(Merry Marvel Blogging Society)The affects of a Norse God flying around NYC on theology, newspaper publisher action figures, and the coming of the new Spider-Man movie (in theatres this Friday). All in James Lileks’ latest Bleat
Chase Cringely is dead.Chase was the infant son of Robert X. Cringely. Robert has found that the medical establishment has declared SIDS unpredictable, and once it begins to happen, unstoppable. Robert is not accepting and it, and is taking action.… I feel the need to do something. And I am not at all convinced that […]
Jane Galt has beaten you to it But you can be one too just fill out this form, and you’re on your way to world domination…Me, I’d settle for being one of Jane’s henchmen… (I wonder if she provides medical benefits…)
Your blogging habits are easily represented in a flowchart! via Jane Galt
It’s a few days old. That’s an eternity in internet time. But read this posting none the less. It tells one woman’s perspective on working at the WTC site, and looks back over the past seven months on how things have changed since 9/11.I’m not talking about change in the same sense that most of […]
These days, so much of what passes for protest seems not to be driven any coherent ideology. It’s often more of a fashion statement than a political one. The puppets, costumes, attempts a witty slogans, and groups protesting five different things in the same protest march. There’s no real message other than “Hey, look at […]
Mitch Albom, a sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press, author of “Tuesdays with Morrie”, and occasional guest on ESPN’s the Sports Reporters, has written on Israel’s plight and the hypocracy in condemning the Israelis for defending themselves.It is only flawed in one sense. Most of the people opposing Israeli actions opposed our actions in […]
The overhyped motorized personal transport known as Segway (formerly “it”) apparantly is being tested out by quite a few government agencies who are looking for new ways of wasting taxpayer dollars. Amongst these early adopters is the Atlanta police department.Speaking in favor of common sense, and against the Segway is the Portland Press Herald editorial […]
The town of Camden is looking into putting tight restrictions on tour buses, regulating where they can park, drive, and unload passengers. Stupid.News flash: Camden is a part of the tourism industry here in Maine… Would this town that has a shortage of parking spaces prefer that these tourists all drive to Camden? If you’re […]
Old Orchard Beach is going to have a stop along the new Downeaster AMTRAK line. It is supposed to only be a seasonal (read summer) stop. So it’s silly that the construction of the platform is being held up over, of all things SNOW REMOVAL!!!I know it’s been pretty cool the past few weeks here […]
Over at COINTELPRO Tool, there’s an interesting pair of postings by Bill Herbert.First, is this item:Check out what I’m using as my new desktop wallpaper.Is there an award for unintentionally humorous photos?Lots of punchlines come to mind here. Good taste (what little I have), prevents me from using them here.The second item is yet another […]
The long, sad story of how the UN has been a constant threat to Israel is chronciled here.(via Instapundit)
Here’s a proposal to form two organizations to defend against government meddling in the development of computing technology. One to educate the public, legislators, and the media on technology issues called the American Open Technology Consortium. The other to take more direct political action, GeekPAC. The basic idea is to be sort of an N.R.A. […]
Alleged porn star, Max Power takes Rall’s hit piece on Art “Maus” Spiegleman from a few years back and Rall’s recent cartoons, to come up with this gem of an observation:Isn’t it weird that Ted Rall, who makes his living now by making fun of the widows of firefighters and Danny Pearl, previously made a […]
I’ve just added a comments feature to the blog.I have no idea how well it works. Feel free to comment nonsense to this post as a test of the system.