Archive for March, 2010

I’m glad the AGs of various states are challenging the federal mandate that compels us to purchase health care coverage from the (“evil”) insurance companies. My worry is that they will lose. And once that precedent is set, what else could we be forced to purchase by law? Will we be required to have bank accounts, purchased from evil banks? After all, if you have money, you must be participating   Read More ...

I went through security at ATL this afternoon. Believe it or not, the story gets even worse… As I was collecting all my carry on items after they were checked, one of the TSA sheriffs calls out to another over his shoulder, “Hey George! She says she knows you! But just for one night!” I looked over and noticed the lady behind me was pregnant. She didn’t look very amused   Read More ...

I’ve been playing a lot of Hide and Seek lately with players of varying skill level–mostly friendly games, but there’ve been a few high stakes sessions too. I’ve been taking detailed notes, and am really working to refine my game. I’m not giving away all of my secrets, but here are three tips you can use to keep most opponents confounded. Just keep in mind that every game (and every   Read More ...

Classic New Orleans commercial. The only thing that has come close to this commercial since it originally aired are the “Biggest-no-brainer-in-the-history-of-earth” commercials for Lennox Financial. Enjoy this one from Frankie and Johnny.

Prediction — a pretty short speech that’s very abstract on the details (hardly an outline) that is moving and uplifting…until you realize there aren’t any details. I’m guessing this is pretty much a political effort to attempt to keep folks in these parts positive on his plan until after the November elections. After that, NASA gets poleaxed. You have to know it’s the secret dream every freshman studying aerospace engineering   Read More ...

Neville’s latest, What if Congress Adopted the Agile Manifesto, is truly great. You can read the whole post at the jump, but here’s my favorite part: 10) Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential. …I think Congress skipped this step. Oh well, it was the only “essential” step. I’ve long been an advocate of Congress getting as little “work done” as possible. Congress working means us   Read More ...

Tesla – Gettin’ Better. The only thing that could make this better was if you replaced every cigarette in the video with a Coors Light tall boy. That’s a program I could get with.

Probably something you want to have to get your content put out there faster. Doesn’t hurt, right? And there’s a plugin if you’re hosting WP yourself. In a nutshell, instead of having to periodically ask your blog if there are any updates they can now register to automatically receive updates each time you publish new content. In most cases these updates are sent out with in a second or two   Read More ...

Great for beating yourself up during a run because what you did last night is causing you great pain now.