Why Bother With Reviews?
There’s a bunch of reviews of The Dark Knight out on the Internets tonight. I don’t see any point in reading them. I’m going to see the movie, this weekend, no matter what.
Month: July 2008
Ain’t That The Truth
If you don’t read xkcd by now, where have you been?
Smart Presidents
A friend is taking a class in psychology through the local college. It seems that while discussing the subject of IQ tests, the professor told her class (which included my friend) that Bill Clinton had an IQ of 187 and… Continue Reading
"I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist"
The title of this post, or other similar statements, are some of the strangest, yet most pervasive, arguments I have yet heard. Skeptico briefly unpacks the statement into an argument regarding the creation of the universe, and comes up with… Continue Reading
Has The French Revolution Gotten A Bad Rap?
The French celebrate the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille as their equivalent of our Independence Day, the day that their history of free self-government began. Unlike America, however, France’s history of free self-government has not run uninterrupted since… Continue Reading
A Million Names On A List
The ACLU claimed today that the “Terrorist Watch List” has hit one million members. I don’t know if that is a confirmable number. I rather suspect that the ACLU’s copywriters did not pull the number out of their — um,… Continue Reading
Belgian Beer
The best beers I’ve ever had have all come from Belgium. (The second-best have all come from the Czech Republic, and French beer is damn good, too.) But I don’t think that a Belgian company buying Anheuser-Busch is going to… Continue Reading
Obama’s Bounce Falls Into The Purple Muck
Senator Obama was expected to enjoy something of a bounce in the polls after locking up the nomination. At least according to Rasmussen, that’s gone now. Obama and McCain are tied at 46% each in a two-way preference matchup. If… Continue Reading
Cribbage
I’m beginning to regret suggesting to The Wife that we pass the time by playing cribbage. We were looking for a good two-person game to play together and most of the card games we know are best with three, four,… Continue Reading
Good Garb And Bad Bargaining
I bought a couple of new suits yesterday. The Wife insisted and forced me to go to the Men’s Wearhouse, and it was a good thing she did, too, because she’s right that I needed some new suits to wear.… Continue Reading