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Monthly Archives: March 2011

A sign of hope

Friday, March 18, 2011

A bit of controversy about an SAT question, that read as follows: Reality television programs, which feature real people engaged in real activities rather than professional actors performing scripted scenes, are increasingly popular. These shows depict ordinary people competing in everything from singing and dancing to losing weight, or just living their everyday lives. Most […]

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Sign me up!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The same folks who launched a laughable effort to get Michelle Bachmann elected speaker of the House (a bit premature, but given the trends, her time will come) have now started a movement to draft her to run for President. Well, I just couldn’t get worked up about making her Speaker, but I’m 100% behind […]

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Republicans don’t need no education

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Reality intrudes again. On yet another issue, the Republicans are wrong on each and every point they are making about one of their ginned up issues: To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according […]

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Our nuclear future

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

As recent events have demonstrated, one of Obama’s more dubious energy proposals has been a reinvigoration of the nuclear power industry. Mother Jones reports that he, along with a number of other politicians in the tank for the industry, have held up Japan as an example of nuclear power’s safety. In general, they have all […]

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Spaceman

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Keith Olbermann posts a picture of himself with the great Bill Lee. I recognized him right away, “though years have rolled over [his] head” and pounds have descended into his belly. It has always been my firm belief that Bucky Dent would never have had a chance to earn his eternal infamy had Don Zimmer […]

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For Ipad fans only

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

If you’re on Ipad fan like I am, you may also have been frustrated, as I have been, by the lack of a way to save web pages and other documents as PDFs. It’s one of the great things about the Mac-PDF capability is built into the print dialog for every piece of software. Well, […]

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Rapid Response

Sunday, March 13, 2011

I am in receipt of an email from Nancy Pelosi. She is, she says, absolutely irate about what happened in Wisconsin, and would Iike me to help her do something about it. Specifically, she would like me to hand over some cash to the Rapid Response Fund, another name for the DCCC, apparently. The email […]

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NH Teaparty Republican admits to massive Republican ignorance

Sunday, March 13, 2011

While in New Hampshire, Michelle Bachmann gave the state credit for the battles of Lexington and Concord, telling a group of like brain dead legislators: “You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord,’’ … “And you put a marker in the ground and paid with the blood of […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, March 11, 2011

I have this on DVD, and re-watched it last week. The Wall was performed in Berlin in 1990 to celebrate the demise of the Berlin Wall. The concert is right up there with the best concerts I’ve ever seen, though I have to admit I haven’t seen that many. You can watch the whole thing, […]

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Science Friday

Friday, March 11, 2011

I just have to pass this along, from Pharyngula: A rather bizarre study carried out by German researchers suggests that staring at women’s breasts is good for men’s health and increases their life expectancy. According to Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist and author of the study, gawking at women’s breasts is a healthy practice, almost […]

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