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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
12:04 am	Automating iTunes Currently using Needle Drop in combo with Harmonic to grab lyrics for songs. It'll still take a while, and some lyrics are done by unrepentant teenagers, but this is big progress. Currently in Al Blowly. Probably aren't any lyrics for that. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
6:03 pm	Palin's gone full retard http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302852.html And that's putting it kindly. I'll own that she either sees global climate change as a communist conspiracy theory or God's breath of the endtimes, but to baldly state that we've got enough hydrocarbons domestically to keep lumbering around like we have been for the last 50 years is simply bad math. I love that this is the intellectual depth Repugnicans have risen to. Makes them easy prey in debating the facts. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 10th, 2009
7:19 pm	Freedom for Me but not for Thee http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/us/11gay.html?_r=2&ref=global-home (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
9:33 pm	It's always %$^$@ in Philadelphia http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pool-Boots-Kids-Who-Might-Change-the-Complexion.html I've actually visited this neighborhood with an eye to detail and form. One thing about Philly, and the Delaware Valley, the people are very nice, as long as you align with their prejudices. If you're out, you're out, and nothing is going to change that until your grandkids second cousins from out of town Salt of the Earth Indeed. (16 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
5:57 am	Don't you black or white me. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
5:41 am	Entitlement I have to admit, my incident with the typewriter was almost as bad. 16 year olds: you gotta fake 'em out. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
10:54 pm	We are all Israelis Libertarians are equivalent to Palestinians: they have no faith in th system and keep pressing for its wholesale dismantling. They see the gov't as so rife with waste and poor incentives that they'd rather throw the whole kit and kaboodle out. Liberal, when exposed to libertarian ideas like the above, get all butthurt and start reflexively defending all programs against all comers. Both could agree that gov't could do a better job of avoiding cost overruns, and does an incredibly ham-handed and ineffectual job at administering lots of functions they could manage more nimbly if they did not suffer form ideological diabetes. ** I thought of this while reflecting on last night's foray into apartheid politics and listening to some NPR cage match between CATO and the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
10:31 pm	G_d's F'd Up Land of Bilk and Money This is in response to a nice lady in a thread started by tacnukesoul. It is verbatim and whole from the comment thread. I am sure I will have to break this up into a comment or two, as it is definitely tl;dr. ( Why hating both sides is the only rational option ) Current Music: James Brown - Cold Sweat (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
10:46 pm	The only way to create long term wealth (Comment on this)
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
10:52 pm	The Greatest Health Care System in the World. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a lot of common health indicators I might want, but this graph is pretty telling... http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=6;ti=2006$zpv;v=0$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=pyj6tScZqmEeL79qOoKtofQ;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=pyj6tScZqmEcEYRXHDvupJQ;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=8.21;iid=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=CATID0;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=0.3;dataMax=6657$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=1.1;dataMax=61$map_s;sma=49;smi=2.65$cd;bd=0$inds= (3 Comments |Comment on this)
9:34 pm	The Metro Accident Why didn't automatic block control prevent this? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 19th, 2009
7:05 pm	You Guys! You Guys! I ust donated about 60 old CD's to the thrift store. They handed me a blank receipt on my way out. Here's where it gets good. Since I can value each song on the CD's at $80,000, I can reasonably claim 60*10*80,000 = 48 million in value given to the thrift store! We're goin' out for filet tonite! (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
9:07 pm	Cute! http://www.systemdetails.com/index.php One day I'll uncork it again. Currently learning humility, hope to come back better informed and more authentic. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
4:18 pm	Straight Outta Dunwoody: (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
11:38 am	Stupid ideas in cosmetic surgery Rotating nipples. They could be used in lieu of a wristwatch. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 1st, 2009
11:39 am	Allowed to be an American http://www.counterpunch.org/hamilton05222009.html Why did we elect this guy to 8 years of ruin? (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
11:38 pm	bAraha (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 15th, 2009
8:07 am	The latest modest proposal State transportation departments should pay insurance companies to defray the costs of long term care of patients in their state. The more chronic heart and lung disease occurs in a state, the more a state DOT should defray the costs of of what it helped to create. It can get a credit for this obligation if it funds transit or complete streets projects. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 1st, 2009
6:44 am	5 jews in Canarsie The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 3 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
10:07 pm	Complete this sentence "Given that Americans increasingly spend much of what they make,..." (2 Comments |Comment on this)