Character vs Experience? Which is more important ( Read more... )

Damn, the retail price of some of my earlier books has cranked up over the years to $60 and more... that's crazy!

I wonder if wholesale has gone up correspondingly? And if my royalty is based on this new higher value? And if not, why not?

Time to go over some old royalty statements and see how badly I'm getting screwed.

Yay.

And very relevant:

The Great Schlep

You know someone in Florida? Or someone who knows someone in Florida? Send 'em this!

It's LOL funny, and... relevant.

We are looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis and getting back to discussing Mr. Obama's aggressively liberal record and how he will be too risky for Americans.Yes, since, after all, the Republican party has been one of such solid stability for American and Americans. The constitution is strong, our rights are as rightfully ( Read more... )

Life isn't fair.

Who knew? Actually, it could be less about unfairness and more about the populace finally noticing that the bullshit (which they seemed to not notice when it was up to their knees) is now up to their necks.

“He certainly did nothing for the first few days,” McCain told Fox News Thursday. "I suspended my campaign, took our ads ( Read more... )

Hey, in Texas the voter reg deadline appears to be October 6th... next Monday.

Don't put it off! Do it now!

For other states -- it's all over the map; Google can fill you in.

Also, VOTE! Vote vote vote. Vote early, vote often.

At least you will be buying the right to complain later.

Would you kindly pull your collective heads out of your collective asses ( Read more... )

I thought I smelled something funny:

Methane Farts from Ice

Methane is 20x more warming than CO2 (in terms of greenhouse gasses; I wonder what would happen if we lit that emission? Got a match?)

So, things warm up, methane goes "poot", things get warmer... ever hear of a positive feedback cycle? I wonder what the new stable state will be.

Paulson has GOT to be KIDDING, right? The last line must have been deleted, you know, the one that says, "Psych!"

Right? Right?

Text of the Bailout"Give me $700 billion, and I'll spend it how I see fit. No, no oversight, not yours ( Read more... )

Yup, well, for something like the Gov't, their metaphorical nuts is the cash flow mechanism of the IRS.  Of course, you gotta be careful about your math and savings so that you don't get a hit to the 'nads yourself, but nonetheless, an interesting idea:http://