Monthly Archives: February 2012
Headache Log 2/28/12
Operation: Hilarity
As I write this, the results are coming in from the Michigan and Arizona primaries. I haven’t looked to see which way it is trending, but I do want to speak to the announced, ‘Operation: Hilarity.’ Continue reading
A Quantitative Person in a Qualitative World.
I am by nature a person who likes things that can be measured. While I did horribly in any sort of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic, I adore doing science with its focus on numbers, measurement, and prediction. Continue reading
Headache Log 2/26/12
Busy Busy Busy
I am hoping that next week turns out better than this last week. While I am happy to have added ‘Colossus’ to my network of home computers and anticipate lots of good writing at his keyboard, this has not been the best of weeks.
On Monday last week my sweetie-wife injured her shoulder. I’ve been playing the part of left arm for her, helping out in any way I can, but there is still sharp amount of pain for her. Because of the injury she needs to sleep upright, so there will be no Sunday Night Movie this week as unlike most Americans we do NOT have a TV in the bedroom.
Headache Long Feb 25 2012 2
Headache Log Feb 25 2012
Presidential Campaign Songs
This is a bit of a kerfuffle over the songs used by the various republican candidates for president. Mostly the liberal songwriters aren’t happy with their songs being used by conservative politicians, and that is of course their right, both as citizens and copyright holders.
My problem that these self-selected songs rarely capture for me the true sprit of each candidate, Here are my suggestions for the right campaign songs, with the You Tube clips since none are very modern. Continue reading
Book Discussion: The Island of Dr. Moreau
Considering that The Island Of Dr. Moreau was written about 116 years ago this is less a review and more of a discussion, as such I shan’t be concerned about spoilers. If you are concerned about spoilers, please go read the book, it is in the public domain, then come back and join me. Continue reading