Silicon Valley is Not Cool.
The migration of cool from the culture to the tech world. A nobly quixotic attempt to have the use of the word “cool” bear some resemblance to the meaning thereof. I salute his gallant folly.
Category: This Modern Life
Megan McArdle on the Choices Women Make
Good article, as one expects from McArdle, even when you don’t always agree with her. Never having been to business school, nor any kind of school at Harvard, I can’t dispute anything she discusses here. But on average, the women I talk to just aren’t nearly as willing to sacrifice close friendships, and family relationships,… Read More Megan McArdle on the Choices Women Make
When I Drink Whiskey, I Drink Whiskey
Amusing post by the Washington Free Beacon about Why You’re Drinking Whiskey Wrong. What caught my attention was the last bit: 8. It’s fine to shoot flavored whiskey. If the owner of a whiskey bar thinks it’s OK to take shots of Fireball and honey whiskey, it’s probably OK. “I’m not going to sit with it on the… Read More When I Drink Whiskey, I Drink Whiskey
Zombie 80’s: Max Headroom
I’m sure there was a premise to this, and I’m sure 90% of the people that knew it did not care. I remember this dystopian hawker from my childhood, and even had a penchant for warbling “M-M-Max Headroom-room” at inappropriate intervals during my elementary school years. Behold the horror: The past is truly unknowable.
Ending a Conversation
I must confess, I am bad at this. Often, I have a habit of just dirfting away from people when there’s a lull. In my mind, that seems less awkward than saying “Okay, I’m done here,” or “Good-bye, then,” or “And….scene!” Fortunately, The Art of Manliness has solutions. They are time-honored and polites: have a… Read More Ending a Conversation
Incoming Geekery
With summer comes a teacher’s vanity. Educators are vouchsafed 10 weeks to rest, recharge, and remember all the other things in their lives. I have never known those 10 weeks but they burned by while you got maybe half of what you wanted to get done actually delivered. It’s a function of our mechanized world:… Read More Incoming Geekery
Profitable Exhaustion
Was out of town for a wedding this weekend, which was nice: a little break-up of the routine, a chance to put on my summer suit. Left Darling Daughter with the Mother-in-Law and spent the night at a hotel. The ceremony and reception were on a converted manor, with trees and a creek. A lovelier… Read More Profitable Exhaustion
What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written
Like a majority of college students, I didn’t belong to a frat or sorority. And like a majority of those, I had attitudes and prejudices about those that did. They weren’t terribly original, and I won’t recount them. I don’t have them anymore. Looking back with a bit of wisdom, Greek Life has a certain… Read More What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written
Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello
(Dirk Gently reference.) Periods of time come when the thought of adding content to a blog puzzles the will. The evergreen political nonsense saps the spirit. Repeating the same arguments to the same applause sounds agonizingly dull. Besides, it’s springtime outside. The human animal was not meant to remain inside shut up with People Being Wrong… Read More Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello
My Interactions with @REALBROTHER0003 and the Banality of Twitter
A few days ago I tossed off a rather unremarkable post called “Self-Hating Honkies and the War on Easter“. Not much to it, really. In the post, I linked Stacy McCain, who gave me a shout-out on Twitter, as befits a gentleman and scholar. Well, if ‘Islamophobia’ is racist, why isn’t anti-Easter-Bunnyism racist, too? andrewjpatrick.com/2013/03/27/sel…… Read More My Interactions with @REALBROTHER0003 and the Banality of Twitter
Content Blues 