Category Archives: Lunacy
Well…that’s good to know…
The government announced yesterday that the great recession (yes, they actually called it that) is over. Announcing it, actually might be a fairly good tactic…since it was election time posturing and “gloom and doom” that started the thing in the … Continue reading
Conservation. Yeah. That’s it. Sure.
So…we have “choice” in our electric plans here in Texas…what that means is they’ve introduced a whole bunch of useless people (called middlemen) to mark up and sell me power, even though they don’t generate it or operate the equipment/lines … Continue reading
Beware…Yet another scam…
We used PetCareRx.com to order flea stuff, and as a result were signed up for “Complete Savings”…an outfit that charges you $12/mo to send you an email with coupon codes. We never gave that outfit our credit card number, they … Continue reading
Ch-ch-ch-changes…
Y’all might have noticed the new theme on the blog…I’ll customize it a bit more later…had problems with the old blog install/theme. It apparently got compromised several versions of wordpress ago…but wasn’t hacked at that time. Then, last week, I … Continue reading
Been Grumpy Lately…
Been a bit grumpy lately…work things…wrecked car things…insurance company hassles. Businesses just don’t seem to care, ya know? They’re generally nice and cheery, and almost gleefully apologize even whilst doing nothing to correct their problem or error… And then they … Continue reading
Why Concealed Carry Isn’t *Always* a Good Thing
So today…stumbling into the house after a long day at work and a longer commute, I slumped into the couch and turned on the TV. Some overly perky 40ish vaguely girlish man was standing next to a 10 foot picture … Continue reading
No…they wouldn’t start *there*.
I was flipping channels last night…came across the movie Independence Day right about the time the aliens were blowing up Washington DC. It occurred to me destroying DC was a fatal flaw in their operation. You want to take over … Continue reading
No Objective Reality?
A little snippet of news from the news biz… Editor Matthew Cardinale says Springston was asked to leave APN last week “because he held on to the notion that there was an objective reality that could be reported objectively, despite … Continue reading
Sensible Shoes…
Corporate dress code: Business casual. Lobby floor: Marble. Weather: Rain. Manager: Wears hard-soled flats. Result: Falls on his ass. Hurts same. Follow up: Issues corporate wide email about using umbrella condoms, how to walk on a rug, and imperatives to … Continue reading
Normalcy
No work for me this weekend. Resting. Processing. Recuperating. Recharging. I putter. Watching some TV. Listening to music. Reading. Writing. Plotting my next project. Sunday I manage a nap…and for the first time in days, my dreams don’t wake me … Continue reading
