In the past six months or so I've been working my way through the collected works of Sinclair Lewis. Other than my FIL was a fan of Aerosmith, I can't really say why I started. I've kept with it, because of his adherent to early 20th century progressive thought. If you haven't read him lately, seriously Re-read Aerosmith, Babbitt, Main Street, Free ( Read more... )

LiveJournal was the first 'social networking' site I ever heard of. I've been a member there since early 2000... In all seriousness, the interface was always better. EVERYTHING was always better, as you could use HTML tags in your posts to format, add links (that weren't mined), it really is/was fantastic. The only thing they didn't have was people ( Read more... )

I seem to have an unlimited supply... Anyone want one?

I ran across an old roommate from college back in '85-'86. Consider:

http://bobbitt.ws/college_pics_html/

Dig that snazzy TRS80 Model IV (p). Very nice.

NVa wasn't that bad last night ( Read more... )

In case you were wondering, I'd rather crawl through broken glass naked than go to N.Va. My wife just informed me I have to accompany her to N.Va tonight for a dinner with people she works with. What a kick to the nuts.

What is the word for picking facts to justify a point of view instead of letting a complete set of facts guide your point of view?

I used to look forward to the holidays for one thing: the twilight zone marathon in new years eve. It's simple, I know, but ever since I went back to school in the mid nineties I've become something of a monk. A couple of years ago, my mother got me the complete set, and it was a revelation how much was utterly destroyed by SciFi in the name of ( Read more... )

My wife has a typical Christmas sermon that posits Santa is a teaching device for faith. Kids, by learning to have faith in Santa, are able to transition to faith in God more easily. She typically preaches it once during advent ( Read more... )

merry christmas, monkeys.

Currently watching Jim Carrey's 'a christmas carol'.

It is superb.