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Jonah’s a dog paddler
Jonah's now a dog paddler, making it across the pool several times unassisted. I think watching lots of Olympic swimming helped.
Free Hugs
Every once in a while, someone makes it easier to feel good about people. (Love the music to the video, too.)
The Fake Olympics
"How China is using every trick, in and out of the book, to deceive the world." And I thought pollution would be the big story. read more | digg story
7 Powerful Ways to Get the Most Out of Any Situation
"If you long for money, fame and adulation, then you’ll take action to achieve it, and you’ll get it in the end. If you want to make your life simpler, more efficient and more productive, then similarly you’ll live your life in a way that will drive you to get those things. If you just want a quiet life away from the world, that’s what you’ll...
John McCain: Straight Talk Express
Assuming, of course, he can understand the questions.
NFL implements new code of conduct for fans
"The NFL implemented a new code of fan conduct Tuesday, warning that spectators who misbehave will be ejected from stadiums and barred from coming back." Given my last NFL in-stadium experience, I dare say that the new policy, if enforced, will leave arenas empty across the United States. Or maybe just in Seattle. read more | digg story
The Jeffersons: Triumph of the Will
Adolph Hitler, live and in concert.
Beijing Skies Worsen Despite Pollution Victory Claims
Smog returned to Beijing's skies on Monday, despite claims by Chinese officials that drastic anti-pollution measures had slashed the chances of Olympic events having to be rescheduled. The familiar murky air seen in the capital reduced visibility to a few hundred meters just four days before the Olympic opening ceremony. It's like a slow-motion train wreck...
Talking with the police
I've been wanting to write a commentary on this subject for some time now, but these videos do a better job than I would. Bottom line: If the police want to talk to you, whether you are innocent or not you should absolutely, positively without exception shut the hell up. Sorry to be crude about it, but the Founding Fathers gave us the 5th Amendment for a...
Lil Green Patch
I don't do a lot on Facebook, mainly because outside of a terrifically fun copyright-infringing game of Scrabble, I can't figure out what good it is. I've been updating my "status"--although honestly who cares about that?--because the iPhone Facebook application makes it so easy. But that's pretty thin gruel. Like so much of the Internet, if your time has...
Essays
Apple Macintosh: A New Hope
Apple cuts employees and loses millions, but the future's never looked brighter. Why it's time to ditch the Intel/Microsoft platform. Proof that Codeine dependency is an ugly thing. Updated for '98. The Rebirth of the Macintosh Doomsayers and Windows users not withstanding, the Macintosh computer platform and perhaps even Apple Computer, Inc. are on the verge of entering a renaissance period the likes of which hasn't been since, well, the renaissance. I'm positive that this...
Things That Go Bang
Published months ahead of schedule, an exploratory essay on America and the Fourth of July. Continuing my self-appointed role as Job's comforter, I gently probe the nation's tender psyche with my ice-pick-like wit. Trotsky-esque. Every Fourth of July I wonder just how many people have lit firecrackers and blown their fingers off in the name of freedom. Individual pyrotechnics are such a poor way to celebrate the freedoms we're supposed to cherish as Americans, especially...
America Off-Line
Online fascists battle intellectual freedom. Freedom 1, AOL 0. Steve Case as Oliver Cromwell minus charm. And brains. My fight for truth, justice and the other thing. Fun for the whole family. AOL: Get Your Tricycle Off the Superhighway Long the laughingstock of the high tech intelligensia, America On-Line (commonly abbreviated DOA) has truly outdone themselves since December 1996 in providing almost daily comedy for Internet users everywhere. Well, everywhere but on AOL,...
Chiropractic Treatment: One Man’s Tail
Taking a break from the otherwise hum-drum world of painfree living, I injure my lower back and enter the Land of Oz where I meet the Wizard, his lovely assistant Dr. Kim and his still-searching-for-a-brain heavy, Juan. In their delightful wonderland of chiropractic treatment, I discover the joys and benefits of this pseudo-medical care. No longer branded "complete nincompoops" by the American Medical Association, these chiropractic practioners revel in their "partial...