You’ve seen John Hodgman, even if you don’t know who he is. His appearances as “PC” in a certain fruit-flavored tech industry firm’s ads have permanently cemented his place in pop culture. He’s done a bunch of other things as well – minor acting gigs, cameo appearances in obscure pop songs, and authoring several almanacs […]
At the office this morning, I was visited by a trio of co-workers collectively wearing hot dog, ketchup and mustard costumes and handing out “treats” of ketchup and mustard packets. It’s going to be one of those days, and I’m okay with that. This kind of surreality is one of the reasons why I like […]
A local TV station in DC is running a series on breast exams, featuring uncensored breasts this week. The station is going out of it’s way to characterize this bit of programming as daring and “ground-breaking”, as well as prominently featuring naked breasts. I concede that breast cancer awareness and prevention is terribly important, and […]
Maybe we will get something resembling a public option after all; even if there’s a “states can opt out” provision. That kind of pisses me off (given who’s likely to be running my state come January unless the polls shift dramatically in the next week), but honestly, if the eventual health care reforms actually work, […]
I took a long weekend away from the biggest part of the grind; didn’t go much anywhere (except for a little shopping and into the city for a few hours with the eldest for dance class), and spent the time getting some chores done, reading some books, and playing some games. I almost feel rejuvinated, […]
Democratic Candidate for VA Governor Creigh Deeds says he’d consider opting Virginia out of any Federal health care solution including a public option. Now, I’m going to vote for the guy, because, hey, the alternative says that working women and feminists (not to mention cohabitators, “fornicators”, homosexuals and contraception) are a blight on society – […]
…and it was glorious. Beyond trying to keep the house at a reasonable level of clean and doing the usual Saturday morning shopping, did relatively little that wasn’t recreation-related. Checked out a neat little kebob place in the city and played a few hands of Munchkin, but little in the way of the large, single-use […]
