The Portal of Change
I was seventeen when I came to the belief that gays should be allowed to be married. It was the late 90’s. This was not a mainstream view at the time. In my high school English class, we had to… Continue Reading
Month: March 2013
Linky Friday #16
Learning: [L1] I’ve linked to articles about giant squids. Now: flying squids! [L2] The Middle Ages were not exactly what we were told they were. Here are six myths that most believe. Entertainment: [E1] I’ve always found it a bit… Continue Reading
Just Kvetching
It is really, really annoying to be told to vacate your rental four months before you planned to leave town. Salt on the wound is being handed a list of cleaning requirements the likes of which I have never seen,… Continue Reading
A Fantasy Letter
Dear clients: Maybe you’ve hired the wrong lawyer. It’s a question of goals that makes me say this. I want to get you to the best possible resolution of your case. You want that too, of course, but sometimes I… Continue Reading
Princess Pauline Rescues Mario
Programmer Mike Mika hacked in to the code for the classic video game Donkey Kong so that his three-year-old daughter could play as Pauline instead of Mario. He writes: “She really did seem to enjoy the game more. For whatever… Continue Reading
Medium Poor
So The Wife has a friend at work who decided to spend her tax return money on seeing a medium to check up on her dead grandmother. Mrs. Likko has roughly as much intellectual contempt for the idea of séances as I… Continue Reading
Big Gulps Freed In Big Apple
Going all the way back in his study to the original Dongan Charter of New York, granted by King James II Stuart in 1686, today the Honorable Milton A. Tingling of the New York State Supreme Court, in and for… Continue Reading
Secession In Atlanta (End Cities!)
Suburbs in Atlanta seek to secede from the city (and/or county?). WND celebrates while NBC looks at the racial implications. Given that we’re talking about Atlanta, and notable racial disparities, it’s hard not to consider the racial aspects of it.… Continue Reading
Monday Trivia #104 [Randy Harris wins!]
From most to least: Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Minnesota, Idaho, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, North Dakota, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Virginia, New York, Oregon, Wyoming, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, Michigan, Georgia, Mississippi, Arizona,… Continue Reading
Linky Friday #15
World: [W1] Paris… at the turn of the 20th century. [W2] Maybe we can’t count on selling coal to China if they’re going with nuclear. [W3] Can the US replicate the German economic model? Or will we beat the Chinese… Continue Reading