This particular set of links has basically been an entire summer in the making. And only because I’ve been pretty busy at work and have just been adding interesting links to a draft document as I run across them. But now, I’ve changed the blog to a new template that is built on WordPress’ newContinue reading “Tuesday free-for-all”
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Friday free-for-all
Here’s a look at some of the things I thought were interesting this week, in no particular order: Join America In Laughing At Oregonians Freaking Out About Pumping Their Own Gas Some of the social media responses to this new law in Oregon are just comedy gold. As are the responses to the responses. MakesContinue reading “Friday free-for-all”
If I ran the zoo
If I am ever elected Emperor of the World, here are a few of the things that I would decree pretty early on: Unless the 31st falls on a Saturday, Halloween would always be celebrated on the last Friday of October. If a video streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu or HBO
“All this whiskey aroma just flowing like a mighty stream”
I live in a small (well, maybe moderately-sized) Southern town. And like a lot of small and moderately-sized Southern towns, there is a healthy dose of the populace that is, for whatever reason, anti-alcohol.
Hypocrisy, thy name is…
Don’t misunderstand this meme. I don’t really care how big Obama’s book deal is. And I don’t care how much he or Clinton get paid in speaker’s fees. But if you’ve publicly decried income inequality for years, it just looks bad when you turn around and embody income inequality. Especially when you make a snarky commentContinue reading “Hypocrisy, thy name is…”