Since I voted for Bush once, and although it was not a mistake I repeated, people have forever after labeled me as either Republican or Conservative; and some of my positions have led me to carry this label forward, at times without my consent. But given the increasing strength of the religious right in the republican party (which I detest), I ( Read more... )

In reading about health care, I was at a loss to find a system with more misaligned incentives, lack of consumer information, and etc. Contrary to the common vision of a "private" system, the government interferes with it in all kinds of crazy ways. Setting Medicare and Medicaid prices. Subsidizing (via tax breaks) employer-sponsored plans. FDA ( Read more... )

I've talked before about things that are treated as invaluable - and as a result, their costs rise inexorably. You can't put a price on life, for instance, or a college education ( Read more... )

A follow up to my entry from long ago ( Read more... )

This is a placeholder for now, but I need to review this game ( Read more... )

As for Tron: Legacy, I desperately wanted the complaints about the plot to be limited to the basic concept. You know, how people would say "The Matrix has no plot because why would they use humans as batteries?!". Sadly, no. It's much worse. It looks so good, and it sounds so very very WONDERFULLY good. But somehow, and I don't know quite how ( Read more... )

First off, I have to give hyperbole and a half some credit. I first heard about it because everyone was posting, linking, and generally being in love with this post about how being an adult is hard ( Read more... )

I *don't* care about food. These days it seems like the cool kids are all about food. Cooking fancy recipes, planning whole trips around where to eat, and so on. Not me! I view food as fuel first, and something to not be hungry second. It makes me happy to eat a little bit, but I've illustrated in the past that I'm quite happy to eat my bagel ( Read more... )

Are you in Baltimore, and what to have dinner or something? Or recommend me a place to go where I won't feel "table for 1" pain?

If so let me know. I'll be here until Thursday, but am busy tomorrow night.

I've been plotting and scheming and trying to find a way to make this post a reality for a while now. Let's begin!

( Movie: Extract )