I want a pig. I have for a long time. My wife and I keep saying that when we get out of our loft, we’ll get a pig. In the meantime, I drew the pig above. I used a silly Web site that has a terrible UI and claims that you can learn something about […]
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I Quit
I once saw a round-up of blog posts apologizing for not writing enough. That was interesting. Practically everyone who’s ever written a blog has found themselves saying sorry for not writing enough (or recently), and every one of those posts is a waste of time. Why bother? Just write the next post. I’d like to […]
Sexualization (Part 2)
A year ago, I posted about a report on the “sexualization” of young girls. My post rocks, of course, but here’s a link to the page for the actual Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Now there’s a book out, called “The Lolita Effect,” which gets a middling review in […]
Monkey Love
There are at least two parts to sexual arousal. The mental part, where we likes what we sees. And the physical part, which happens more or less on its own. An old-ish article from Seed Magazine tells us that men and women both report little to no arousal when watching monkeys have sex. But when […]
Business-Speak
I know that everyone jokes about the idiotic and purposely hyper-syllabic jargon in the business world. I’m on a conference call right now. RIGHT NOW. A colleague was asked, in nicer language than that below: “Did you do what you said you were going to do?” And she responded in exactly the following words: “To […]
Pissed
I have a friend who was robbed at gunpoint last year, a couple of friends who narrowly escaped a mugging a week ago, and another couple of friends who moved out of the city because they were sick of the crime. So this is small potatoes and non-violent, but it hurts. I was strolling down […]
Avast, ye scallywag!
I’m reading Under the Black Flag, by David Cordingly. It’s a nonfiction look at pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pirates! I’d guess I’m on page 2 or something, and I’ve already learned the difference between buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers. I bet you don’t know the difference. But I do! Flipping through it a […]
Ouch
Sunday, I was supposed to leave for a business trip on the west coast. But that day, my wife felt ill and had great pain in her leg. That night and the next day was worse, so we went to the doctor. The diagnosis? SPIDER BITE. Well, bug bite of some kind, anyway. Fever, chills, […]
TV, the Big Bang, and Schrödinger
A few of my friends have gone on (and on) about the TV show, The Big Bang. So I watched a couple of episodes on the computer. It’s ok, I guess. The finale, which I’m about to rant about, was actually pretty funny, and ended on a satisfying note. I liked it. But. It’s supposed […]
Giddyup
Every once in a while, someone will mention “the teamsters,” and I’ll wonder… How did they come to be called “teamsters”? Tonight, as I read a bit of the early section of U.S. Grant’s memoirs, I get to a point where he says, “… it is not probable that any of the men who reported […]