In Texas, at least. And why not? Limbuagh and his ilk have done little but to bad-mouth McCain since he took ascendancy, and there are no viable Republican alterantives to him. And Limbaugh listeners will never be convinced to vote… Continue Reading
The Julian calendar had 365 days, with an extra day added to the end of every fourth February. This lighthearted article suggests that Caesar’s idea for the Julian calendar was taken from his sojourn in Egypt. That makes sense, given… Continue Reading
I was wrong to be as anxious as I was for my mock trial kids. They were a little bit unpolished, but obviously far superior to their opponents tonight, and that’s what counts in this round. Yes, they could have… Continue Reading
Stuff White People Like. Is it racist? I don’t think so because it’s generally okay to make fun of white people. And the teasing here is pretty gentle and obviously not written from a place of hatred. The author seems… Continue Reading
Ten tips in this article. Here’s my self-assessment: Take an interest in something your wife is really passionate about. The Wife’s hobby is stamping and I just cannot summon the interest to involve myself in it. She is excited about… Continue Reading
Time to short-sell all those five-year bonds. Turns out the world will end on December 21, 2012. At least, at that point we’ll have gone off the Maya Long Count Calendar, an ingenius system for measuring epochal spans of time… Continue Reading
Bill Cunningham, the conservative talk radio host from Cincinnati who repeatedly invoked Barack Obama’s middle name of “Hussein” in a warm-up speech for a McCain campaign rally, complains that he got “thrown under the Straight Talk Express” by the candidate.… Continue Reading
Today marks the first time that the Euro has traded for $1.50 in U.S. money. That’s right, a buck fifty buys you only a single Euro. This is not good news for Americans planning to live abroad right at this… Continue Reading
A friend of mine spammed me today with a video about how evil the big corporations Fox and Monsanto are because they’re lying to the public about the dangers of recombined bovine growth hormone. My characteristically verbose response: My view… Continue Reading
Turns out, the U.S. Mint took less than twenty-four hours to reject a proposed “state quarter” design offered to Washington, D.C. that included the city’s official motto, “Taxation Without Representation.” (Note, though, that the Federal District’s official motto is “Justicia… Continue Reading