Doug

Doug

Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...

It’s Already Been “Brought-en”

I admire Pres. Bush’s chutzpah with regard to the Iraq situation. Heck, I even think that he and his administration have the right idea with the flypaper methodology. There’s just one potentially fatal flaw to all of this that I…

What The…?

Just noticed this over on the Corner: Bushenstein. What in the bloody blue blazes are the Dems thinking? It’s not witty, it’s not original, it doesn’t even scratch the surface of “insightful”. What it is is extremely enlightening. It reinforces…

Has The World Gone Mad?

Oh…my…gosh. I can’t believe what I just witnessed on CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN’s medical correspondent) did a mini-piece on a recent study showing that only 11% of “backpack-related injuries” actually affect the back itself. The majority are actually head…

CNN Mixed Messages

While watching the CNN Headline News feed here at work, I was struck by how they’re starting to get some thing right, and yet are so far off base in many other ways. A CNN reporter was giving a rundown…

Wachowski Brothers: Pali-Sympathizers?

Today’s bleat by James Lileks noted something very, very interesting. Note the screenshot from The Animatrix. Remind you of anything? Bueller? (Hint: Mohammed al-Dura) Okay, so that’s not a hint, it’s bleedin’ giving away the keys to the story. Sue…

Stoners’ Paradise

My wife and I were out late tonight, having just come from a trip to Sam’s Wee, Not-So-Wee, and Friccin’ Huuuge Club and a brief(!) stop at my parents’ house. We hadn’t bothered to stop for dinner in all the…

Beg-a-thons

A note to all NPR execs that may be reading this blog: I really, really, really detest your Beg-a-Thons. Yesterday, I actually listened to five minutes of static on the AM dial in order to avoid listening to lame jokes,…

Matrix Musings

Saw The Matrix Reloaded yesterday afternoon. Now, this may be heresey, but, with the notable exception of the excruciatingly-long Brown People Rave In The Cave/Let’s See How Many Times We Can Show Keanu and Carrie Ann’s Nasty Subdermal Implants In…