I’ve spent the last hour going through recent comment spam. Most every blog is subject to comment spam in some form or another. Basically, rogue computers will try and place random comments on blogs that have little, if anything, to do with the post they’re commenting on. The comments will then link back to someContinue reading “On Reviewing Comment Spam”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Guantanamo’s Anniversary
As I wrote a week ago, today is the sixth anniversary of the opening of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for “enemy combatants.” Not prisoners of war with legal rights accorded the Geneva Conventions, but enemy combatants who exist in some sort of legal black hole. The ACLU has asked that people wear orangeContinue reading “On Guantanamo’s Anniversary”
On a Recent Decline
Yes, audience, I am aware that my posts this week have been, shall we say, less than enthralling. It’s not so much a lack for things to say, but rather a lack of any interest in saying them. And then putting together more than five words in a row that make sense… Suffice it toContinue reading “On a Recent Decline”
On Linguistic Obliviousness
Truly, I am a maroon. I’ve seen and heard the phrase “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.” I knew it was military lingo. I figured it was its own in-group speak, much like “w00t” online or corpse humping in Halo. It didn’t occur to me until yesterday what Whiskey Tango Foxtrot stood for. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Truly, IContinue reading “On Linguistic Obliviousness”
On January Weather
The ninth of January shouldn’t feel like spring. Yesterday, temperatures in Charm City reached the mid-seventies. Right now, as I write this, it’s about sixty-five. It’s drizzly. It’s windy. It’s sixty-five. On January 9th. Yesterday, the grounds crew were hard at work at the office, mowing the lawn. It was odd to see guys andContinue reading “On January Weather”
On Dull Television Viewing
The Baltimore Sun lied to me. In today’s television listings, they had Boston Legal on at ten o’clock. Ten o’clock rolled around. I settled in for more hijinks at Crane, Poole, and Schmidt… And instead I got a repeat of the pilot episode of Cashmere Mafia. It was on Sunday night, I think. I sawContinue reading “On Dull Television Viewing”
On Harry Osborn’s Hair
Seriously. Can he lose the cornrows? Seriously. I never liked Harry Osborn’s hair. Now I like it even less.
On Some Beatle-y Newness
I love eBay. When eBay works out for me, that is. When eBay doesn’t work out for me, then I hate eBay. It’s just how it goes. This is one of those times that eBay worked out for me. I now have a new Beatles bootleg in my collection. 🙂 This one’s called Anthology Plus,Continue reading “On Some Beatle-y Newness”
On Political Preliminaries
I’ve been working on a politics post. I’ve mentioned it to one or two people. It is… different. Maybe it’s a little geeky. Maybe it’s a little inside baseball. Yet… it’s what I think. More importantly, it’s what I feel. But first, a few preliminaries. It’s no secret that I’m a John Edwards supporter. Indeed,Continue reading “On Political Preliminaries”
On Entering the Dark Side
It’s fair to say that I’m something of a political junkie. Lately I’ve been following conservative blogs. Like Red State, which is essentially the Republican equivalent of DailyKos. Why? you ask. I know what I think about the Republican presidential candidates — Romney’s liberal past will come back to bite him in the ass, Huckabee’sContinue reading “On Entering the Dark Side”