Archive for the ‘My Take’ Category
The outrage over downloading. . . from both sides
Boing Boing has a doozy, with The Hurt Locker producer angrily lashing out against someone who emailed him with a delicious boycott over righteous outrage over some lawsuits the producer’s company is filing against Bittorrent downloaders. I so much want to quote the entirety of the thing because it’s all relevant, but that ain’t right. [...]
Generating will and enthusiasm
I admit it: I’m having a tough time generating “care”. I know this is because of my mom doing poorly — even more poorly than expected, frankly — but I can’t help it. It’s hard to continue forward. I have an aching lump in my chest that makes everything else just that much harder. I [...]
Why do I get comment spam?
I’ve recently been targeted by comment spammers. This is nothing new, frankly. I’ve bellyached about it for years. Luckily I rarely see it with Spam Karma in the house. Let’s put numbers to the beast: I’ve gotten 242,742 spam comments to date on this blog. You can do the math on that, I’m too lazy. [...]
New Holland Brewing Company’s Dragon’s Milk Ale
These are the steps that you should be taking right now. Do you have it near you? Do you know? You need to determine if there is a place in your area that serves this or sells it. Once you have, hopefully, determined that it is available somewhere within, say, flying distance book a flight [...]
Today’s episode of TSA antics that make me weep for America
Oh TSA, how you continue to fail in the most spectacular ways (from Boing Boing). Did you hear about the Camden cop whose disabled [4-year-old] son wasn’t allowed to pass through airport security unless he took off his leg braces? The boy is developmentally delayed, one of the effects of being born 16 weeks prematurely. [...]
The greatest commercial ever
This is likely the greatest commercial ever created. Find more videos like this on AdGabber I’m stunned.
All companies are off their respective rockers
I tread a fine line between wanting to rail against my company and greatly desiring to keep my job. Therefore, all names have been removed to protect the innocent, the annoyed and the annoying. I have a “new” project. I should note I just finished a project. One that was demanding, required serious extra hours, [...]
A tale of profound drunkenness
I got most of my drinking done before I ever left college. Now I might have a drink occasionally when I’m gaming and otherwise do designated driver and chuckle with wry amusement at the antics of the drunkards. I recently played in an ironman hockey tournament about 45 minutes from home. After the first night’s [...]
