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The Truth About Sanity & Restoring It
I fully support Jon Stewart's rally to restore sanity. And, near as I can reckon, it was a resounding success ( Read more... ) -
When Did Vampires Stop Counting?
When did vampires stop counting stuff? They used to be obsessive about it. Got a suspected vampire in the grave? Throw a handful of poppy seeds on the ground and the guy won't bother anybody, because he'll spend every night counting. Count von Count wasn't counting because he was a count, he counted because he was a vampire ( Read more... ) -
Econ 101: Recession Has Ended & What It Means
Here's what it means for the recession to have ended, using a metaphor with annotations:
Bob was bitten by a black widow spider [the nation adopted Republican economic policies on top of idiotic deregulation schemes over years and years, not to mention the lesser but equally idiotic McCarthyism of boosting "home" building beyond reasonable need]. ( Read more... ) -
The Shining
Since I don't have the chutzpa to go into my life and my long hiatus, I want to ask a question instead. I'm watching the 30th anniversary showing of "The Shining" and I'm struck by the feeling I had when I first saw it way back when ( Read more... ) -
New Icon Makes Me Laugh
This new icon is the notes from our latest staff meeting. I don't know why I doodled it, but who knows why we doodle anything in particular. Maybe that's how Tom Cruise sees Katie when she's eating her theatons or whatever the hell it is $cientologists do behind closed doors. -
Dressage Lesson #14
After watching the video again and really paying attention, I decided that getting frustrated is bloody stupid. I want to learn, right? But it is stupid to refuse to enjoy it just to be a constipated twit ( Read more... )