It's a week to go and... mostly I've had enough already. I have some old complaints about Christmas and perhaps a more structured airing of them is warranted ( Read more... )

A lot of folks were annoyed with him for being unable to get his legislative agenda through the congress, or over misguided opinions on things that were actually good (saving the US auto industry, for instance ( Read more... )

Anyone else had to deal with the stupid Best Buy pop-up ad on this site? Not only does it lock you out of your browser for several seconds, it does the one thing I consider an unforgivable sin on a website: it plays sound without me explicitly telling it to. I have only two words for whoever here at LJ allowed that ad: FUCK YOU. Banner ads? Sure, I ( Read more... )

So OK... I try not to do this sort of geek evangelism, but time is short. The Rascals from Redmond are prepping to make people shell out even more money for a re-branding & minor patch on their last waste of electrons. And they are doing in on MY BIRTHDAY!

So... why not make October 22 a "Day Without Windows?" It isn't as hard as you might think. ( Read more... )

Some years ago, a group of people decided to ruin a perfectly good mountain as a monument to great American presidents. Regardless of the party affiliation, they all share one core political outlook: liberalism. Taking them in order...

• George Washington. This man led an open armed revolt against a legitimate and internationally recognized government ( Read more... )

I adore the rain, the way it smells, the chaos in the rhythms that go in a moment from whisper to roar. I need to move someplace that gets more of it than LA... and I know, I say this all the time.

Now, on to the rant.

Propaganda Is Evil
Yep, yep it as. Propaganda is a subversion of the very principal that a democracy must stand on: That the ( Read more... )

Ahh, the slick electric bass of Bootsy Collins... I seem to be listening to this sort of mutant Jazz more and more often ( Read more... )

I’ve had an interesting set of talks recently, and I thought I’d digest them and share. Firstly, and old friend of mine and I spent some time doing a post-mortem on our shattered hopes. We decided that the key element is that people are still acting like a bunch of frightened children. Something in them wants a Father figure... an infallible ( Read more... )

OK... I can't stay up any more ( Read more... )

This is sparked by deromilly‘s journal, so you’ll need to go read there...
Actually, your (and my) experience lines up with a large amount of research. Apparently while money doesn’t buy happiness, poverty does put the breaks on it ( Read more... )