Vader On The 1’s And 2’s
Darth Vader: destroyer of worlds, slayer of Jedi, lord of the Sith and purveyor of beats, phat and otherwise. He somehow seems to have grown back both of his hands, though…
Doug
Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...
Turning Crisis Into A Humorous Opportunity
As an intrepid blogger faced with a server crash and data loss, would you: A) Whine, complain and swear vengeance on your hosting company. B) Blame the vagaries of the Internet[s], throw up your hands in disgust and resign yourself…
Hooray For S.E. PA/NJ Weather!
Do you know what I love about living in an area that, for some idiotic reason, was populated by people evidently intent on living in what, absent of human interference, would be a malarial swamp? I love the weather. I…
Dogs And Cats, Living Together, Mass Hysteria!
Looks like Apple finally made the leap and announced the worst-kept secret in technology history: they’re officially moving OSX to an Intel platform. MacNN has the WWDC keynotes covered which provide for some interesting reading, namely: OSX has been leading…
Required Viewing
My wife and I just finished watching A Man For All Seasons, the film-based account of the last years of Sir Thomas More‘s life. While slightly fictionalized, the movie seems to hew fairly closely to the actual historical events surrounding…
The Madness Of “Genetic Screening”
My wife and I have had to make a series of decisions that will, to varying degrees, affect the future of our child: whether to get an ultrasound, how many ultrasounds to get, whether we are going to pursue “natural”…
How’s The Poor Girl Ever Going To Live This One Down?
Now, I’m awfully proud of my soon-to-be-born child, as any prospective parent should be, but even I haven’t gone as far as to see the face of Jesus in their ultrasound. The poor girl – she’s not just a child,…
See, Here’s The Thing
I was totally going to write up a couple of posts this afternoon, but I had a meeting to attend and then my new 15″ Mac Powerbook came in, and, well, what would you have done? Maybe I’ll test out…
A Modest Proposal For Social Security
Mark Jacquith offers a fairly reasonable solution for the looming Social Security crisis: Stop paying benefits. Unintended perk: old people rioting is like regular rioting, but with canes, walkers, and in slow motion. Stop collecting Social Security taxes. It’s like…
Great Matters Of Pressing National Import
Attention, all carbohydrate addicts: all Krispy Kreme locations will be observing National Donut Day tomorrow, June 3rd, 2005, by giving each customer one (1) KK donut of their choice. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled life.
