Category Archives: Blog stuff

Spring is here, spring is here, life is skittles and life is beer… All talk, and no action, that’s our Republican Congress. The only quibble I have with this is that it needed to give more hate to people who … Continue reading →

Are we fired up and ready to go yet? For the record, I love Daylight Savings Time. It’s the best time of the year. My BlackBerry adjusted to DST with no problems. Your iPhone, maybe not so much. Why anonymous … Continue reading →

Happy spring break! Are we not men? We are WINNING! For it before he was against it, and now he’s just being dishonest about it. Newt-mentum is in short supply. “Being a hack means never having to admit that you … Continue reading →

Happy birthday to my buddy Matt! People who have health insurance that isn’t tied to a particular job are more likely to be entrepreneurs. The biggest problem with our political system is that too many people just don’t care about … Continue reading →

Is that a lion about to come in? Keep Twitter short! Change is hard. But keeping things short doesn’t have to be. See, this is why I wasn’t a liberal arts major. How could outsourcing your core competency possibly have … Continue reading →

If it weren’t for President’s Day, when would furniture stores have their sales? Maybe next Valentine’s Day you could send a Darwin card. I’d love to buy an old Staten Island Ferry boat, if only I had someplace to keep … Continue reading →

For those of you who need the reminder, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. You may now commence panicking as needed. Don’t mess with the Girl Scouts. They play for keeps. The bad faith of mandate critics. When you elect idiots, you … Continue reading →

Enjoy today’s game, because who knows when the next one will be. And if you’re there in Dallas Arlington North Texas for the Super Bowl, I sure hope you gave yourself plenty of time to actually get to the game. … Continue reading →

Personally, I think A Very Special Episode Of Blossom would make an awesome band name, but maybe that’s just me. If only Little Red Riding Hood had had Creed on her iPod, she could have avoided all that trouble. “Doctor! … Continue reading →

You can’t stop Hammertime. You can only hope to contain it. The Perry Spiral, on the other hand, you can hope to stop. Would you like a nice Chianti with your superconductor? Yahoo! says Flickr is doing fine. I sure … Continue reading →

Happy MLK Day tomorrow! The tax code is complicated because rich people want it that way. “When the connection between productivity and income is broken, the CEO might as well send a memo to every employer reading: “Please do not … Continue reading →

Meet Daniel Hernandez, the hero from yesterday’s tragedy in Arizona who may have saved Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life. The best New Year blog post title that I saw. You do know that God is not mentioned in the Constitution, right? … Continue reading →

Am I the only one that thinks “the year 2011” still sounds like science fiction and not reality? I’m delighted to hear that Nancy Lieberman is back in basketball. I think she’d make a fine assistant coach in the NBA. … Continue reading →

Happy Boxing Day! Not all regulatory agencies need to be adversarial. The US Chamber of Commerce is truly vile. Why any local organization would want to be linked to them is beyond me. No sexy time on your Kinect. Yet. … Continue reading →

One more week till the big after-Christmas sales start. What’s not news but should be. It’s not easy being a hegemon these days. Awkward pregnancy photos. Awkward, but awesome. Is this the new Buffy? “Celebrate life” means something completely different … Continue reading →

When we finally privatize all the roads, will we also privatize eminent domain? I thought libertarians didn’t like that. The case of the vanishing blonde is a great read. What Sullivan says. The decline and fall of John McCain. Almost … Continue reading →

It’s possible to be more excited about Christmas than my kids are, but it’s unlikely. From the “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” department. Disclosure is for suckers. From the “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” files. Except … Continue reading →