thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | November 28, 2008
One of the fun things about being a libertarian is that you really have no problem coming up with really good examples of bad government intervention. It’s almost a given, and I think even the most statist of both my liberal and conservative friends would agree that Sturgeon’s Law applies to government action in spades. [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 28, 2008
Toby Buckell has found himeself in the hospital again. Sometimes the universe sucks.
S Andrew Swann | November 27, 2008
S Andrew Swann | November 26, 2008
Instead of spending time writing a real post, today I simply point you to some funny stuff I found through a thread in the Agony Booth. Here’s a sample:
S Andrew Swann | November 25, 2008
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to stop buying manuscripts. From Pubisher’s Weekly:
Josef Blumenfeld, v-p of communications for HMH, confirmed that the publisher has “temporarily stopped acquiring manuscripts” across its trade and reference divisions. The directive was given verbally to a handful of executives and, according to Blumenfeld, is “not a permanent change.” Blumenfeld, who [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 24, 2008
Republicans want a corporate-dominated State.
Democrats want State-dominated corporations.
Both polices, in practice, lead to nearly-indistinguishable corporatist political systems that border on Fascism.
Have a nice day.
S Andrew Swann | November 22, 2008
Just discovered the Photoshop Disasters Blog, and in browsing their archives I discovered a post about some, er, interesting satellite imagery. Take a look at this pic of suburban Holland:
Even the semi-observant can see why this pic ended up on a site called Photoshop Disasters. Interestingly, Google must watch the site, because if you [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 21, 2008
The order of precedence for the feline segment of the household, illustrated in three images:
S Andrew Swann | November 20, 2008
Two weeks after I called it, Al-Qaida has gone and played the race card. “House Negroes“?
Makes the French seem quaint. (A tan? Oh, he’s black? I see, humor.)
Then again, there’s the rest of Europe. (”The end of the white man’s civilization!”, “Uncle Barack’s Cabin!”, “Africa conquers the White House!”)
Going to be a lot more of [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 18, 2008
Friend, fellow Ohio writer and former hamster Toby Buckell has ended up in the hospital, having gone into the ER with “shallow breathing and a high heart rate.” Send good thoughts his way. . . after all this guy is so cool he’s live-blogging his own hospital admission.
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