Archive for the ‘society’ Category
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Not that anybody cares, but it's been a good summer for Oz.
He learned to ride a bike pretty well; we're now going out and doing 10-mile rides a couple of times a week.
He learned to play guitar; he can churn out pretty recognizable versions of "Born to be wild", "Satisfaction", ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Being an old-school kind of guy who remembers when the internets were made of tin cans and string, I still like my usenet binary newsgroups.
So I was a bit bugged when NYS Attorney General Andrew "pre-whore Spitzer" Cuomo made threats about shutting down the newsgroups by threatening to prosecute ISPs ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Groundbreaking comic and awesomely outspoken critic of the bullshit of religion and religious thinking George Carlin is dead of a heart attack at 71. A huge loss to fans of calling out the invisible-daddy bullshit everywhere.
I'd say "R.I.P.", but George and I both know that's the only option.
Here's his ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Obama (rightly) declares victory.
Now, just how ugly is it going to get?
UPDATE: And here's his speech. Not bad at all.
Read the transcript here.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
We took Oz to NYC over the long weekend, stayed in midtown, and did tourist things with him — went to the Museum of Modern Art, Central Park, the Museum of Natural History, and even the Statue of Liberty. Theresa and I have both of course been there for both ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
OK, you've heard that the California Supremes have ruled that you can't ban gay marriage under the CA state constitution, making California the second state to have real, no second-tier "civil union" marriage for gay people. And the Governator, no big supporter of gay marriage, has said he won't ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I was at a social gathering last night where it seems I was they only one who'd caught a whiff of the "Is 'yo' the the gender-neutral pronoun?" talk that's swirling around in popular linguistics, so I point to the issue at Language Log here: Yo. (Oh, come on; it ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Just for fun, my favorite apparition of Jesus story/image ever: Jesus image appears on dog anus.
Want more? How about Jesus appears in Romanian wardrobe, Woman feels blessed that image of Jesus appears in her tree, Jesus Appears in Dental X-Ray, Jesus Appears On CarWindscreen, Jesus appears in water stain on ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
More wackiness from the world's biggest cult: A doubling in the number of deadly sins, from 7 to 14! (Fewer confessions and new sins)
Added to the old favorites of Pride, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth, and Greed, we have the new collection for the 21st century: genetic modification, ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Shit. We get a guy who looks like a take-no-prisoners kick-ass Dem in as NY Governor, and he gets taken down by spending $5K a pop on prostitutes: Spitzer Is Linked to a Sex Ring as Client.
And he's not even going to get the piggish guy sympathy, because his ...
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