Dear Mr. President, I regret to say that while I support you in a lot of ways, I will not vote for you in the next election, no matter who the Republican’s run or how bad I think they may be for the country. By sanctioning assassination on Anwar al-Awlaki you have crossed a moral …
I came across a great set of photographs on Flickr put up by the National Media Museum of William Hope’s spirit photography. I often forget that Flickr has a lot of old and public domain material that has been published by various archives and organizations. If you go to Flickr’s The Commons, you’ll find a …
Well, this sucks. Peter Watts has been found guilty of a federal crime because he asked question and did not submit to the whim of capricious authority without asking “why?” One would have thought that such a stance, you know, personal liberty and the ability to question authority, would be an American value instead of …
If you believe in freedom and liberty, then you support gay marriage, right? Why do hospitals and medical offices–places where people are all ready feeling unwell or stressed or angry or sad or scared–insist on setting their tvs to the most divisive, emotionally charged, angry, vituperative channel? FOX can’t be good for anyone’s blood pressure. …
For those who might want to be caught up on my liminal status: Job I am currently temping at the Rhode Island Hospital where I’m covering for the secretary/admin assistant for six doctors in the Pediatric Critical Care department. The hours are 8:00 – 4:30. I’m mostly taking the bus these days, though I have …
Wherein I discuss one bad thing and one good thing that happened today and share a video of Tom Waits from 1976.
I’ve been meaning to post this for months now and never got around to it: Gordon Ramsey sharing how to make the perfect scrambled eggs. I’ve got to say, even without adding the fresh cream at the end of the process, this technique definitely works to make really good and really yummy scrambled eggs. Bon …
Wherein I discuss some of the changes over the past few months.
I Love xkcd from NoamR on Vimeo. I loves me some xkcd.
Those who know me are aware of just how important music and stories are to me. If I were to be stranded on an island and could only have either a 160gb iPod filled with music, or an ebook reader filled with stories, I would be hard pressed to choose between the two.1 If I …