My co-workers tend to put post-its on their office doors when eating lunch. Most of them say “lunching”. I wasn’t sure why the world needed to know exactly why my door was closed, especially since there is no incentive to be honest. I could say “lunching” but actually spend my time with the door...
Mise en scene
Taken and Torture
During the movie Taken, one of my friends had a strong negative reaction to the torture sequence. Not because it was graphic, or even disturbing. He had a political reaction. Afterwards he said he nearly walked out because “torture never works”. My other friends thought it odd that he picked out that element. After...
Was I There? (Barack Obama’s Inauguration)
I live in Washington DC. Once in awhile, things happen here that don’t happen anywhere else, like terrorist attacks on the pentagon and the inauguration of Barack Obama. For both events, I was here, in DC. If I ever had grandchildren, or even children, I’d probably have to tell them I wasn’t actually down...
TSA Comfort
I was reading a Peter King (Sportswriter and Bret Favre spokesperson) column where he complained that the TSA didn’t do the same thing every time at every airport. He wanted the comfort of either being told to always take off his shoes, or never take off his shoes. I think he speaks for most...
Palin Pardons a Turkey
Turkeys get slaughtered all the time. Come Thanksgiving, it’s going to be Turkey Genocide. We’re okay with that, because we like food, we like getting together with family, and watching football or something. Still, every year, we have our leaders pardon a turkey or two: But Sarah Palin pardons her turkey while behind her,...
Time to File a Complaint
So Best Buy/Geek Squad has refused to do even the most basic things that could make the laptop situation better. They will not put the old hard drive back in the computer. They will not do a free data transfer, and they refuse to send me my hard drive. So I will now go...
DC Madam or Governor of Alaska?
This is either Sarah Palin or Debra Jean Palfrow. This may be the same one, or the other one: And this could be either: That may not mean anything.
Things We Shouldn’t Do. But We Do
Plato (and/or Socrates) was the first person to describe a movie theater, yet he couldn’t wrap his mind around fictional stories. Not only do they lie, they don’t hold up high standards for people to live up to. Fortunately Aristotle came along and pointed out that we don’t just need role models, we need...
Religion as genre
Just because I don’t attend church doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate religions. I like religions. I like spirituality, and for most people the best place to find that is in church. (or equivalent). What I don’t like is the “one true” mentality. The Bible clearly says that God wants everyone to make it. (see...
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