I don’t know quite what to say about this guy. He either has too much time on his hands, too much disposable income in his pocket, or he really, really, really doesn’t like Ikea.
Also tagged green, pointless gestures, Science/Technology, wtf?From a joke thread at reddit: René Descartes walks into a bar and orders a beer. When he finishes the glass the bartender asks him if he’d like another. Descartes says, “I think not,” and pop he disappears. As a philosophy degree-holder, I hate hearing this joke while I’m flipping burgers.
Also taggedI have a rule about Ratlands. I don’t give out the name of the site to my co-workers. It isn’t that there’s anything here that embarrasses me; I’m well aware that nothing on the internet is private and nothing on the internet ever goes away and I operate accordingly. Although I have an ego as [...]
Also tagged envy, Guns, Personal, self-esteemFrom the “Too Much Information” file: I started physical therapy last week for a condition called adhesive capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder to those of us without a medical degree). That’s actually good news, as I suspected (and the preliminary reading of the MRI tentatively confirmed) a torn rotator cuff. The surgeon decided there was no tear [...]
Also tagged Personal, sportsIt’s almost 1:00 AM, so I can’t talk about these in the depth I’d like, but I thought I’d pass them on anyway. From Carpe Diem: For anyone who has both a) a bit of knowledge about economic realities as opposed to the unicorn farts one usually hears in the MSM, and b) spent any [...]
Also tagged Economics, health care, lie to me, Music, Nanny State, ObamaI’ve been on vacation this past week, although at times it’s been hard to tell. Mostly it’s been some running around punctuated by periods of near vegetative stupor. That, and we’ve watched a whole lot of NCIS re-runs. Sunday, the Head Rat and I joined my folks at the Neal Reunion and then visited cemeteries [...]
Also tagged congress, Economics, foreign policy, Nanny State, numbers, Obama, Politics, wordsmithing3 wildly different links today: Yale has recordings of some of its classes posted online. Free. An interesting selection, if you’re interested. I’m watching the one on Game Theory. (via Carpe Diem) An bit about an American sniper who set a record for the longest kill shot (8,120 feet as measured by GPS). Twice!. Third, [...]
Also tagged foreign policy, GunsTry this. (via SDA)
Also tagged Guns, self-esteem… and no one to choke.‡ ‡seen on a t-shirt on a fellow shopper in a grocery store at 1:00 AM
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