I’m thinking that Americans (i.e., “we” and/or “us”) need to get over this bullshit obsession we have with taxes. I’ve been thinking about this recently and I’m convinced that the mythologizing of the Boston Tea Party and that blasted James Otis quote have undermined us from the beginning. I can’t remember an election cycle (Presidential […]
The Things He Carried at The Atlantic (November 2008): Schneier and I walked to the security checkpoint. “Counter terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better,” he said. “Only two things have made flying safer: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers.” […]
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Well, the 2008 garden has been put to bed! We hadn’t done much with it in about a month or so. Tough to say how much we got out of the garden this year. I’m tempted to say that we bit off more than we could chew this year; A. & I over-estimated how much […]
At the end of a long square chamber, I’m locked into a narrow channel that runs along its back (front?) wall. It’s just barely wide enough to crouch down in. There is a breathy howl from the far end of the chamber. I can see movement but not the creature itself. It is coming for […]
Penny Arcade! – The Breaking Point LOL! She was probably giving away those fruit LEGO® things anyway… An Easy Way To Get the Contents of a Custom Field by Nathan Rice: eventually I will need to learn what these Custom Fields are and what to do with them… 10 Easy Steps to Great Website Optimization. […]
Aquamacs Emacs for Mac OS X Annals of Culture: Late Bloomers at The New Yorker: reminds me of the essay in Wired a while back (2 years ago?) where they discussed the slowly-blossoming genius (e.g., Robert Frost) vs. the explosive young genius (e.g., Orson Welles, ) Woot : Travels With Woot: The Champlain Valley Fair […]
We are attending what is probably the worst organized party in history; certainly it’s the worst organized party we’ve ever attended. The party is being hosted in a house that is entirely too large for the man that lives in it — one of those over-paid executives with no kids that still finds it acceptable […]
Continuation: 32 (26-32 last batch) Fool-Proof Federal Income-Tax-Saving Strategies at Fix My Personal Finance 10 Smart State Income-Tax Saving Strategies at Fix My Personal Finance WordPress 2.7 Comments Enhancements McCain Denounces Pitchfork-Wavers Seriously? What does this say about McCain's base, eh? The real ugliness isn't in the electioneering. Reason for Removal – Swivel But, in […]
A terrorist (think Irish Republican Army and not Al-Qaeda) has holed up in the hospital. The weapon he uses is some kind of sub-space brane that seems to fold matter into itself. As a hostage, I witness him calling on the brane — which looks like a misty pink cloud — to unfurl itself from […]