Indian Ocen Earthquake And Tsunami: Help Out This Christmas Season
Dec 29, 2004
Much like my country, I’ve been enjoying my vacation, relaxedly resting stingy in my posting. But the coverage of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on the French TV station in my hotel are compelling and shocking. Read on…
Dear Person Who Stole My Trash Can
Dec 21, 2004
Thank you for liberating me from the oppressive task of having to take out the trash every week. I so much prefer throwing all of my garbage in a pile in the back yard. Although I don’t know what the neighbors think.
I wish I’d known that you needed another trash can. As a single male living alone, I rarely fill up my trash can, and you would have been welcome to throw in a bag or two a week.
I’ll admit, however, that I’m a little surprised that you chose to steal my can, given that you can get another Read on… (plus 1 Comments)
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Dec 20, 2004
With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings when friends come to call, it’s the hap-happiest season of all! Yes, that’s right, there’s holiday music blaring from the speakers of all of the stores and malls out there and I love it. I wish July could be like this. Read on…
Obligatory Music Industry Rant
Dec 16, 2004
It’s not just the content owners who have completely lost it; that old-line content distributor, radio, seems to have gone completely off the deep end as well. Read on…
Commenting Works Again
Dec 12, 2004
It should be possible for everyone to comment on my blog entries now. Yes, I’ve worked hard and have given all four of my readers their voice back.
I could tell you the full story of what the problem was but it had something to do with comment spammers, a Movable Type upgrade, cookies, and Internet Explorer’s absoloutely bizarre approach to security, in which tremendously serious security holes are left open while the most innocuous practices are tightly controled.
So please post away below to test that all is fully Read on… (plus 3 Comments)
Down With The Curve!
Dec 10, 2004
This afternoon I took my Finance final. So this evening I’m doing that evil thing that everyone who’s ever had their grade set on a curve has done: hoping that my friends and colleagues did more poorly on their Finance exams than I did on mine. I like my classmates, or, at least, select ones. It’s not right that I hope for them to fail, but The Man makes me do it. It’s just the Program Office’s way of keeping us down.
The curve is a seductive, and deeply crappy, concept. By fitting all grades to a normal Read on…
Chemical Warfare Chili
Dec 8, 2004
Around this time of the year, when it turns cold and wet (for Los Angeles), there’s nothing like chili to warm the bones. And those bones I do like to warm, with my patented chemical warfare chili.
It’s not that my chili is filled with preservatives — I’m an all-natural guy — so much as the cooking process for this chili will drive burglars out of your home. And maybe friends.
Step 1: Chili Powder
Combine 2 parts cumin, 1 part ancho chile powder, 1 part new mexico chile powder, 1 part cayenne, Read on…
It's A Purge!
Dec 1, 2004
So now Tom Ridge is gone. In quick succession Ridge, Tommy Thompson, and Colin Powell have been cast aside by the Bush administration — three of the GOP’s most prominent, admired moderates have become irrelevant.
It’s important to think back four years to understand what went on here. In 1999-2000, Powell’s name was bandied about for Veep, if not more. Thompson and Ridge were popular governors of moderate states, percieved to have broad appeal. Vice President in 2004 was not unreasonably Read on…