Time to think a bit about what’s been going on and what it means. First off, there’s a certain mindset about the people behind Occupy Wall Street and the other Occupy locations: namely, they’re a bunch of filthy hippies with nothing better to do. Well, if they don’t have a job, then at least this …
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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Before you think I’ve drunk a bit too much of the political kool-aid, this isn’t about politics. It’s something a bit simpler than that. We all have an image courtesy of Russell Crowe and tons of imagination about ancient Rome and the gladiatorial fights that happened. Whether it was man vs. man, man vs. animal, …
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Review: Land of the Dinosaurs
I would like to start out by saying I’m conflicted. The desire to be nice and constructive is really fighting the desire to go all negative on this. It’s a battle where I don’t think I can find a middle ground, because the subject deserves both treatments almost equally. Laureen and I were able to …
What Bothers Me
I’ve got about fifteen things churning in the back of my head, so you may see a bit more of my writing than my typical glacial pace. The first thing is this article from The Boston Globe talking about how we don’t really care about facts anymore, especially in political discourse. The reason why it …
The Wheels of Justice
They turn. Sometimes they grind. To be brief: we had been sued by an apartment complex because we were the guarantors for a friend. The amount in question was over $1500. The major point of law in our favor was that it appeared to be that writing the words “Renewal Lease” in ink on top …
On the Controversy of Obama Addressing Schoolchildren
First off, I primarily want to respect other people’s opinions while giving them the chance to respect mine. That may be impossible, but at least I can try. If you’ve been in a cave the past week or so, there’s a large amount of controversy across the state about President Obama addressing the schoolchildren of …
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Travel News From My Parents
My Dad Lloyd writes: Hi all, Here we are in Alaska after getting up at 3:00 a.m. to catch a 7:10 flight to PHX, we are traveling with some friends who retired from AA, We made it through to Anchorage unscathed. They didn’t know about the hoops you have to jump through to get stand-by passes on another …
Is it okay if I don’t care about Michael Jackson’s death?
One of the problems in today’s society is that with twitter, facebook, and everything else, news events get sent through the echo chamber many more times than before. It used to be that you’d see something on TV, or you’d read about it in the paper, but today, arguably 90% of the facebook updates that …
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25 reasons why 25 Things Lists on Facebook annoy me
1. If you aren’t on Facebook, you wouldn’t understand that there’s this new craze called “25 Things”. 2. Its purpose is to get you to reveal 25 things people don’t know about you to the world. In other words, so long privacy! 3. A lot of the things people post are things that people know …
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When the House Falls Down
The air conditioner went out today. $2500 for just the compressor, $7500 for the entire AC system. Pest control. Yard work. Everything’s driving me crazy.