Nick Anderson Editorial Cartoon

Except This One

I can accept the things that people say in Post Secrets.  Except this one.

Well, Then...

I actually doubt this is a real Shultz creation, but I like it.  Found on KGB Report.

They're a little big....

...but tasty.

Renovation

I know that there are people who remodel parts of their home to look like the Enterprise, or the Batcave.  I wonder if anyone's attempted this?

(from PopCultureZoo.com)

Architecture

I've been reading Michael Pollan's A Place of My Own, and I must say that although it's frequently more wordy than I like, it makes some interesting points about how houses work, what makes one better than the other - not just more functional, but more inviting, more prone to faciliate the human needs that we frequently aren't even aware exist.  For example, he quotes A Pattern Language, saying that a room with a window and a comfortable chair somewhere in the room will feel a certain tension, because you want to both be near the light and be in the comfortable chair.  Personally, I think that's a bit too sensitive, but I can see it.  But when he talks about Pattern Language's take on thick walls, that should not only provide for the necessities -- built-in bookshelves, for example, and insulation, but also provide a sense of protection and refuge -- I can really see it.  I think maybe that book's got something, there.

Question

When my daughter wants to leave the campus for a trip home, she has to get permission from the Corps.  To me, this is silly; unless they're going to have some kind of public parade, what's the deal?  But, you know, this is the Corps, this is our tradition.  She needs this to come home to a job interview, so she asked for it at the beginning of the week.  By Wednesday, when she still hadn't heard anything, I changed her job interview from Monday to Tuesday - forgetting, of course, that in a rigid world like the Corps' mindset, going on Tuesday instead of Monday is like going without permission.  So now I get to try to change the appointment back, and also change my hotel reservation back.....while still not knowing if she is even coming at all.

Here's the question:  how happy am I?

Good Law, Stupid Judges

From ABC News:


The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that there is no employment protection for people who use marijuana. In a split decision issued on Thursday, the court said marijuana use is still barred by the federal government, even though state-licensed marijuana use has been approved by voters and is considered lawful.

In A Name

I saw the other day where the government isn't going to refer to 'illegal aliens' by that name any more.

From now on, it'll be undocumented Democrats.

DWW

From an Wall Street Journal article about a Japanese company that sells software to modify car navigational displays so that they can show television programs:

"We can't help but respond to our customers' needs," says Yasunari Shiino, a spokesman for Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd., which operates some 550 auto-parts stores across Japan. "This does not mean we're recommending it," he said, of a practice that could be called DWW or Driving While Watching. "Drivers need to make their own decisions."

Responsible?  No, not us....

About Right

Found at www.isidewith.com/political-quiz

OFA

From Politico:

"The president’s deep-pocketed political arm, Organizing for Action, can’t by law spend most of its money on elections, and officials insist it won’t play directly in the 2014 midterm. But Republicans aren’t buying it: They’re convinced OFA will find other, indirect ways to help Democrats capture the House and allow Obama to finish his presidency unchecked by Congress."


Yeah, unchecked.  Or is that unstalemated? 

Evaluation

Lee, Revisted

Another Brick

All Wet

Dylan Moran

Reading

Every so often, I read something that is so good, I have to stop every couple of pages just to think about what I've read.  This doesn't mean that the material is technical; sometimes, it's just because the writer has so grabbed my attention that I want to slow down and savor the experience.

That's happening right now with I, Robot: To Protect.  So far, it's delightful.  Doesn't hurt that I've always had a soft spot for Susan Calvin, either. I don't know if it will continue, but if it does, I think it's going to take me a long time to finish this book. 

Beauty

This is a parody response to the Dove Real Beauty campaign.  I knew it was a parody -- but all I could think at the end was holy hell. 

Americans