internet
Random Collection of Bloggy Stuff.
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asshat
So when she says no, it means yes?
Celebrities belong to a different class of people, they are not subject to normal petty laws short of perhaps murder. Even then, you often see the accused, and the fans of the accused, twist facts to the breaking point to portray any prosecution as persecution. Even when the bastard pleads Read more…
politics
ACORN is a bad seed
Mea culpa time. I was wrong about ACORN the first time I posted about it. I still believe the thesis of that post, but I think I was a bit ignorant of the scope of the corruption involved. And a little exchange on Facebook led me to realize that a Read more…
blatant self-promotion
Review Redux
This is a redo of a post that was eaten when my blog went all ‘splody. I had done a little overview of a bunch of reviews I’d seen lately. So let’s try this again: Dear Author: “I would recommend this to those who are intrigued by the shifter myth Read more…
pet pictures
More Truffles
I mentioned Monday that Truffles was having serious issues, and was unable to walk. She is still, however, able to swim. Today she had the best day swimming she’s had to date. Here are some pictures.
politics
Fact checking your kid’s videos
There’s a video making the rounds that’s causing a considerable stink around the interwebs, enough that it even got a segment on the Glen Beck show where it fit seamlessly into the vast left-wing conspiracy. The teeth-gnashing and angst about this video may not be quite comprehensible to those of Read more…
philosophy
Running away from Utopia
Anyone following my blog should realize I have a strong libertarian streak, which may in fact confuse some people who’ve read my Hostile Takeover books and/or Prophets. The planet Bakunin plays a central role throughout, and while it has a functioning anarcho-capitalist society, its not portrayed as a shining Heinleinesque Read more…
internet
Narrowcasting
The advent of the internet has meant the arrival of all sorts of programming serving niches that were, until now, ill-served by the mainstream media. For instance, a series of “let’s put random crap in a microwave and see what happens?” Then there’re Lovcraftian talk shows: And the Sith Lords Read more…
pet pictures
The Trufflemobile
Truffles, our Chocolate Lab, has not had a very good couple of months. She’s been slowing down for a while, and showing some weakness in her back end that we assumed was due to age. Last July we took her down to Bow-wow beach for what was probably the last Read more…