Category Archives: Color me confused

$14/Hour Buys You a $175k House

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

Herewith, a rant: One of our employees, a young single mother pregnant with her third child, floored her supervisor the other day by mentioning she’d bought a house in Oakland. “How,” he asked incredulously, “did you manage that when I … Continue reading →

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I Blame the Colleges

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Alaska

Note Egypt’s position in the above. Seriously, what are we graduating these days? I’ve got a full-rant post waiting in the wings about how I’m trying to hire an administrative assistant/project manager, pay $12-$15/hour, college degree preferred, flawless English a … Continue reading →

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What Say Ye

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Phil Kadath

I read this idea on a place on the web most folks don’t go and want to see what you all think about it. It is called The Wyoming Rule: Under this system the standard Representative-to-Population ratio would be set … Continue reading →

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Real-Life Idoru

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Alaska

Idoru is here. I really need to read Gibson’s Bridge trilogy, including that book. I’m way behind on my lit’ry cyberpunk reading. For example, I know I bought Neuromancer when it first came out, but it’s so long ago that … Continue reading →

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FrankenMosin

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Alaska

The horror…. Click to embiggen. We really need to hurry up and file that Calguns court challenge to Cali’s AWB. That frikkin’ law is making Californians do awful things to perfectly happy bolt-action rifles just to get a Black Rifle … Continue reading →

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How NOT to teach a CCW Class

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Alaska

Some of you may recall “Bo” Gritz, the fellow who managed to end the Ruby Ridge standoff because Randy Weaver was so (justifiably) paranoid by then that he wouldn’t listen to anybody else. (“Bo” Gritz haunted the greater Orofino area … Continue reading →

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When You’re Married to a Football Fanatic

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Alaska

…she says things like what she yelled down the hall just now: San Francisco Giants are going to the Super Bowl! …I love my wife!

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Posted on October 19, 2010 by Phil Kadath

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Tekeli-Li!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Alaska

If you read enough of this fellow’s stuff, some of it starts to make sense. Don’t pick up hitchhikers? Indeed. A rock house the best sort? Yeah, he has valid points, especially if it cost all of $60k to build. … Continue reading →

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Am I missing something?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Despite what some folks would like to think, the leftosphere is not always wrong. The majority of the time, yes, but it is not a 100% deal. And so now I am wondering about the latest decision on Miranda. They … Continue reading →

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