Monday, August 22, 2011

A Book Post

She has a post about books and someday, maybe, possibly, I guess it could happen, I may actually do that too, assuming I can work up the energy to do all the bold print stuff. The short answer is if it's by Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett I've read it, or I'm as of yet unaware of its existence.

Anyway, read Between Silk and Cyanide. It's a good read, and it's worth having read when you're done. Yes that is my review, I think it's sufficient.

So read it.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Something I Thought I'd Never Do...

I've canceled my World of Warcraft account.

Now I don't remember what it is I like to do. I seem to recall something about enjoying bacon.

Bacon: The ultimate solution to boredom.

Monday, August 8, 2011

I'm Doing It Wrong

Obviously...

I really need to find a way where I can be on the receiving end of the money flow equation instead of the supply end.

Seriously...

Save Like a Pro


Sunday, July 31, 2011

What happened?

to Little Miss Attila?

since the possibility exists this is temporary and you may end up wondering what the hell this is about, the site is currently showing up as suspended...

Update:  Nevermind, all seems to be back to normal. 

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011

A Question in Search of an Answer...

In our current society it's possible for someone to have a number of ex-wives.  Exactly what do you call a group of ex-wives?  Is there a different term if they aren't all exes of the same person?

I submit they should be referred to as a dragoon or possibly a bludgeon.  A dragoon of ex wives...a bludgeon of ex wives...

I think that works, but I'm still married to my first ex wife, so like I know. 

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Perhaps

The greatest newspaper headline ever written.  I especially love the 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner thingy at the top left of the page.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Boston Tampa Hockey Comment

I'm not sure why, but the conversation on my yahoo messenger list was decidedly pro Tampa and we had been less than impressed with the start of the second period.  Then Tampa scored and it was back to a one goal game and...
  • Yay, goal scored by a guy with a French sounding name
  • Vinnie is French right? 
Yes.  Yes it is.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Bring Out Your Dead...

Especially this guy...Ace has the story, but Bin Laden has been deaded...

The President is about to interrupt your regularly scheduled programing.  I guess he's waiting for Trump's show to end first...

Update:   As much as it feels weird to cheer the fact that someone is dead...I'm cheering.  The other part is if he's been dead for a week, and they've been waiting on DNA, why announce it so late tonight?  Is it that big of a deal to be on the Monday morning papers?  In my I don't really understand the news cycle world this seems like the kind of thing you'd want to announce in prime time to get the biggest bang.

Updateder and Mostly Unrelated:  I was in Khobar Towers when they were attacked and have the unique distinction of being the only guy in the room at the time not to receive a Purple Heart.  Evidently I'm impervious to flying glass.  It warms my heart to no end that he's dead and I hope the sonofabitch knew what was coming and who was knocking on that door.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Lady Byng

Loui Eriksson is a finalist.

I don't really have anything to add, other than in so many ways he reminds me of Jeri Lehtinen.  Especially when you start naming the best players on the Stars, he's the one you're likely to forget, and then you feel really stupid when you realize it.     

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Taxes

And the complexity of our tax code...

In general I prefer the idea of a consumption tax but I'm not opposed to other methods of doing it.   Doing your taxes shouldn't invoke feelings of hope similar to the ones you had with those differential equations tests back in college.  It should be more like buying a case of cokes from the Kroger, you might complain about how much it cost, but you're certain the transaction was completely within the rules of legality.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Rand Paul

The more I hear him talk

 


The more I like him



I'm a huge fan of the power of the choice of the individual.  Well that and I'm tired of having to flush my toilet 3 or 4 times.

Hush. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Stars Fire Crawford

I find this almost as unexpected as the fact they hired him in the first place.  The team operated on a shoestring budget, had injuries to the wrong guys at the wrong time and still came within one game of making the playoffs.  Of course if they'd made said playoffs, Vancouver would have run them out of town in four straight.  Is it possible to lose a 7 game series in a 3 game sweep?  The season series felt that lopsided.

There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the Stars going forward (Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski and Loui Eriksson for starters) but it all amounts to a big bunch of nothing until they get the ownership situation settled.  It's true I can't spell Nieuwendyk (I have to cut and paste it) but I think he'll build a winning organization if he simply gets the opportunity to spend competitively salary cap wise.

In the I can't believe I'm saying this department...Go Redwings, I'd like to see Modano win another cup.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

No Cars in Europe?

Looks like the EU has a plan...

I don't think the real issue is the cars though, it's keeping the beautiful beaches free from the influence of the wrong people...

The plan also envisages an end to cheap holiday flights from Britain to southern Europe

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The New Federal Budget Proposal

Politico has 73 pages worth of stuffs and Ace has a pretty graph that sums up the whole thing I think.  Worth looking into if you're the type of person that wants to be informed about things.

The idiot's take?

Our current budget...

 This proposal..



Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Lame First Post

I've been doing this blogging thing off and on for something like 6 years now and I've learned two things really.
  1. I don't have anything to say.
  2. I really want a place to say it.
So in a cost cutting move that no one will notice, I've abandoned the paid for we have our very own domain names blogs that my wife and I had and am now going to post (or not) here.