It’s been a week since Noel Gallagher announced he was leaving Oasis. A week. And I’m not just depressed about it. I’m downright gutted. Oasis has personal meaning for me. They did. “Don’t Look Back in Anger” was part of a time and a place. “D’You Know What I Mean?” was part of a timeContinue reading “On the Oasis Break-Up”
On Health Care Musings
I have the terrible feeling that President Obama has found a way to seize defeat from the jaws of victory as regards health care reform. After a few weeks of members of his administration floating balloons in the media that the public option isn’t a requirement, Obama has asked the Congressional Progressive Caucus how farContinue reading “On Health Care Musings”
On Dungeon Crawling
I spent an hour and a half last night playing Hack. Not NetHack; there’s too much going on in that one. I forgot how much I loved Hack. I named my character Grignr. My dog I named Theis. I fought a ghost on the sixth level. I finally said, “To hell with that,” and ranContinue reading “On Dungeon Crawling”
On Vanity Fair’s Levi Johnston Article
Yeah, I’m buying Vanity Fair this month. Levi, buddy, if you’re looking for a ghost writer for your bio, I work cheap. And usually fast. But definitely cheap.
On Linguistic Befuddlement
Let’s suppose there’s a word with a specific meaning, that you would use in a specific context, under a specific set of circumstances. Let’s suppose you see that word used in a related, though not identical, set of circumstances. The word is “reign.” Now, I would use the word “reign” in the context of monarchy.Continue reading “On Linguistic Befuddlement”
On the Great Fire of London
Today, so Garrison Keillor tells me in today’s Writer’s Almamac, is the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Fire of London in 1666. As Doctor Who fans know, the fire was the fault of the Terileptils. 🙂
On Health Care Reform Strategies
The Democrats in the Senate are now looking at going it alone on passing a health care bill, through the budget reconciliation process, which cannot be filibustered, hence it requires only a majority of votes for passage. The reconciliation process is not a “minor revolution,” as Republicans used it to pass the Bush tax cuts.Continue reading “On Health Care Reform Strategies”
On Late Summer Doldrums
Ever feel just really disconnected? That’s about how I’m feeling these days. Politics? Not feeling engaged right now. Baseball? The Cubs :cubs: aren’t making me happy. Work? It’s there. Life? I have a headache. The only thing news worthy of the past week that’s held any interest for me is the splitting of Oasis withContinue reading “On Late Summer Doldrums”
On Productivity and Preoccupation
Ever have a day where you’re completely unfocused, where your mind wanders, where your time management skills are all shot to heck, and where the clouds drifting past the office are infinitely more interesting than the work on you desk? Yeah, today was one of those days. Which is why it came as a completeContinue reading “On Productivity and Preoccupation”
On the Questions People Ask
In the next day or two, I’ll put up a complete breakdown of August’s webstats for allyngibson.com, but in the interim, I thought I’d point out a couple of interesting things I’ve seen come through from Google in the past week or two of search phrases people are using. alan moore star trek. I don’tContinue reading “On the Questions People Ask”