In 1987 Peter Parker married his long-time, on-again/off-again girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. As with many young married couples their life was not without its share of struggles — Peter had a side-career as a costumed superhero, Peter had a serious health scare (and discovered he might have been a clone of the original Peter), MJContinue reading “On Politics and Change”
Monthly Archives: January 2008
On the President, Out of Touch With Reality
Commander Guy has a hard-on for an attack on Iran. First, despite a multitude of reports that the reported threats by Iranian speedboats in the Straits of Hormuz were the work of a prankster, the President attempted to suggest a causus belli for… something. And second, despite the National Intelligence Estimate that stated that IranContinue reading “On the President, Out of Touch With Reality”
On Fleeting Thoughts
This morning, while in the shower, I had an absolutely brilliant idea for a blog post. So, naturally, I completely lost it moments later. This seems typical. I know there’s something missing in my mind — these ideas, that is — because I can “feel” the space the idea once occupied, only I have noContinue reading “On Fleeting Thoughts”
On Watching Football
I don’t like football. No, really. I don’t like football. Which made selling Madden and NCAA Football at EB Games a bit difficult; I didn’t give a toss for the sport, and couldn’t find any appeal in playing the video games either. But I could go deep on discussing baseball games. 🙂 I’m getting off-topic.Continue reading “On Watching Football”
On a Mysterious Song
A few days ago I received Anthology Plus, a Beatles bootleg album, in the mail. For once, eBay came through. 😉 In terms of discovering something new about the Beatles, I’m not sure that I did. There’s a fair bit of live tracks from their early career, and it is intriguing to hear “One AfterContinue reading “On a Mysterious Song”
On Bill Kristol
For New Years the New York Times made a resolution to add Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, to their editorial pages. Kristol’s career as a Republican thinker is well-known. He was Dan Quayle’s Chief of Staff. He argued strongly that the Clinton health care proposals had to be defeated completely, not compromised upon,Continue reading “On Bill Kristol”
On Reviewing Comment Spam
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”
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”