Peter and MJ are still married in the comic strip. Of course, they’ve uprooted from New York and moved out to Los Angeles for MJ’s career, but that’s not important. Peter and MJ are still married in the comic strip. “OMD War” Graphic courtesy of Todd Kogutt
Author Archives: Allyn
On Name Meanings
As seen from many, many friends… What Allyn Means You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic “Type A” personality. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don’t getContinue reading “On Name Meanings”
On Protesting Guantanamo
On January 11, 2008 the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay will celebrate an unfortunate anniversary. Its sixth anniversary. The United States will have been holding detainees there, outside of legal guidelines and international law, for longer than the American involvement in, say, World War II. Longer than the Civil War. Longer than most Presidencies. SixContinue reading “On Protesting Guantanamo”
On the Heir to Progressivism
I’m not going to write much on the Iowa Caucus results from last night. The candidate I’m pulling for, the candidate I’ve given money to — former Senator John Edwards — came in second on the Democratic side with thirty percent of the vote, behind Senator Barack Obama (with 37 percent) and ahead of SenatorContinue reading “On the Heir to Progressivism”
On Request Audience Questions
Some questions have come up recently through Google. Here’s three: is Allyn a man’s name? The last time I checked, it was. 🙂 “Allyn” has taken on some gender ambiguity and, yes, there are people who are sometimes surprised to find that I’m male when they meet me for the first time. It is becomingContinue reading “On Request Audience Questions”
On a Reason to Vote
I found myself talking with an acquaintance last night about, naturally, the presidential primary process. I’d heard that he was working as a volunteer for Mitt Romney’s campaign (which, as I’ve mentioned before, I won’t be voting for, though that would only come into play in the general election), and I wanted to know howContinue reading “On a Reason to Vote”
On the Start of the New Year
Like an odometer turning over, it’s the first day of 2008. 🙂 May 2008 be a fantastic year to one and all. And I, for one, am glad that 2007 is dead and buried. In 2007 I earned more from writing than I did in 2006. My goal for 2008 is to earn more thanContinue reading “On the Start of the New Year”
On Word Choices
I was listening yesterday to an interview with Richard Dawkins — author of The God Delusion, husband to Lalla Ward, friend to the late Douglas Adams; all three very good things in this writer’s view. I’m not sure when the interview was done, but it was before The God Delusion came out, so I’d guess,Continue reading “On Word Choices”
On John Edwards, Viking Warrior
This morning’s Washington Post ran some excerpts from Dana Milbank’s new book, Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes That Run Our Government. If the government is a primitive tribe — and yes, there’s some primal sociology at play in politics — then how do candidates stack up in a primitive hierarchy? (Or for theContinue reading “On John Edwards, Viking Warrior”
On the End of Netscape
Netscape, that most venerable of web browsers, has reached the end of the road. Once, it was the web browser. Eighty percent of web users used Netscape. But then, something called Internet Explorer came out, and in the First Browser War Netscape took a tumble. As of February 1st, 2008, AOL will be pulling theContinue reading “On the End of Netscape”