Author: Will Truman

I’m at place that I didn’t know was legal in the city of Colosse or the state of Delosa: A coffee and tobacco bar. Smoking has been banned from most public establishments for at least half a decade now. But… Continue Reading →

Via Alex Knapp’s Twitter, an article in the New York Times about electronic devices in takeoffs and landings: When EMT Labs put an Amazon Kindle through a number of tests, the company consistently found that this e-reader emitted less than… Continue Reading →

Someone who owes somebody some money used to have our phone number (assuming they didn’t choose it at random). We no longer answer calls from “Toll Free” because I’m tired of being pestered by Mike Huckabee and Steve Forbes about… Continue Reading →

I’m touring the Southland visiting family and friends. Research takes time and stuff.

I had a kindergarten class last Friday. It was a relatively light day, as far as academics go. The afternoon was spent with a Christmas “play” (more like a recital, but they called it a play). The rest of the… Continue Reading →

This was going to be a response on a previous post by Burt, but I decided instead to make it into its own post because it ended up taking a wider view than I had initially intended (and, as comments… Continue Reading →

The list (of the top 28 states plus DC) goes: California, New Jersey, Florida, New York, Texas, Washington, Nevada, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Virginia, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Georgia, DC, New Mexico, North Carolina, Vermont, Michigan, Nebraska,… Continue Reading →

Up until about the eighth grade, the first semester ended about two weeks after we returned from Christmas vacation. Then, some law was passed that allowed school to begin earlier in the year. A few days off and inservice days… Continue Reading →

A while back, Derek Thompson wrote a good piece on The Atlantic about the overall costs of employment. Contrary to what some are suggested overall compensation for labor hasn’t actually fallen very much as a percentage of the GDP. Rather,… Continue Reading →

This week’s question is going to be a little trickier than some, so I am going to give out several hints at once. Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon,… Continue Reading →