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It Takes More Than a Beard
So it’s not just me who thinks the current craze for men’s beards is just so much bullshit. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Suzanne Venker says “Looking masculine is one thing, being masculine is another”. Will these beards help attract women? Absolutely. But unless men learn to develop and proudly own their masculine core, the Read more
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Tsoo Tsoon to be a Tsunami
Andrew Gillen at the Texas Public Policy Foundation says “Two Tsunamis are About to Hit Higher Education,” when :..the Department of Education released post graduate earnings and debt data broken down by college program — which will have a revolutionary impact on higher education.” A bit of poking around on the web gets you to the Read more
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Fresh-O-Matic!
Just read this delightful article about steamed hoagies, and recalled using a Fresh-O-Matic steamer. Right out of high school, starting in University, I started a weekend gig as a prep guy in a Mom and Pop hamburger stand in Big Bear, California. The owners patiently showed me the ropes, and over two years built me Read more
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“Don’t worry, it’s harmless”
…is what the marijuana crowd has been telling us since I was a toddler in the Eisenhower Administration. Well, if the States are a Laboratory for Democracy, I’d say that the Marijuana Experiment is crashing from the “unexpected” side effects. Peter Hitchens, writing in The Spectator comments Marijuana has been the beneficiary of one of Read more
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Pick a Name at Random
Found a cool new tool useful in simulating data sets: the Random Name Generator. What a great way to fake up some data! I’ve been using it in a course that includes survey sampling. Read more
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Spicing Up the Kitchen
Ellen Bennett is the Marie Kondo of kitchen organization. She has lots of clever ideas, my favorite one is this: I found a good quick-drying paint marker at my favorite art supply store yesterday, and started labeling. It works! Update (30 July 2019): Two caveats: (1) them little bottles ain’t cheap, so it’ll take a Read more
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Caught in the Draft
In December of 1969, the Selective Service held a lottery to determine the order in which young men would be called up for the Draft. My number was a low 53, and that set the course for much of my adult life. Turns out, the odds were against me. A nice description of what happened. Read more
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Paper or Plastic?
The Governor of Tennessee is fixin’ to stop the ban-plastic-shopping-bags nonsense in his state. I’ve see this no-plastic crapola in several visits to Colorado, and it’s just a greenie smokescreen that allows grocery chains to charge an extra dime (per bag!) to squeeze the poor and sandbag out-of-towners. No penguins, polar bears, or fuzzy bunnies Read more
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Raised by wolves
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is back, reinstated, in C. J. Box’s latest thriller This one’s a breakneck thriller; a week of non-stop action that catches up Joe and nearly everyone around him. C. J. Box is one of the few best-selling authors who is skeptical about overreach by the Federal authorities. In a conversation Read more
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The Cyberfascism Bulletin #1: Spring Break Edition
This is the first in a continuing series of “callouts” detailing the onslaught of the ubiquitous surveillance and behavioral influence state. Remember, whether the state seizes industry, or industry seizes the state, the result is still fascism. BIG BIZ Volvo wants to spy on you while you drive. Two thoughts immediately came to mind: (1) Read more
The Random Texan 