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benazir bhutto

let’s get this straight: – benazir bhutto was shot. – subsequently a bomb goes off nearby, apparently killing the gunman. – an autopsy is not done, the coroner’s reports are confiscated by secret police, the coroner is ordered not to… Continue Reading →

coffee straight from the spigot

sometimes I find break room behavior amusing. for example, in our break room, I think we have a pretty good group. most of the time when folks take the last cup from a pot, they take a few seconds to… Continue Reading →

On the occasion of Lizzie's seventeenth birthday

Today is Thursday, November 1, 2007 Lizzie’s birthday, her seventeenth. And I want to start off by thanking God for her and for my whole family and everything. iverthang. Maybe this is an opportunity to enumerate all of Elizabeth’s particular… Continue Reading →

people I admire

lately, it seems I like to make lists. a friend of mine once said, “think of someone you admire, and do what they did” first, you have to think of someone you admire. and why. for some of us that’s… Continue Reading →

things I value

it occurred to me to write down a few attributes that people can have that I like.

two cents per pair of eyeballs per 30-second spot.

A 30-second time slot in a medium-sized market can be purchased for as little as $5 per 1,000 viewers Ok, that’s two cents per pair of eyeballs per 30-second spot. The standard half-hour of television contains 22 minutes of program… Continue Reading →

project truth

I’ve started counting the number of times that I read how all these bloggers out there are just self-indulgent and pointless at best or worse, narcissistic and positively harmful. You see it everywhere, sometimes even in somebody’s blog. At least… Continue Reading →

signing statement

If a president can issue a signing statement effectively declaring that he is going to ignore certain portions of the bill he is signing into law, then why can’t I do likewise when clicking “I Agree” to a software license… Continue Reading →

Italian proverbs

here’s a few Italian proverbs I came across one time: its no lion that is amused by chasing rats. money is a good servant but a bad master. money is the brother of money. the small pain loves to talk,… Continue Reading →

Richard Dawkins vs. God

Richard Dawkins has a new book out, apparently mostly focused on debunking some of these myths we have about God. I’m sorry, but what a tragic waste of time and talent. First of all, I should say that Dawkins is… Continue Reading →

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