There are several problems I have with this so-called “debate.” First, it becomes obvious pretty early on that Hitchens and Blackwell are talking about two totally different things. Hitchens’ point, which is 100% correct, is that the First Amendment, among… Continue Reading
The word, people, is “probably.” P – R – O – B – A – B – L – Y It means “favored by the laws of probability,” or in simpler terms, “more likely than not.” The word has two… Continue Reading
Paul Campos at LGM bemoans people who, despite having Google at their fingertips, are seemingly unable to use that tool. This reminds me of something that happened at work a while back. We tried to hire paralegals using skills testing.… Continue Reading
I thought to comment on an American plane shooting down an Iranian drone over Iraq. But then I read the comments thread on the article. After about twelve comments, I felt a whole lot dumber than I felt when I… Continue Reading
Do not set your webpage to autostart any audio of any kind at any volume. EVER! Capisce?
We’ve seen dozens of creepy little tan-colored worm looking things in the house. Our best guess is that they are mealworms. We have no idea how they got in the house. The pets, of course, are all oblivious to them.… Continue Reading
This is a special shout-out to the guy who sat in seat 32B on United Flight 132 from San Francisco to Chicago O’Hare on September 17, 2008. You know who you are. Thanks to United Airlines’ policy of overbooking every… Continue Reading
A lot of places that I have traveled, especially east of the Mississippi, have a fetish about softening their water. Is the manganese content of water here in lovely Waukesha really so high that this is necessary? I hate softened… Continue Reading
The Wife asked me the other day “Do you like that I’m not all weepy, that I don’t break down and cry all the time? Because it seems like a lot of women at work and a lot of my… Continue Reading
I spend a lot of my day reading over evidence. Letters, memos, e-mail, things like that. So I see how a wide range of people write, in settings both formal and candid. And for some reason, a large number of… Continue Reading