Sometimes I forget just how enormously expensive everything is here. Then I click on a link that pretty much proves that the DC metro area is just drowning in money to a ridiculous degree ( Read more... )

Looking for feedback from other smoker friends on this one:

So over the weekend, I went up to Philly and a bunch of my smoker or former smoker friends had these electronic cigarette things. I remember when electronic cigarettes first came out like 5 years ago-- they looked clunky, dorky, and ridiculous. But these didn't look so ridiculous; they ( Read more... )

So over the holiday break I saw a couple of movies, one of which was Avatar.

Let me say this now: If you have not seen Avatar, go see Avatar. If you have not seen it in 3D, go see it again in 3D. The other movie I saw was Sherlock Holmes, which I will write a shorter review for later. If you're trying to pick between the two, see Avatar.

I will be ( Read more... )

Facebook + Livejournal = working?

So this is somewhat inspired by an essay Paul linked to, but ( Read more... )

Something that's been on my mind: ok, Tuesday there were elections in which the two governorships transferred to the Republicans. Yesterday and today there's been a lot of articles attempting to somehow project this into some kind of Republican resurgence ( Read more... )

Much is being said today about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize today; consensus seems to be that it's too early, that he hasn't done enough, at least not yet, to warrant the award.

All this seems to be predicated on one critical miscalculation: that Obama's accomplishments are somehow limited to his accomplishments as US President. Here's the ( Read more... )

"They understand that if Barack Obama were somehow able to cure hunger in the world the Republicans would blame him for overpopulation. They understand that if Barack Obama could somehow bring about world peace they would blame him for destroying the defense industry. In fact, they understand that if Barack Obama has a BLT sandwhich tomorrow for ( Read more... )

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