the game of life

Van der Leuen has recovered from his trek to Seattle sufficently to post.  Not quite a rant, but close.  I give nothing away with this quote Indeed, it is a source of continuing disappointment in every American’s life that whenever one feels a strange hand groping around one’s buttocks, it is never an attractive stranger, Read more

The National Hurricane Center is running out of names for 2005 hurricanes; we may be forced to make do with Greek letters (Oh, the horror!  Hurricane Psi!)  Of course, they don’t use names beginning with Q, U, X, Y, or Z, because who ever heard of names like Quentin, Ulysses, Xerxes, Yolanda, or Zachary?  (Quinn, Read more

…is here. Read more

I was struck by a quote this morning If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian. – Linda McCartney and I just had to respond: Lovely sentiment. But Mrs McCartney didn’t grow up with the butcher’s boy, who spent every Saturday wandering freely around the packing house, from meat lockers to cutting Read more

The five basic laws of human stupidity, with graphs.  Now I understand. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more

Most new buzzwords and catchphrases are ephemera, meaningful only in a specific time or context (not that there’s anything wrong with that).  But now we have one for the ages, courtesy of Lt. Gen. Russel Honore speaking to a press conference in New Orleans:  "Don’t get stuck on stupid." Tip from Crumb Trail, who had Read more

We’re experiencing the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States.  It’s time to stop bitching and whining about trivia, and start making some kind of positive, creative contribution.  This guy has lots of suggestions.  UT Austin is pitching in big time. While you’re at it, read Peggy Noonan’s September 1 column on Read more

These guys obviously had way too much time on their hands.  And now they’re going straight to hell. Read more

Don’t be one. The Manolo was onto this months ago. Read more

You scored as Loner. Loner 81% Geek 63% Goth 56% Punk/Rebel 44% Drama nerd 38% Ghetto gangsta 38% Prep/Jock/Cheerleader 19% Stoner 0% What’s Your High School Stereotype?created with QuizFarm.com Read more