Showing posts with label writers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writers. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Had to unfollow Outside Magazine because ever since they launched Outside+ it seems every tweet and article is trying to sell me something. Wicked annoying...  Analysis True!... Amazing the clarity of some of the predictions 100 or so years ago from writers like HG Wells, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley. Who are the writers of today who future generations will look back on as being the soothsayers of our time?... The US Men's Olympic basketball team is favored by 41.5 points in Wednesday's game against Iran. 41.5 points in a 40-minute games (not a 48 minute NBA game). I hope we slap around Iran but 41.5 points is a lot to give... In other words the CDC's recommended real time COVID test doesn't work so please find an alternative. And more info. How many "cases" were actually false positives? And if there were false positives doesn't that lead one to believe there were also false negatives?... 

Monday, February 15, 2016

Stephen King on Hockey

I found this quote from Stephen King amusing:
Here’s what I understand about hockey: Bulky men wearing helmets and carrying sticks in their gauntleted hands skate around for a while on my TV; then some guy comes on and sells trucks. Sometimes chicks come on and sell beer.