2007-01-25

I saw this article in the Stamford Advocate, via the LA Times written by Jonathan Chiat, and thought it was quite interesting to say the least. It essentially lays out the political minefield that is Washington D.C. I have been engaging in a discussion with E-Luv’s Big Mouth, about how much accolades Senator Jim Webb [...]

I found this article at Reason, and just need to laugh at the attempt by the governmental agencies trying to regulate roommates.com, and more importantly attempting to change how we look for cohabitants.
 
“I may not be a gay man, but I have a lot of things in common with gay men. I’m very tidy. I [...]

2007-01-22

It is 22 months until Nov 2008, when we will go to the polls and elect the next President of the United States of America. It is a wide open race because the sitting president is unable to run, the vice-president has said he won’t run, so the race will be wide open for both [...]

I was just going to add this to the links of the day, when I saw a few things I wanted to highlight here from Paris Lemon
The Los Angeles Times had a very interesting op-ed piece today which points out something that seems to be almost completely overlooked; say Hillary Clinton is elected President in [...]

Here is another brilliant reason of why Oprah Winfrey and all those like her are not good for the country, should not be listened to, is not a roll model and quite possibly should be removed from the airwaves forever. This is a perfect example of her exploiting a family simply to hop on a [...]

2007-01-20

According to Yahoo, there is this crack pot in California legislature (I know that is hard to believe), who wants to outlaw spanking of children under 3.
A California lawmaker says she has proposed a law that would make spanking a small child a crime to be punished by jail time or a [...]

2007-01-18

ESPN is reporting that former Senator George Mitchell, who had been appointed by commissioner Bud Selig to investigate steroid usage in baseball in 2006 (which I wrote about on 3/30/06 and you can read here).  He has essentially been stonewalled by the teams and the players including the union ever since then [...]

Well it seems that el Presidente and his high and mighty Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez have finally decided to reverse course and request warrants for domestic surveillance. This has been 5 years in the making, and I think the executive branch believes if they just turn around and say now we [...]

I just saw Scrubs tonight and it was a musical. It was so well written and absolutely hysterical. Who knew the Janitor (Neil Flynn) could sing so well.Tonight’s episode centered around a patient who hears everyone singing in a musical style. So they did an entire story line as if the show were [...]

I know  this is a shameless plug, but here is an email and link to my college friend’s video, which is being submitted to become part of a new TV Show. Please give it a view, I actually think it is quite good.
I recently completed a short film and entered it into competition for an [...]

2007-01-17

I saw this piece at Wired, and it got me thinking that you better be careful what you do with your work computer, since it might not be protected under the 4th amendment and it seems there is nothing your company or you can do about it right now.
Yet, a rash of recent court decisions [...]

Sheldon Richman has a great commentary over at the Future of Freedom Foundation, where he strongly points out the flaw of a two-party system, why the surge won’t be temporary, and why the legislative branch is basically useless in preventing us from changing course in Iraq.
George Washington is reputed to have pointed out the obvious, [...]

2007-01-16

So I am sitting here with my wife watching American Idol, and being reminded again and again why I absolutely frigging hate this show. The contestants, especially during the early tryouts sessions are mostly pathetic, no talent hacks who are looking to be famous. I don’t know if they are looking [...]

2007-01-15

So I went 3-1 this weekend, because the Chargers could not hold an 11 or an 8 point lead against the current NFL Dynasty. That makes me 7-1 for the playoffs. This is typical performance, can do fine when nothing is on the line, but if I had actually laid a bet, [...]

Well just 2 days after my posting Is Privacy Overrated, another piece comes out with the same title from eMarketer, who says that privacy is not overrated, and consumers are more willing to give up their private information for better customer service.
Now the pendulum may be swinging the other way. When asked to balance their [...]

2007-01-12

This just in from Reuters - Bonds apologizes after report of failed drug test:
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has told fans on his Web site he did not get drugs from a teammate, but he did not deny using them after a newspaper reported he failed an amphetamine test.
Does Baroid have any fans left? [...]