Archive for August, 2009
If I have a job (between the economy easing and stimulus money, the freeze on library jobs is beginning to thaw – and I’ve had some fairly good interviews recently), then after I get some of the hollow of the last few months filled I’m going to experiment with brewing.
Now as I mentioned a few [...]
I am flummoxed at the number of people on medicare who are against a ’socialist’ health care system – a government provided system for which they cannot be denied service.
“For me, but not for thee.”
Now it’s kinda amusing how they cling to the statements they deserve all this because they went through the Great Depression [...]
Now, there’s a classic that is basically cook the meat till it falls apart (shreds easily), then dump in some BBQ sauce, stir, and let it finish getting hot. That works, and I’ve used it. But I’ve got something better and not much more difficult – and it’s a lot closer to ‘classic’ Q.
You [...]
About 6 or 7 years ago, I complained. My complaint was that I was tired of all the people saying all liberals were like Code Pink (and others of the same stripe). That’s a small subset, I’d say, crazy and rude and NOT LIBERALS. They’ve hijacked the label.
Moe Lane was one of [...]
Any professional will tell you that it’s waaaay too early to predict the republican presidential nominee for 2012 at this time. They’ll tell you any test you use for past nominations, regardless how well it does, is suspect. I agree. Still, I have a fun test.
Get the list of potential nominees as [...]
I don’t like beer. More accurately, I don’t like hops. I know this for several reasons, one of which is that I’m quite fond of barley whiskey (scotch, irish whiskey, and such). But chasing this more fully led me to some interesting discoveries. I meandered through beermaking, and thought I’d share [...]
At some point I’ll update my definitions page with this post.
I’m changing my mind about the definitions for inflation and deflation in how I use them.
Here’s the deal – yes, they have specific definitions for monetarists and many economists. In that situation they’re specifically tied to money supply. The problem is that they [...]
Frankly, it’s too early to do this as more than just fun. Still, I’m in a mood, so here we go.
When I was forecasting the last Republican nomination, I forgot something fairly important. The GOP tends to end up with the person who is “next” – who’s paid the dues of time and [...]
Ugh. Quite simply, ugh. Now I’m not having the Niven law (yet), but it’s still a pain.
[Niven law. Writing is easy. Just stare at a piece of paper till you sweat blood from your forehead. Yes, that's a paraphrase.]
The problem is that I’m used to emails and blogs and, at worst, [...]
In a private list I’m on, we’re discussing the announcement that Holder has appointed Durham to begin investigation of CIA abuses. No, that sounds too mild given what’s going on. You see, they’re saying it’ll cripple intel for the next 25 years, just as Church did. I’m saying, well, I’m going to [...]
