extraordinary Contraptions Still Need your Help!

I’ve been blogging and tweeting about this, but here it is some more. The Extraordinary Contraptions need your help with their Kickstarter campaign. They need it because of the nature of the Kickstarter system; unless their goal is reached, they don’t get anything. Nada. Nothing. Nil. They need to get bumped over the shiny hill …

Seven Reasons You Should Support The Extraordinary Contraptions’ Kickstarter

Liesel Hindmann yesterday posted her Six Reasons You Should Support The Extraordinary Contraptions Kickstarter. I immediately thought, “Six? That’s such a wussy number. Seven, now. Seven is way better than six. If only Liesel had seven reasons then The Extraordinary Contraptions would probably already have soared through their fund raising goal and be headed directly …

The Extraordinary Contraptions Need Your Help!

You may be aware that I am familiar with The Extraordinary Contraptions. They are almost done with the recording of their third album! However, recording and mixing an album is the part that is not expensive ((For some values of “not expensive.” The Extraordinary Contraptions do all their recording at home and with band-owned equipment …

Facebook: Good Bye – Don’t let the door hit you

As of now, I’ve kicked Facebook to the curb. I am no longer a Facebook friend. I’ve decided that it is not worth my time, and is actively hindering my ability to manage my life. I do not expect you to follow my lead on this, although I’d encourage you to think about how Facebook …