Monthly Archives: September 2009

Another one bites the dust

Once again, the curve on Hobart has claimed another victim. In this case, it wasn’t an innocent victim. At about 1am this morning I half woke-up to a weird “wumph” sound. I didn’t think it was cars crashing (they make a more metallic sound) but something had happened. Then after a few seconds, I heard [...]
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The Party of Stupid

Rob Landley has written a very good description of how the Republican party is discombobulating. He gave me permission to reproduce it here; any formatting errors are mine. Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few [...]
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Speed Reading

I’ve been interested in speed reading since I was a kid. I liked books a lot and was very impatient. My comprehension wasn’t always so great, but that had a hidden advantage: I could read a book a second time and be amazed by the parts I had forgotten or didn’t get on the first [...]
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Sucky soda

I am not a soda fan. I don’t like Pepsi, Coke, etc. They taste like chemicals to me. The last soda I like was an orange Fanta I got in a McDonalds in Germany. It did not taste like anything I’ve gotten in the US. It was not sickly sweet and actually tasted good. I’ve [...]
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