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Oil makes you stupid. . . news at 11

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

I knew that there were a lot of chemicals that when ingested could make you stupid.  Drugs, sure.  Lead and mercury, definitely.  But apparently even thinking about oil makes people stupid.  Consider the following:
For weeks, republicans have been pushing the idea that either a) the Cubans are drilling in Cuban waters off the coast of […]

Musical fortune telling

Friday, April 25th, 2008

From etselec and because it amused me, my fortune as told by a random selection of my music with interpretive accompaniment by yours truly:
1. How does the world see me?
Lightnin’ Hopkins - No Education
Ouch. Apparently the world sees me as an academic poseur. I guess I can live with that, but it’s a […]

minor updates

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Just a couple of minor updates:

my keyboard came in yesterday and it’s everything that I hoped it would be.   I feel sorry for the folk in my office suite.  It is a bit loud
I cropped some of the photos using the original sized images, so all that’s left are captions and fixing the lens […]

I don’t know why I do it

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

I listened to the president’s speech tonight on the radio and then on the television when I got home.  I don’t know why I do it.  Listening to the president makes my ears want to explode, my eyes want to pop out of my head and my foot want to go through the television.
As near […]

and speaking of population statistics

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

last week saw the 300 millionth American. I happened to be online about that time and saw the U.S. census office’s population clock hit 3×10^8:

I don’t have too much to say about hitting 300 million people.  It seems like something of a mixed blessing.  On the one hand, population growth helps increase the level […]

a letter from Iraq

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Time Magazine publishes a letter from a Marine officer in Iraq - read it.

somehow i’m not surprised…

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

So, a “Which Tarot card are you” quiz isn’t my usual thing. I blame labrown

The magician
You scored 59 change, 74 wellbeing, 71 wisdom, and 87 truth

The magician represents the conscious mind. With focus on an idea or goal, the conscious mind sets into action these ideas and brings them forth to the material […]