Thursday night, President Bush addressed the nation. He wanted to speak about the need to stay the course in Iraq. He made a most curious statement: “We thank the 36 nations who have troops on the ground in Iraq and the many others who are helping that young democracy.” Thirty-six countries have troops in IraqContinue reading “On the President’s Fuzzy Math”
Monthly Archives: September 2007
On Biblical Villainy
This one was too perfect. 🙂 Your Score: Satan You scored 80% Pride, 65% Envy, 70% Ambition, and 65% Deceitfulness! You are Satan, the consummate villain, and the ascendant figure in the unholy trinity. Throughout history you have been called The Serpent, The Accuser, The Devil, Lucifer, The Prince of the Power of the Air,Continue reading “On Biblical Villainy”
On John Edwards’ Address to the Nation
An e-mail I received today from the John Edwards presidential campaign. Tonight, he’ll be addressing the nation on MSNBC following the President’s speech about Iraq and the report General Petreaus delivered to Congress. Tonight, after President Bush makes yet another argument for continuing the war in Iraq, John Edwards will speak directly to the AmericanContinue reading “On John Edwards’ Address to the Nation”
On the Blame Game
I see on several friends’ blogs and LJs a new game. The meme: Type “[[your name]] looks like” into Google (with the quotes), and post as many results as you like. Well, I want to play a different game. The Blame Game. Same rules. But instead, we’ll punch the phrase “blame [[Name]]” into Google (andContinue reading “On the Blame Game”
On Long-Expected Parties
I fired up Opera this morning, looked at my own website, and there, in the sidebar, was the usual “this day in Middle-Earth” feature. And lots of things happened in Middle-Earth today. A few years ago I wrote a BASIC program to convert Gregorian dates into Shire dates. No, I can’t tell you why —Continue reading “On Long-Expected Parties”
On Early Morning Rain
A gentle rain has been falling for an hour or three. It beats the fog of yesterday. There’s something pleasant about hearing cars pass on the road, their tires sloshing in the water. We need the rain. It’s been quite… dry. Rain.
On Senatorial Races
Rumor has it that former Virginia governor Mark Warner will be announcing his candidacy for the Virginia Senate race this week. I’ve written about Warner before, when he announced that he would not be seeking the Democratic Presidential nomination, and I believe that Warner would be a formidable Senatorial candidate in Virginia against any RepublicanContinue reading “On Senatorial Races”
On Time and Music
I’ve recently added my John Lennon collection to the computer’s hard drive. How long is it? Try fourteen hours. It’ll be up to sixteen when/if I get the last two discs of the Lennon Anthology on the drive. When I do that, though, I’d then drop back to fifteen hours — there’s no need toContinue reading “On Time and Music”
On LEGO Madness
I had linked to this several years ago, but when going back through the archives adding tags in the spring I discovered that, alas, the URL no longer worked. So, with great reluctance, I deleted the post. It didn’t work, and I didn’t want someone stumbling across it and becoming confused by a 404. HereContinue reading “On LEGO Madness”
On the Baltimore Comic-Con
Yesterday I was at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Work was offering free passes earlier in the week, and having never been to a comic convention I decided I’d go. I took the subway into downtown. Trying to navigate the stops by memory was a bad thing — I should have checked the map — as IContinue reading “On the Baltimore Comic-Con”