embrace your fear
I have Twittered about this, and I feel the need to explain: I think Obama is the candidate for November.
Why Obama:
He’s smart. Exhausted utterance about fifty-eight states notwithstanding. At least it isn’t the word “nucular.” Over and over.
He’s black. This is not a reason, it’s an admission of (a) about freaking time, (b) a new [...]
and yet so far
Props to this man for losing eighty pounds. However…..
CNN - 80 lbs. lost on McMiracle diet
Nearly anything that actually gets that much extra bodyfat off you is good. The man had a fifty-inch waist. However, the quality of food he used to get where he is now is atrocious. Never, ever, ever, should you skip [...]
the fertile crescent
I am ever-so-slowly making my way through the book “Are We Rome?” by Cullen Murphy. It’s a good book so far; he makes a fair amount of salient points - some I vehemently disagree with, but that’s what makes it a good book. However, when he starts to briefly profile Edwin Gibbon, [...]
handbaskets and heresies
I don’t know why I do it. And anymore, I don’t know why it makes me so angry.
For a peculiar reason, I was Googling the terms “Dungeons and Dragons” and “Cultural Phenomenon.” I didn’t really expect it, but I found a link to one of the original purveyors of anti-D&D vitriol, Bill Schnoebelen. [...]
this land is your land
“Candidates are told stories by people all the time, and it’s common for candidates to retell those stories. It’s not always possible to fully vet them, but we try.” — Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee (link)
Perhaps then, the proper choice is to not tell the story.
So here are the seeming truisms of modern [...]
upgrades
In response to a Twitter entry, I was reminded of an exchange I had this morning from a user:
I need to download a new version of Microsoft…
I immediately thought; “oh, we ALL need a new version of Microsoft….”
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the roman question
So after the Easter homily is complete, I am left with two questions, one based on simple logic, and one based on deeper study of military customs of antiquity.
The first question: why would Pilate “wash his hands” of the affair and then turn around and apply his personal seal to the tomb? [...]
rooftop of the world
The lead story today (at least at the moment) on CNN is about the recent violence that has left scores of people dead in Tibet (link to article). This is not really news to anyone familiar with the history of Communist China since the “Cultural Revolution” - since 1959, China has asserted violent control [...]
trading post
An open note to the people who keep bright-lighting me:
My brights are not on.
Here’s the deal: you don’t bright-light me, I won’t put it into four-wheel low and crawl over your car. Sound fair?
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