Monthly Archives: May 2010

Friday Fiction: No Comebacks

I have an inordinate fondness for short stories. Actually, I like to think that most of our popular novelists have done some of their best work in short-story form. Unfortunately, that doesn’t sell as well as the full-length novel, so … Continue reading

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Go Watch Now

Iron Man 2 is very very good. Wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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For my fellow code monkeys

Comparing the hierarchical nature of the command structure  of E. Coli & Linux.

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Early Friday Fiction: Surrogate

I’m behind in my Friday Fiction posts, due to Boomershoot and other things. So you get a twofer this week. The recently-departed Robert B. Parker will be sorely missed. He got lazy in his habits in his later years, but … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/06/10

Well this is just great! I’m trying to get caught up with school after Boomershoot and then CCinZ had to link to these guys who pulled out this pearl of a von Mises quote. The champions of socialism call themselves … Continue reading

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Flying the Maple Seed Express

This is neat, a micro air vehicle designed around a Samara Seed (think Maple Seed). Nice toy, and I could see those night flights getting people freaked about UFOs.

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No surprise here

A big part of our Health Care problem is the lack of Primary Care Physicians, a part the HCR did nothing to address. The authors note that the primary care shortage will become increasingly problematic in the wake of health … Continue reading

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Interesting Information

from FireDogLake, no less John Spratt, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, was recently appointed by President Obama to the Debt Commission. I’ve been going through documents looking at his history regarding Social Security reform, and his involvement in “secret … Continue reading

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Fucking Awesome!

The Onion, once again, wins the internet

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This Drug War, it isn’t worth it

Video of a SWAT raid on a middle class family over an ounce of pot.  The kids get to experience the cops killing their family Corgi.  Then they had the audacity to charge the parents with child endangerment. While I … Continue reading

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