There's a duplex nearby that has two signs in the front yard. One says "For rent", and the other says "This property approved for demolition".

I wonder if the second sign makes it harder to rent?

We went to see a local production of "Breaking the Code" (about Alan Turing) last night. A couple of things that have gotten me thinking ( Read more... )

Am I the only one who thinks we need an updated version of "A Christmas Carol" with current religious leaders as Scrooge, being visited by spirits of previous hate-mongers who try to convince them to actually preach love?

We saw the movie Good Hair the other day, and I just finished reading Blonde Roots"Good Hair" is a very interesting documentary with more depth than might be expected. On one hand, it does a decent job of describing how the desire for "Good Hair" impacts the black community, with financial and emotional costs. But, I think that the movie also ( Read more... )

I've known my mother's husband -- the man I call my father -- all my conscious life. I know that there have been many times when I've disappointed him, when he wouldn't have chosen me if he hadn't married my mother. It's not like I robbed a bank or anything, just little things like when he and his son Glenn would be out in the garage working on ( Read more... )

I'm considering getting some kind of eBook reader in order to read PDFs. More and more lately, I'm running into long PDFs that I want to read, but trying to read them on the computer screen just bothers my eyes. So, I'm considering purchasing an eBook type reader just for that purpose ( Read more... )

I recently got an iPod Touch, with the hopes of making it my PDA ( Read more... )

Well, I just got screwed by Apple. They are using deceptive advertising because the price of the iPod Touch is actually $10 more than the advertised price -- in order to get the latest OS version, you have to buy that as a separate "upgrade". Way to screw over customers, Apple.

Ever since I've had access to computers, I've had a calendar and address book on one, including big main frames in the old days (OK, not when my only access was punch cards, but after that). As I've switched computers, I've converted the data to each new machine, and it looks like it may be time to do it again. I've had my calendar/address book on ( Read more... )

I was listening to "Wicked" the other day, and a few of the lines made me think of Obama ( Read more... )