Author Archives: Alaska

Higher Education’s Crash is Like the Death of Hollywood’s Studio System

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Alaska

Used to be the most Hollywood’s stars could aspire to was a “tenure” slot at one of the major studios. Then things changed. A lot. The parallel sounds about right to me.

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Not Every Astronaut Goes Home At The End of His Shift

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Alaska

If you think, as I do, that the whole “all cops must go home at the end of their shift” mentality carries costs for society, consider that a variant of the same idea as applied to astronauts may well cause … Continue reading →

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Rooster 7564

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Alaska

As the ladies say, just unf. Especially at the end when she lapses into French….

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Robb Allen Brings It

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Alaska

If you receive an Olympic medal, you didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen. Nice job, Robb.

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Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Looking Good

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Alaska

I already liked the new Dagny. I like the new Francisco d’Anconia and Hank Rearden as well. Good actors and each looks the part. Teaser trailer below:

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I just find this really impressive

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Alaska

Both the scenery and the work. I’m not familiar at all with felling trees, but seeing what seems a dangerous job done with cheerful, determined competence is pretty nifty.

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In Soviet Russia, Censored Maps Fool You!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Alaska

Oh wait, make that America. My bad. I mean, really, censoring maps? If a road is not visible on the Government’s published map, it is closed to you, Citizen. Jesus Christ, this bureaucratic nonsense is getting spookier by the day.

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The Circle-Jerk Model of Bank and State Mutual Aid

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Alaska

“The Chinese banks ought to thank Greece and Spain every month” for distracting everybody from what I’d call the circle-jerk model of mutual State and Banking sector support. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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Solar Stormwatch Fun

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Alaska

You will want to hit Solarham.com (counterintuitively located at Solarham.net) to watch this sucker unfolding as it strikes Earth. See the charts and graphs spike in near-real-time! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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The Illustrator’s Illustrator

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Alaska

Downtime today = going through old issues of Comics Buyers’ Guide from the 1990s, noting comics and artists I want to check out, and adding them to the Amazon wishlist. In the middle of all this, I happened to look … Continue reading →

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