From Backpacking Dad, with a disclaimer: Before I do any more typing here I should say that the person about whom I am writing is definitely over 18, and I have every confidence she is also over 21. Hilarious post. Read the whole thing.
I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say the U.S. is ungovernable. It’s just that a weapon has not yet been developed to make it stick. Power at the national level creates extreme inequality between the few who hold office and the rest of us who do not. Basically, we can vote in elections, and that is it. With power more localized, we have a greater chance Read More ...
This made me cry. From laughter. But there is much still to do. Even as we speak, a child is crying—a little, sad, pitiful child with big eyes, crying enormous tears that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to dry. Only billions? That sounds like a helluva bargain! Delivery is all about timing. This State of the Union has really bad timing. I bet he wishes he could put it Read More ...
Celebrity Rehab 3 – Take it day by day. If you can go the whole season without watching an episode, more power to you. But I'll bet you a cold cold beer you can't do it. Mardi Gras 1956 – This is cool. I haven't been to New Orleans in 6 or 7 years. This makes me want to go back. Not for Mardi Gras, but I still want to Read More ...
15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning – Very nice article here. Even though I sort of know all of these things intuitively, I need to be more active in implementing some of them. Cocaine in Space Shuttle Hangar – And no mention of it in the local paper. At least no mention I could find. Interesting Twitter’s Answer To Facebook Connect – I'm pretty close to breaking it off with Read More ...
Twitter’s traffic in trouble? – Scoble has a ton of advice for Twitter. My advice for Twitter: be Twitter and nothing else. Get rid of the 140 character limit? No way! Add comments? No way! Besides, do we really think Twitter could implement all these things without Fail Whaling left and right. Just be Twitter and be good at it, thanks! Lang Wiseman: Vols | Kansas – DISCLAIMER: Lang Wiseman Read More ...
If Big Stupid Tommy ran the Knoxville News-Sentinel – Big Stupid Tommy is a genius. You Drive What? – Proud to be among the first to provide them with some link love. This looks very promising. What Google’s Nexus One means to your organization – I’ve had my Android phone for about two and a half months now. I’d say the model I have isn’t quite on par with the Read More ...
“It was averted by brave individuals not because the system worked and that is not acceptable.” Really?!?!?! That’s an interesting statement. I’m must be really weird. I look at things a little differently. See, I think the fact that the system failed and brave individuals did not is AWESOME!!!! In fact, I put way more faith and trust in a bunch of even semi-brave individuals than I do in any Read More ...
Facebook blocks ‘Web 2.0 Suicide Machine’ – All of your facebooks are belong to Facebook. Got it? Photocheck.in for Foursquare – Since Orlando is so close, I've had a chance to mess with Foursquare some. Not that there's really anything huge going on in Melbourne, but it's close enough. Here, you get to be the Mayor of places like Publix and Panera (although I'm the current Long Doggers Mayor as Read More ...
