So the Iranians lined the 15 British sailors up against the wall, blindfolded them, and loudly cocked their rifles. They spent two weeks in isolation subjected to constant psychological pressure, random interrogation, and rough handling. They were stripped, given pajamas, and forced to sleep in stone cells on piles of blankets ( Read more... )

John contracted syphilis from a Thai whorehouse, monkey pox from a visit to Africa, and Chlamydia from a dirty toilet seat. Vexingly, He refused to explain exactly why he was having sex with a toilet seat.

1. Where is your cell phone? Ubiquitous ( Read more... )

I awoke this morning to escape a dream of power ( Read more... )

Just saw 300.

It seems to be basically Tom of Finland, the movie.

I've been waiting for Vista for over a year. So I've been saving my nickles and dimes to so I could buy a fresh new Vista machine as soon as it hit the market. I figured that there might be a few problems... But I figured that it was worth it to get up to speed on the operating system. As long as it ran office and the developer environment, I ( Read more... )

A cynic is someone who is so irrational and unsportsmanlike that they reject your assumptions, simply because they happen to be false.

How would we get anything interesting done if we could only believe things that were true?

People are complicated. But I think that, secretly, most people believe that cars are actually more complicated than people ( Read more... )

Before I moved to New York I had the best office that I will probably ever have. It was larger than my living room, with a huge curvy desk and a skylight. It had a giant bay window with a view of a small wooded creek and a big snowy mountain. I could turn up the music, kick up my feet, and watch the deer eating the grass ( Read more... )

So it's 11 am on Monday, and I'm still haven't made it back home from Black Rose. I get an im. Apparently there is no one lined up to present at cv tonight ( Read more... )