Wednesday, December 31, 2008
This one (my fifth submission) I at least like.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I may have been a little hasty in my condemnation of modern conservatism. Dennis Prager’s most recent column (fisked here by Ed Brayton) has me rethinking things… It is an axiom of contemporary marital life that if a wife is not in the mood, she need not have sex with her husband. Here are some [...]
Sunday, December 28, 2008
The only reason I’m letting you see this story is because it sucks. I didn’t write it to suck; it is seriously written and intended, but it doesn’t work. Some of the reasons why it doesn’t work I know; others I don’t know. Eventually I will figure most of them out, from thinking about it [...]
Sunday, December 28, 2008
I was reading an article in the paper this morning. There was a sentence: “I was reading ‘Sylvia,’ an account by the late short-story master Leonard Michaels of his unstable first wife.” I’ve never read Leonard Michaels, but the sentence made me wonder… what do we owe our friends? Presumably the people we marry are our [...]
Friday, December 26, 2008
This is my new contest submission. It’s a ridiculously long piece considering the idea is to finish as many things as possible, and writing stuff three times as long as my fellow contestants is not a very sound strategy. Well, I never claimed not to be an idiot. Read it for proof. And I should [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
I know this isn’t the best way to jump back into posting, but this is funny as shit to any computer scientist. Excerpt: C++ would be Islam - It takes C and not only keeps all its laws, but adds a very complex new set of laws on top of it. It’s so versatile that it can be [...]
Monday, December 15, 2008
I just came across this nugget in the Washington Post: Congress has failed to pass legislation regarding so-called “Net Neutrality,” and now the issue is again top of mind as Internet providers seeking preferential treatment; network operators considering a tiered approach, and once-staunch defenders beginning to soften their stance on the matter. This time, it [...]
Friday, December 12, 2008
Extended trailer here. Coming out in May 2009 starring Christian Bale as John Connor. I can’t wait.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Here is my second story in the most-stories-till-2009 contest. You might see a bit of life bleeding into art here.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Courtesy of LSH’s resident econ expert, Nagasaki. The rest can be found here. He says its the best explanation he’s seen yet for what happened with the mortgage crisis. Also, I’ve been reading a lot of people lately who wish to spread and water down the blame for our current economic predicament. Yes, the american consumer [...]