Today's XKCD is an amusing poke at the quirks of us humans.  But one of the best things about XKCD is the mouse overs -- they're often better than the comic itself.  Today's is that way with a twist -- the alt text isn't funny, it's true and I wholeheartedly agree ( Read more... )

filkertom has a discussion on his LJ about a new evil corporate tactic being tried by some doctors.  I made this comment there, which I'd like to preserve for my own amusement.

I'm not a lawyer, but I've spent a few decades watching the impenetrable ( Read more... )

I caught a few minutes last night of someone ranting about the Tyler Clementi case.  What they seemed to be saying is that we, the people who are sickened by the whole situation, should be upset that the kids who posted the video might not be getting punished enough; that we have an obligation to change our society to come down harder after the ( Read more... )

In reaction to the froofraw about That Idiot In Florida, the wise and wonderful catsittingstill proposed that we mark today by posting in favor of religious tolerance.  TIIF seems to have backed down and will hopefully start receiving the attention he deserves (that would be absolutely none, for those of you who've watched too much television), but it still seems ( Read more... )

autographedcat pointed to a post by xiphias about an ad campaign.  I wanted to record my comment in my own journal where I might find it again ( Read more... )

In another journal, someone linked this comic in as a comment, and it is so profoundly true that I'm going to repost it here where I'll see it again.  I'm not going to spend today trying to write a post about my feelings.

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I posted this as a comment on min0taur's journal, but I'd like to keep it where I might be able to find it myself ( Read more... )

Several discussions have come up lately on various issues about intellectual property, stirring up the thoughts in my head.  I've been hoping for some time to square up my own personal ethical position with respect to intellectual property rights so that I can guide my own actions appropriately.  And right now, I'm inspired to muse a bit and see if ( Read more... )

Listening to the radio this morning got me thinking about something about political systems that I've though about before, but never come up with any really solid ideas.  I am, however, curious if other people have thought about this too, so I'm going to mumble about my thoughts and see if anyone out there is inspired to mumble back ( Read more... )

I was taking a walk, quietly thinking some melancholy thoughts about how little I like humans, when a novel idea snuck up and jumped me from behind.  There might be an interesting SF novel in this, or at least some serious musing, but I'm leaving for a con in an hour, so I'm just going to record the bare bones of the idea.  If anyone bothers to ( Read more... )