April 2009
18 posts
Visions and Revisions: William Zinsser talks about... →
Long, but well worth it.
March 2009
15 posts
The Mudflats » In Exposing the Identity of... →
Mike Doogan’s idiocy has brought more negative national attention to Alaskan politicians. It’s spawned commentary from places as varied as Huffington Post and Slashdot.
I’m pretty far removed from Alaskan politics these days, but I still have a gut feeling for them, and a personal interest. And to me the bottom line here is that Mike Doogan is a loony fucking asshat, and always...
MightyGodKing Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits... →
It’s funny ‘cause it’s true. The question I find myself asking is this: If I had it to do all over again, would I have still read all those Myth books by Robert Asprin in high school? Well, there was also Thieves’ World… which may have redeemed him somewhat.
Here is part one of the list which may be even better than part two. The Eddings cover in particular is...
“And the serotonin-based antidepressants do work in some people. Only in about...”
– Neurotopia : Depression Post 4: The Serotonin Theory (and why it’s probably wrong)
I always thought coke would provide an interesting mental health experiment in optimism and motivation.
“The lack of evidence alone is proof of a conspiracy!”
– MarshallBanana, in a comment on reddit from the post “Notice how they’re starting to crack down on the Internet everywhere? These aren’t unrelated events, it’s co-ordinated, there just using different justifications to make it less obvious i.e. Australia - CP, Britain -...
A Reddit snippet on how to reduce traffic...
used2digg: The problem with traffic in dense urban centers is that the drivers are allowed to go whatever speed they choose and maintain whatever gap they choose between the car in front of them...
... Solution - During rush hour (which in many modern cities is nearly all day). STRICTLY enforce a 45MPH average speed (+/- 5MPH) and a 3-CAR GAP. Drivers would be cited for driving out of formation.
dotrob: "Driving in formation" is known as riding the train.
HydroCarbon: Shh, Comrade. You speak out too early. The proletariat are not yet prepared for such revolutionary ideas. The kulaks must first be purged from the zemstvi, and the Mensheviks neutralized. Then such ideas as yours will not sound so radical.
Guys! Come quick! I found the son of a bitch who... →
“Remember: the only person who can sit on your ass is you.”
– Merlin Mann, “Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship”
“Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third...”
– Raymond Chandler in The Long Kiss Goodbye. The next sentence is: “After that you take the girl’s clothes off.”
Another member of congress... wants us to know... →
Hilarious.
“One of the best and smartest members in the U.S. Congress, Rep. Rush Holt, has...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Remembering the anthrax attack
I especially like the phrase, “the ‘look to the future - not the past’ Orwellian mantra.” A scary and apt description (if you assume any shady intentions).
In a nutshell, the conspiracy theory is that anthrax was sent by...
Snapshots from Inside Our Pretend Economy: Matthew... →
The more I hear about the economic crisis, the more it seems to be based on the fact that the economy was fake. We’ve been living on the set of a spaghetti western, where the buildings are all just facades and every so often Men in Black (they could be outlaws, pirates, Feds, or financiers) rampage through town, loot or just burn down the bank or rob the stage coach, and then ride out...