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The Hipster Strikes Back
In my last post, I ragged heavily on Moynihan. Mind, the original Salon article he cited was mighty dickish as well.
They did let the guy their writer most ragged on (and Moynihan posted a picture of) respond here, to their credit ( Read more... ) -
Seriously, Reason Magazine, Moynihan Just Sucks - Item #938
[I posted a modified version of this elsewhere, but spent enough time on it that I put it here ( Read more... ) -
I Know
I'm quite aware that a diligent knowledgeable person could find my name and location from my email in under five minutes. Still, I find myself disgusted by "start-up" guys hyping how to use Facebook to find personal information on people they only have email addresses for.It strikes me that there's no plausible justification for Facebook to allow ( Read more... ) -
Happy Holidays!
No deep content here, just a wish to all folks reading this. :) -
Odd Dream Last Night
The part I don't clearly remember involved having a secret life working in sort of Thunderbirds/Fantastic Four/something-or-other secret adventuring organization. Fighting evil with pure hearts and Science!, that sort of thing.
The interesting part was that I was dating this girl who worked as a waitress in Manhattan in a restaurant inside a very ( Read more... ) -
Happy Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving! to those who celebrate it as I head off to do so.
Happy Eid al-Adha! to those who celebrate it.
Tip of the hat to Canadians who already got this out of the way earlier. -
I Like Obama...
...and I wish I'd never thrown an iota of support towards the Red side of the US political spectrum in my life.
But I find myself, even after contemplation and reading a surprisingly high number of supportive posts by reasonably sensible Blue-leaning people, thinking the Peace Prize win is just absurd.
Or, if that's irksome, let's call it ( Read more... ) -
Two Startling Things to Learn
1) LeVar Burton has still been hosting Reading Rainbow all this time, which is awesome and impressive.
2) The last episode aired yesterday, which not at all awesome. Full story.
I'm sort of torn by these revelations. It's distinctly sad, particularly as even rerun rights are complicated by the issue of renewing broadcast rights for the books ( Read more... )
