On Again
If you don’t read James Lileks regularly, you don’t know what you’re missing. Lileks is a columnist from Minnesota and, while he publishes a semi-weekly column and has authored a couple of hilarious books, he’s also a bit of a…
Month February 2005
Initial Migration Complete
I’ve moved the core of the site over to WordPress 1.5, so at the very least all posts should be working now. You’ll probably notice that most of the images won’t work for a while and things like polls I…
News Coverage Of Bloggers Spreads
Even the Daily Show is starting to cover blogs now. “I’m Ted Hitler.” Heh.
Great Googly Moogly!
A Tetris board game? Oh. Man. This can’t be good. As if I didn’t waste enough time on the NES version back in the day…
Fun Spam Of The Day
Well, at least they’re trying to entertain me while spamming my inbox: Subject: Greetings, white man! 🙂 From: Calliope M. Satanism < [email address deleted]> To: [me] Message: Salut! [spam link clipped] Before honor is humility. Nabad gelyo [another spam…
Irony Overload
Has the world gone mad? Stockard Channing continues to be the voice of AIG Auto Insurance ads. Auto insurance. Am I the only one who sees a problem here?
Nicknaming The USS Jimmy Carter
Apparently, it’s rather common for ships of the US Navy to be given widely-accepted nicknames that more accurately portray their namesakes. For instance, the USS Theodore Roosevelt is apparently known as “the Big Stick”, the USS Ronald Reagan is known…
Strange Portents And Ill Omens
Valuable Advice For Bloggers Of All Stripes
How To Start Your Very Own Blog In Fifty-One Easy Steps! There’s some very timely and helpful advice contained in that article, such as: 3. Consider one of the many pre-made website templates offered by the blogging service, or one…
Rooting For Failure
Kurt Andersen notes some odd inconsistencies on the cultural Left’s part, post Iraqi elections. A key quote: But now our heroic and tragic liberal-intellectual capaciousness is facing its sharpest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Back then, most…
