Our Dear Leader is going to fix the economy by rolling out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways Is it just me, or didn’t we already try the ” 1) Let’s spend some money we don’t have, 2) pretend it will create jobs because we [...]
Also tagged Economics, euphemisms, lie to me, Obama, Politics, whiningInteresting, as in “may you live in interesting times and be noticed by important people.” I’m trying to teach myself to write small programs in JAVA (it’s a long story). I was having some problems with the JAVA development stuff causing some conflicts with some of my other programs so I decided to install the [...]
Also tagged Computers, Personal, whiningI thought that might get your attention
Also tagged food, health care, Personal, self-esteemAccording to this little test I know so much about drugs I’m, well… NameThatDrug.com – Identify The Drug
Also tagged Nanny State, Personal, wtf?In any life, there are events that change forever one’s perception of the world. Some are collective events; the Moon landing and Watergate for folks of my generation or more recently 9/11. Some are personal; a first kiss, meeting the love of your life, the birth of a child. Unfortunately, at least in my experience, [...]
Also tagged Personal, self-esteem, wtf?Here’s a very interesting article by a former drug treatment counselor about what to do if you discover your kid is smoking pot. As always, you should read the whole thing. However, I will tell you the short version is not “send them to drug treatment.” The author argues that if you send your kid [...]
Also tagged Corrections, health care, lie to meRatlands.com is 4 years old today. I only know that because I had to pay the hosting and domain registration bill today. I seriously considered abandoning Ratlands; I haven’t been writing much lately and haven’t cranked out an essay in months. But, at roughly $10 a month, Ratlands is one of my less expensive vices, [...]
Also tagged blogspeak, PersonalOne of the nice things about the internet is that when you make a statement or take a position that is objectively wrong, any number of helpful individuals will step up, do the right thing, and point out your wrongness. In the comments to my previous post, such an individual took time out of their [...]
Also tagged blogspeak, humor, wordsmithing, wtf?If you have no interest in dual-boot installations of Linux, come back tomorrow. I promise I’ll be on to something else by then. I installed Ubuntu Linux 9.10 on my 2nd hard drive a few days ago. It’s a pretty easy install. Either that or I’ve done it enough times that it isn’t quite as [...]
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