Archive for the Blatherings Category
- Of Banks and Whore Houses - October 12th, 2008
- Welcome To Corner Gas Online - March 5th, 2008
- The Belt Means Nothing - September 28th, 2007
- Real Life - September 19th, 2007
- Some Things I Haven’t Written About In A While … - August 17th, 2007
- What Does That Have To Do With Racing?!? - May 11th, 2007
- Science: Just Another Word for Mythology? - April 29th, 2007
- Finally, Some Common Sense — Bill Would Overturn Increase In Internet Radio Royalities - April 29th, 2007
- Profundity - April 23rd, 2007
- Overly Optimistic? - April 13th, 2007
Probably more than a bit over-simplified, but a sobering thought none-the-less …
Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who [...]
I regularly complain about the crap that US television networks throw at us, and that Americans accept as good television.
Meanwhile CTV (those folks up north) turn out programming that is, well, not crap.
Fortunately, if you have cable, you can probably get WGN out of Chicago. WGN carries a CTV show called Corner Gas. Check it [...]
For those of you who have been wondering … the collection of rune symbols on my belt says absolutely nothing. If I use alphabetic translations, no words emerge. If I use symbolic translations, it’s utter gibberish. I guess it just looked good to the artist who made the belt.
That said, I found a really neat [...]
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
– Fran Lebowitz
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Kiah – The bird. Remember her? Shortly after we got her, I took her down to the avian vet for a check-out. It seemed to the vet that she was generally healthy, but, a bit under-weight. She weighed about 76 grams that day, and a bird her age should weigh at least 85 grams. Well, [...]
So, I’m skimming my Google news page, and I see this headline:
Musgrave challenges Bush on veto threat
And all that comes to mind is, “Why the heck are Ted Musgrave and Kurt Bush arguing about a veto? What’s NASCAR up to now?
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Mythos is a Greek word, meaning story, or legend. And, every culture has stories, or myths or legends, attempting to explain the forming of the Earth, and animals and man. Science attempts the same thing. Does it not follow that science, then, is myth?
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A few weeks ago, I commented on a story about the Copyright Royalty Board sticking it to non-traditional broadcasters with regards to music royalties, setting rules that would force internet and cellular “radio stations” to pay up to 300% more than traditional over-the-air broadcasters.
Fortunately, there are some in congress who have some common sense.
U.S. Reps. [...]
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Niels Bohr
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pledging to rebuild “the competence of government and the confidence of the American people,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to streamline the functions of the federal government and boost its accountability to taxpayers.
[Full story here]
That’s a pretty tall order, considering just how long our government has been in [...]
