I occasionally have the realization that a word or phrase that I’ve been using for a long time is—well, funny. For example, “Sluggish”: Like a slug. You my friend are as to a slug. The river is moving like a slug. Government activity can be described as similar to the speed of a small slime-producing …
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Not Likely
Contrary to the silence that has echoed on the Eyebrow recently, I have been doing stuff. This stuff involves other stuff, and stuff further defined by additional stuff. A lot of this stuff is blog-worthy, but recently I’m just not that interested in sitting for long periods of time and blogging about it. I’m sure …
How Do You Spend Your Time
The NY Times has a fascinating interactive graphic for how Americans spent their time in 2008. How Different Groups Spend Their Day
Manhattan Airport
An amazingly detailed spoof. Check it out. The Manhattan Airport Foundation
Aliens in Postcards
Via SF Signal comes a Flickr set worthy of a look. Aliens invade your grandmother’s postcards
Why Palin is no Good
This link sends you to a nice Vanity Fair edit of former Governor Palin’s resignation speech. I acknowledge that I’ve never been a fan of Palin and think she’s the poster child for why the Republicans are on the shoals. I also acknowledge that public speechwriting is an art, not a science. I further acknowledge …
Watch out for Trees!
Tree has it in for triathletes in California.
Digital Rights Management and You!
Another horror story of DRM eating your privacy and ownership rights. Amazon remotely deletes Orwell novels.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Jenn and I went to see the latest installment in the Harry Potter movie franchise based upon the books. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was a worthy addition, better than all of them except the first movie. They made great use of effects where it was called for (and some where it was …
Big Whoop
It’s not news that States’ budgets are being hammered this year. In Georgia, everyone and their dog who works for the state government is seeing cutbacks and furloughs. Well, just to make things even, the state legislators have decided to take a furlough day themselves. I applaud the spirit of the move, but the reality …