Nemeses — Friends and Enemies. I think it’s more fun if you have to guess which are which.
A fire broke out today about a mile from the office where Industry Figure Larry Helmerich and I work in Calabasas, California.
We first noticed it was “a little smoky” around 1:00pm, and within 15 minutes, it looked like this, with the whole ridge on its way up to Smoky Town (this photo taken as we […]
Seen on reddit:
Comments:
“This is precisely the sort of thing that’ll reduce readiness when a REAL zombie attack occurs!”
–pavel_lishin
“I know it’s supposed to be funny, but it’s only a matter of time, people!”
–TheColonel
“You know what’s scary? I’m not entirely sure what I would do if I would be driving home and saw that sign. I’ve been […]
The wonderful Glen Greenwald has posted a terrific critique of Barack Obama’s defense of his abject cave on the FISA extension bill, featuring telecom immunity, after previously promising to veto it.
(”Freaking spineless Democrats!” — oh, uh… ok, all better now)
Obama says he will vote to remove immunity from the bill but knows full well that […]
A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.
H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching […]
“North Korea? Didn’t We Just Settle Things With Them?”
I don’t think so: the White House has issued an emergency order, extending hostilities, which hasn’t gotten even a peep of coverage in the mainstream media that I can find:
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the current existence and risk […]
Microsoft is [obviously] not going out of business any time soon, but it’s gotten to be just too much of a hassle for them to continue to support their PlaysForSure Digital Rights Management scheme that they pushed on device manufacturers and customers for years, before deciding that it wasn’t good enough for their own Zune. […]
“Man, I will never get tired of hearing that.” –Athelind Stormdancer
35 Counts of Impeachment, filed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), on this day.
A company has come forward and said that they faked the footage formerly shown here, as part of a viral marketing campaign. I know who it was, but I’ll be damned if I’ll give them any free publicity.
…and here’s some terrific news from Forbes about how Circuit City’s rotten mass firing of experienced (and higher-paid) staff, in favor of untrained teen scum, has totally failed!
The company has floundered after experiencing a devastating third quarter loss, reported last December 21, of $207.3 million, or $1.26 per share, from $20.4 million, or 12 cents […]
Tom and Sylvia’s 25th Wedding Anniversary dinner at our favorite local Japanese restaurant, Tori Yen in Tujunga, California.
So that the photo would more properly mark the occasion, they gave Sylvia a geisha wig and a duck’s beak, and gave me a Groucho mask, along with authentic Japanese hair costumery.
They also festooned us with Lovely […]