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Frankly Speaking, or The Real Spirit of 2001
There was a great deal of ink spilled a few months ago on the ten-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 2001, a mix of justifiable grief and disgusting national self-congratulation over our response. That day, there were heroes in New York, and on that airplane over Pennsylvania...and cowards everywhere else. I thought of this because of ( Read more... ) -
ETEWAF now, ETEWAF forever!
I am a dedicated reader of World Wide Words, and last week's update tossed a new buzzword up into my eye-line. "ETEWAF", the emerging state of "Everything That Ever Was, Available Forever" as the Internet removes the barriers of obscurity and limited availability from, well, everything. And true to concept, the source of the term was only a ( Read more... ) -
Conservative versus Liberal--a liberal responds.
So, a little while back, indianirishpunk was checking her mail while I was visiting, and I saw that her mother has sent her a lovely little owl-pellet of a chain message, a piece of cackling superior attitude supposedly showing the moral superiority of the conservative over the liberal constituencies in this country. I had a few sarcastic responses, and quickly ( Read more... ) -
Essay-let: To Infinity...
Recently, I have seen a spate of commentary critical of plans for further manned space exploration, particularly to Mars or otherwise past Earth orbit. Some cite the recent and continuing economic exigencies, and I do agree that this is a time for other priorities. Others go a great deal further, and contrast the cost and danger of human ( Read more... ) -
Late as usual.
Well, here are my thoughts on yesterday. First off, I missed seeing the inauguration live--I was at work. Maybe that's part of why it seems vaguely unreal, the bright new leader seeing off the last eight years' half-tyrant halfwit with the patient decorum usually reserved for shooing out a tiresome old relative. Somehow it's hard to believe we ( Read more... ) -
New Year reflections.
Yes, two days late. I've been sick. Been another one of those years, hasn't it? My grandmother's passing, one job in the house. Still, on a personal level, mixed at worst. The drama level has declined noticeably, I've got a nice place, I have a job, and so on ( Read more... ) -
Something missing.
My grandmother died a short time earlier this evening. I don't have an eloquent tribute, just the bare statement. I'm a strangely calm kind of sad, and I think I can work tomorrow. -
Yeefuck.
I feel like a spoiled, soft little dipshit. Lately, I've been getting a lot of hours at work--possibly too many--and, to start with, I'm amazed that I can do it. The only time I've worked much more than twenty hours a week before was for two weeks, and a clerical job ( Read more... ) -
The wheel turns both ways...
Or rather, one side is rising as the other is falling. Although the job offer I mentioned earlier was voided from above, I now have two promising ones...one interview in the morning, and another that wants me to come back to fill out a background check form, and just _feels_ like the manager wants to hire me. At the same time, Mahree has decided ( Read more... )