I was listening to the BBC on NPR (The double whammy! I’m a glutton for punishment) this morning on the way to work. They were discussing the failing European pension system, how cuts were going to have to be made, etc. They interviewed an English women who was complaining that she might [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2005
When in Rome
November 24, 2005 – 1:05 pm
The assimilation of Mark Steyn:
HH: That’s why I’ve just posted, and I will be devoting most of today’s show to, a guide to Thanksgiving Day festivities with cranks. That is, how to engage, or not to engage, the crank at the dinner table who wants to debate Bush lied/people died. Are you inviting any cranks [...]
RCN speeds
November 21, 2005 – 11:42 am
Better than yesterday… or is it? It’s only been a couple of minutes since installation, but I get significantly different speeds every time I take a measurement - some down in the DSL range.
Some thoughts while painting…
November 11, 2005 – 10:14 am
After work each day this week, I’ve been heading over to the new house to prep it for move-in day (Nov. 17- ha ha ha, right!). The prep has consisted of painting the master bedroom and living room as well as some unskilled carpentry. Usually I have the ole MP3, and grove out. [...]
Poor little pukey boy….
November 8, 2005 – 5:10 pm
Was listening to the radio on Sunday and someone (I think it was a crewman from the WWII destroyer USS Ward) was talking about sea sickness. The money quote “When you first get sea sick you’re afraid you’re going to die. After a while you’re afraid you’re not.”
Brought to mind my recent sailing [...]
More from the fun years
November 6, 2005 – 5:32 pm
For those who like this sort of thing, here’s just the sort of thing you’ll like.
I still need to get their new CDR.
Hey you kids! Get out of my yard!
November 6, 2005 – 4:54 pm
Hilarious. Maybe it would help keep skate punks out of little kids playgrounds, too. ;-)
Pre-singularity Terranaut
November 6, 2005 – 2:06 pm
We Make Money Not Art shows that reality is just as fucking excellently weird as fiction:
Seith Weiner has created a vehicule piloted by a fish and propelled by 2 drive wheels, each driven by its own servomotor. The fish steers the vessel by its movements. A camera above the cockpit tracks the movements of the [...]
Excellent goings on in the ‘hood
November 6, 2005 – 12:15 pm
Piper at the gates of… noon?
(a quick shoutout to the two tjicistani non-agression pact signatories present, whom the guy with the flip-flops, horrible bed-head and camera pretended not to know while the congregration milled around outside… you’re welcome!)
Cool place right near home
November 4, 2005 – 2:07 pm
I was sailing a couple of weeks ago. Boston to Casco Bay, Maine, and back down the Maine/NH/Mass coast. We spent a night moored at Isle of Shoals. Cool place. 6 miles off the coast of Portsmouth NH. They’re mostly rock with a few feet of soil in some areas. [...]
domestic dirty tricks shop
November 4, 2005 – 1:17 pm
Zell Miller:
It’s like a spy thriller. Institutional rivalries and political loyalties have fostered an intelligence officer’s resentment against the government. Suddenly, an opportunity appears for the agent to undercut the national leadership. A vital question of intelligence forms the core justification for controversial military actions by the current leaders. If this agent can get in [...]