I saw at lunch that Bob Schieffer has made public the questions he intends to ask in tonight’s foreign policy debate. This makes it something of an exercised in prompted speechification, if you ask me. So I figured that since… Continue Reading
This week’s trivia question is from frequent commenter [and San Francisco Giants fan] Mike Schilling, and comes in time for the World Series. Mike will be offering daily clues as we flounder about trying to figure out the answer. The 2013… Continue Reading
The Federal Defense of Marriage Act has already been held unconstitutional by a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Today’s decision from the Second Circuit following suit and consciously anticipating SCOTUS review applies the “intermediate scrutiny” standard and was authored by a judge usually thought… Continue Reading
With the discovery of a rocky, roughly earth-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, not only are we that much closer to video games coming to life, we may be faced with a question of what name we might assign to a planet… Continue Reading
Why I bothered to watch I don’t know. I filled out my absentee ballot and mailed it in yesterday. But I resolved to offer ten points for discussion, and here they are.
Data is current as of 2011. New Hampshire has the highest number, followed by North Dakota with the next-highest. Utah has the lowest number, followed by Connecticut with the next-lowest. Click for a larger version of map.
The current national average price for 87-octane unleaded gasoline is $3.81 a gallon. In California, it’s $4.65 a gallon. In my particular neck of the woods, the cheapest I’ve seen it is ten cents a gallon higher than that. It… Continue Reading
I’ll be honest. I played Fallout: New Vegas through the entire debate tonight. Had a lot of fun. I felt my time was better spent hunting mutants in the Mojave wasteland. Bill, can you explain to the group why I… Continue Reading
A lot of my recipes are heavy on the seasonings and spices, so I thought to offer something a bit more mild. This one is pretty fast and easy, light, and a nice romantic dinner for two. It goes great… Continue Reading
Experience seems to bear out my faith in the proposition that even if something happens for reasons that are not immediately clear, sufficient investigation will eventually reveal the cause. Just before Labor Day, my dog became violently ill for no… Continue Reading