So, after months, no, years of increasingly vitriolic rhetoric and weeks of a feeling of impending doom, the Supreme Court finally ruled on the Affordable Care Act.  I've never been very enthusiastic about the ACA; instead of really fixing the health care problem by really breaking the health insurance money machine in favor of a public system, the ( Read more... )

A mailing list I'm on linked to a story on the power of corporate data mining that anyone who isn't already worried about privacy issues really ought to pay attention to.  It seems that through statistical analysis of the stuff we buy, Target can identify when women are pregnant with a pretty high rate of success.  And, it seems, identifying ( Read more... )

Seanan says so, and that's plenty good enough for me!

So I say to those who read this: Happy Valentine's Day to each and every
one of you, and if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, happy Horny
Werewolf Day.

I've turned my clocks back while brooding over the end of daylight saving time.  This time of year is plenty depressing already without the additional whammy of moving the darkness an hour forward.

I always need more support from my friends to make it through this time of year.  If you'll be friendly to me, I'll make an extra effort to return the

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... )

The little plastic squares more often found on bread are the best way to hold the plastic wrap on a head of lettuce.  But if you have to use clear sticky tape, could you please use a shorter piece of it so that it's not so darn hard to peel off to get to the lettuce?

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... )

I was just listening to the BBC while driving back from an appointment, and I was profoundly struck by the irony of the juxtaposition of stories ( Read more... )