Tuesday, September 29, 2009
It’s the business of a writer to think about the future. While I’m not a writer, I do know a few, such as the lovely and talented Eden, who just got published in M-Brane, and Pam, who just sold her first story to Asimov’s (forthcoming), which is kind of like hitting a grand slam [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
This piece, which compares the health care to the air travel industries, pretty much puts in context everything about the ridiculousness of the current health care infrastructure. Very much worth reading.
From Marginal Revolution.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Choose your failings carefully: It’s old news that the teen birth rate is much higher in more conservative US states, but a new study gets rid of some of the confounders like income and abortion rates in those states, and finds that the correlation is still there. “If we may speculate on the most probable [...]
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Back when me and Peaches planned to be big shot Hollywood movie writers I read an interview with Quentin Tarantino where he explained why he thought it was important for him to live in Los Angeles. “Even if I come in last, I’m still running with the big dogs,” he said. Or something [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
The political machinations go round and round.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
This piece by Merlin Mann is so beautifully and cleverly written that I really don’t think you need to know dick about the intricacies of Apple’s new operating system to enjoy the shit out of it. But you’ll tell me if I’m wrong.