I've been working this idea through my head recently that at the heart of political discourse, there has to be some value or belief or subconciously held principle that seperates liberals from conservatives.  I've teased at it before here with ideas that it could be about self-love, or possibly how much trust we have for others, which were nice ( Read more... )

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This Could Be You!

Sure you wanna be a Koala, obviously, duh, everyone does. What kind of moron doesn't want to be a Koala? I'm sorry, does sleeping 18-22 hours a day and still having all the girls want to cuddle you not sound completely freaking sweet to you? What, were you raised in some sort of environment where they only raise lame stupid ( Read more... )

Nonviolently, of course, but I still love this story ( Read more... )

Well all, this is it.  Tomorrow is the very last day in which I can eat pork ( Read more... )

So I'm having a meta-argument with my wife.  We were discussing an issue last night, (one that we actually agree on 100%) and she, (understandably) got increasingly frustrated with the way that I have to take every argument I make or refute to the hypothetical extremes ( Read more... )

As the election in November draws close, I'd like to ask a question of my readers, and answer it myself up front.

If you could have the people on the opposite (or a different) side of you politically come to realize one fundemental thing before they case their votes, what would it be?

Here's my answer:

I want right-leaning conservatives, tea-partiers ( Read more... )

So the other day, I listened to this interview with a few guys on NPR, one of whom was the ostensibly benevolent CEO of a few companies who was largely regarded for treating his employees right.  The fact of the matter, is that it does sound like he was pretty decent, but he felt American unions were too confrontational (despite working out good ( Read more... )

So for two months, Microsoft has been pestering me to review the tech support I recieved from them on a minor issue with the Zune I was lucky enough to get for free.  Here was my response:

1.  Stop farming out your low-level tech support to people with FAQ sheets.  It is insulting to my intelligence and only makes a call with a complicated issue ( Read more... )

So I've decided to break my long-standing rule against self-publication and to try to compile some of my short stories, journal entries, and comedy bits into a collection of short works to sell as an E-book on Amazon's Kindle store.  Here is what I plan to put on the virtual back of the book-jacket:

If you like me, that's a good reason to buy this ( Read more... )