Late last week it started to rain. It rained for several days. This was a good thing — we’ve had a bit of a drought here in Maryland this summer. The reservoir has fallen a good fifteen feet or more. The newspapers run stories about homes without water. And the temperatures fell. The middle ofContinue reading “On Steamy Weather”
Monthly Archives: August 2007
On Engrish
Reading Engrish makes my head hurt. Writing product descriptions for hentai video game strategy guides weirds me out. Beyond that, my day was mostly good.
On Doing Darwin Proud
I read a few days ago about a Darwin Award winner — he was eaten by bears at a beer festival. Because, yes, everyone wants to get drunk in the bear cage in a zoo. The story I read this morning has a happier ending. A fourteen year-old North Carolina boy put his XBox 360Continue reading “On Doing Darwin Proud”
On Electoral College Reform
The sky is falling in the liberal blogosphere. There’s a movement in California for a ballot initiative that would apportion California’s Electoral College electors according to the candidate that wins each Congressional district rather than assign the whole of the state’s electors to the winner of the statewide vote. The reason the sky is falling?Continue reading “On Electoral College Reform”
On Macro Naming Conventions
Let’s suppose you needed a macro for Microsoft Word that went through a document, found everything that was colored red, and turned it black. What would you name such a macro? A sensible person might called it “RedToBlack.” A less sensible, more poetic soul might call it “PaintItBlack.” Said less sensible, more poetic soul mightContinue reading “On Macro Naming Conventions”
On a Rare and Unexpected Find
I was going through a box of office supplies just a little bit ago, and I came across something… unique. A StarCraft: Ghost mousepad. I can’t imagine that Blizzard made a ton of these, seeing as the game was in near-perpetual development hell before finally being killed a year and a half ago. I haveContinue reading “On a Rare and Unexpected Find”
On Sending Gonzales the Constitution
Several weeks ago I received an e-mail from the John Edwards campaign asking for signatures for a petition they wanted to send to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. What sort of petition? They wanted to send him a ginormous copy of the United States Constitution. Because, clearly, Gonzales had never read it. As long-time readers knowContinue reading “On Sending Gonzales the Constitution”
On Needing an Energy Pick-Up
Quarter after five I needed another cup of coffee. No. Scratch that. I needed another cup of coffee. I generally don’t drink coffee that late in the day. But jeez, sometimes you need that caffeine jolt.
On Rumored Doctor Who Casting
If you choose to believe The Sun — which, like a stopped clock, is right only twice a day — there’s an exciting bit of Doctor Who casting coming up in the next season.
On Michael Vick
I don’t follow football, and though I knew Michael Vick’s name from years of selling Madden for the various and sundry game consoles, I wouldn’t have known Vick if he’d walked up to me. I couldn’t even have told you what team he played for. I’ve said nothing about the court case involving Vick. OrContinue reading “On Michael Vick”