The Glory of Beards
Buzzfeed says it, so it must be true.
Buzzfeed says it, so it must be true.
Here’s a joke from my old blog: Q: How do you separate the grown-ups from the children at the Huffington Post? A: With a crowbar. This was in response not only to the linked material, but to the centrifugal talking points that accompanied the almost-extradition of Roman Polanski from Switzerland a few years ago. You remember,… Read More Progressives Love Them Some Jailbait
Paranoia strikes deep Into your mind it will creep It starts when you’re always afraid Step out of line, the man come and take you away. If the threat is accurately assessed, can it be considered paranoia? Bookworm has a solid rant about how the IRS Scandal is the worst Scandal in US Political history.… Read More Breathed There a Tyrant Who Did Not Claim Democracy?
The Fun gets More Funner…
How recently would that question have made no sense at all? Having played around a bit with Amazon’s CreateSpace service (Those books on the sidebar: They’re mine, I swearsies), I find it functional, intuitive, and free. Zero complaints about how the system works or how Amazon pays out. Yeah, you don’t make tons of money,… Read More To Lulu or To CreateSpace?
C.S. Lewis once wrote: Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite so bad as it was made out. Is one’s first feeling “Thank God, even they aren’t quite so bad as that,” or… Read More TROLOLOLOLOLOL
Apparently the season finale is Monday. I’m not going to watch it until Tuesday at the latest, because I only watch HIMYM on the web. I’ve been marginally involved this season. Everything has felt really tired. The only episode that didn’t feel like warmed-over Season 5 was the “Time Travel” episode, and even only impressed… Read More HIMYM Does Not End. HIMYM Never Ends.
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
This would be the first reality show that would accomplish anything worthwhile. My mind is filled with misgivings on this. In the first place, reality shows have less than a proven track record at distinguishing the truly talented from the merely photogenic (Name the debut albums of any five American Idol winners). I can’t escape the… Read More A Reality Show to Send People to Mars?
Bureaucrats are generally dis-inclined to take the heat for politicians. The blue-on-blue is particuarly encouraging. Is this a function of Obama’s declining coattails, as donkeys seek distance in preparation for 2014? I wonder how long before Obama feels the need to throw Hillary — or some other mucky-mucks at State — under the bus? Jammie-Wearing… Read More I Do Believe Benghazi Just Flipped From “Not Going Away” to “Quite Uncomfortably Here”