Posts from ‘December, 2008’

Tuesday morning, fresh off an hour and a half conference call, I was well into a typical profane and solipsistic rant about clueless clients and impossible deadlines when Louise walked into the office with tears in her eyes, her cellphone a smoking gun hanging in her hand. “I don’t know how to tell you this,” [...]

“Burn the bridges,” the cry goes up, while Obama goes on building bridges as he promised. His latest effort: an invitation to Pastor Rick Warren to give the inaugural prayer.
The two men hold diametrically opposed views on two hot-button social issues: gay marriage and abortion.
But they hold much more common ground than divided ground. And [...]

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry passed away early this morning at the age of 76.
Every Trek fan knows her work: Number One, Nurse Chapel, Lwaxana Troi, and voice of the Enterprise computer.
Apparently she will still be that latter voice: she just completed work as the voice of the computer on the new JJ Abrams’ film.
From this fanboy, we’ll [...]

Adam Walsh case is closed after 27 years
Police in Hollywood, Fla., say Ottis Toole, who died in prison in 1996, abducted and killed the 6-year-old boy.
Twenty seven years later.  I watched John Walsh’s comments on video and the man is clearly, severely distraught.  Twenty seven years later.
You see we love our children and the become [...]

Apparently the US military has been using music to torture detainees at Guantanamo Bay. It is mostly the kind of music you would expect: Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, etc. Loud music played loudly.
I have mixed feelings about this. I am against any kind of torture as a matter of principle, but [...]

If you don’t recognize the name “Doug Engelbart” you are likely not alone.  He is the PC industry’s most influential innovator that nobody’s heard of.  Doug Engelbart is a mild-mannered, insightful, soft-spoken and charming man.  Although he has a dizzying intellect and a tireless curiosity, he never talks down to people or makes them feel [...]

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by this kind of crap anymore, but I am still disgusted.  It is tough for us Democrats to declare ownership of the moral high ground when Democratic blue-state governors keep publicly demonstrating their sleeziness.  First Spitzer, now this:
Illinois Governor arrested in Obama successor probe
At least you can argue that [...]

In the blog post Win Ben Stein’s Menorah I asked this question:
If the (to use Stein’s bogeyman) local chapter of Freethinkers wanted to make a display right next to the creche that indicated belief in God was silly, would that be ok too?
Well, Ben Stein didn’t answer the question, but Bill O’Reilly did!

Get that? [...]

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