Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Monday, April 01, 2019
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change. How about just saying they are cheaper, more reliable, and emissions free?
- Interesting - Why 5G makes me reconsider the health effects of cell phones
- In case you were wondering what books Monty Python's Eric Idle likes to read
- Not sure why I find this so hilarious
- The meaning of Slaughterhouse-Five, fifty years later
- Heh Heh
- This is my new favorite picture of JFK
- The new, safer nuclear reactors that might help stop climate change. How about just saying they are cheaper, more reliable, and emissions free?
- Interesting - Why 5G makes me reconsider the health effects of cell phones
- In case you were wondering what books Monty Python's Eric Idle likes to read
- Not sure why I find this so hilarious
- The meaning of Slaughterhouse-Five, fifty years later
- Heh Heh
- This is my new favorite picture of JFK
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Is it ironic that the worst drivers can normally be found in the RMV parking lot circling for an open parking spot?... Victor Davis Hanson has a good summary of the 2-years of the Mueller Investigation... Sex Melon - band name or hipster cocktail? Fire Grilled Turtles - band name or hipster entree?... "The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust... Men in Belted Sweaters - bad idea from the 70's or hipster band name?... Johannes Factorum would be a good name for a blog (roughly translated from the Latin it means "Jack of all trades")... The Cleveland Spiders supposedly changed the team name to the Indians in hs honor after his early, untimely death...
Is it ironic that the worst drivers can normally be found in the RMV parking lot circling for an open parking spot?... Victor Davis Hanson has a good summary of the 2-years of the Mueller Investigation... Sex Melon - band name or hipster cocktail? Fire Grilled Turtles - band name or hipster entree?... "The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust... Men in Belted Sweaters - bad idea from the 70's or hipster band name?... Johannes Factorum would be a good name for a blog (roughly translated from the Latin it means "Jack of all trades")... The Cleveland Spiders supposedly changed the team name to the Indians in hs honor after his early, untimely death...
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- If this scale is correct then I fully support Pluto no longer being a planet
- How can you not root for Giannis?
- Hanlon's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect."
- Interesting Neil Gaiman interview to revisit
- Rejected vanity plates
- Heh Heh
- Interesting Frank Thomas anecdote
- If this scale is correct then I fully support Pluto no longer being a planet
- How can you not root for Giannis?
- Hanlon's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect."
- Interesting Neil Gaiman interview to revisit
- Rejected vanity plates
- Heh Heh
- Interesting Frank Thomas anecdote
Auguries of Innocence
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
- William Blake
Beautiful poem but I think Blake should have added in something about puppies.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
Large Numbers
One thousand seconds equals 16 minutes and 40 seconds
One million seconds equals 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds
One billion seconds equals 11,574 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes and 40 second
One trillion seconds equals 31,709 YEARS, 9 months, two weeks, 1 day, 2 hours, 46 minutes and 39 seconds.
The US national debt is $22 trillion. In seconds that would equal almost 700,000 YEARS!
Cool
Despite what your brain is telling you - these are perfectly round circles that do not overlap. They do not overlap!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Thank you Gronk! (video)
- 7 traits of super-productive people
- Speaking of super-productive people - David Goggins "the toughest man alive" shares how he pushed his mind and his body (video)
- Where do we find such men as Travis Atkins? This should be must reading for everyone.
- Heh Heh
- Should we become specialists or polymaths? "If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson."
- Baseball season is here!
- Thank you Gronk! (video)
- 7 traits of super-productive people
- Speaking of super-productive people - David Goggins "the toughest man alive" shares how he pushed his mind and his body (video)
- Where do we find such men as Travis Atkins? This should be must reading for everyone.
- Heh Heh
- Should we become specialists or polymaths? "If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson."
- Baseball season is here!
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
At this point the White House Correspondents Dinner should just cease to be out of pure shame over how Russiagate has been handled. This, of course, would assume these folks had any shame to begin with... Sometimes there's little or no difference between physics and magic... Why hasn't Taylor Swift commented on the Mueller Report yet? What is she hiding?... Deep thoughts from Chris - could Dark Matter simply be the leftover quantum entanglements from the matter and anti-matter that was annihilated just after the Big Band?... Cult of Inhibitions - band name or all-inclusive singles resort?... I tried watching the new Amy Schumer Netflix special. I lasted just 15 minutes. It was awful. AWFUL!... What is Dark Matter? Even the best theories are crumbling. (Maybe that's because my hypothesis hasn't been tested yet!)
At this point the White House Correspondents Dinner should just cease to be out of pure shame over how Russiagate has been handled. This, of course, would assume these folks had any shame to begin with... Sometimes there's little or no difference between physics and magic... Why hasn't Taylor Swift commented on the Mueller Report yet? What is she hiding?... Deep thoughts from Chris - could Dark Matter simply be the leftover quantum entanglements from the matter and anti-matter that was annihilated just after the Big Band?... Cult of Inhibitions - band name or all-inclusive singles resort?... I tried watching the new Amy Schumer Netflix special. I lasted just 15 minutes. It was awful. AWFUL!... What is Dark Matter? Even the best theories are crumbling. (Maybe that's because my hypothesis hasn't been tested yet!)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Boston Red Sox 2019 Opening Day
Opening Day is finally here and only one team gets to say they are defending World Series Champions - let's go Red Sox!
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How an office job can effect your metabolism
- The weird world of vegan YouTube stars is imploding. Story is funny (to a meateater like me), sad and disturbing all at the same time.
- 5 lies you've been told about "following your passion"
- The NFL is looking to have a streaming version of DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket. My guess is Amazon Prime or ESPN+ would pay big money for the rights and people like me who've cut the cord would definitely make sure I get the service.
- A good night's sleep is one of the most important things for your body (and brain) at any age
- The successful man's path to Lasting Satisfaction
- Niccolo Machiavelli on reading
- How an office job can effect your metabolism
- The weird world of vegan YouTube stars is imploding. Story is funny (to a meateater like me), sad and disturbing all at the same time.
- 5 lies you've been told about "following your passion"
- The NFL is looking to have a streaming version of DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket. My guess is Amazon Prime or ESPN+ would pay big money for the rights and people like me who've cut the cord would definitely make sure I get the service.
- A good night's sleep is one of the most important things for your body (and brain) at any age
- The successful man's path to Lasting Satisfaction
- Niccolo Machiavelli on reading
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Let's Talk Some Politics
The Democratic Party has made a hard lurch leftward into a warm embrace of Socialism. This, in my opinion, is plain stupidity.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is becoming the face of the Democratic Party and she's fully supports Socialism. You mean like Venezuela? Her supporters will say, "No like Sweden." But Sweden isn't a Socialist country - it is a capitalist county. Proposing Venezuelan solutions and expecting Swedish results is pure ignorance.
No we mean Socialism in terms of National Healthcare they stamp their feet. Kamala Harris is in favor of doing away with private health insurers. Wait didn't that experiment just fail miserably in Finland? Why yes - yes it did.
Vermont too tried single payer healthcare. They had to pull the plug because single payer was going to destroy the State's economy. Bernie Sanders - you're from Vermont right? And you want to do to the whole country what single payer almost did to Vermont? Are you stupid?
As an older white male the Democratic Party increasingly doesn't want my "kind". Which is fine by me because I actively try to avoid associating with stupid people.
Bob Hope was right.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Heh Heh - Hitler finds out about the Mueller Report. (Via Borepatch)
- You are never too old to...
- A message from Art Alexakis from Everclear to his fans and friends. We can and will find a cure for MS.
- I've become a fan of Senator Mike Lee
- Scientists discover signs of new neurons developing even in adult brains as old as 87
- Rob Gronkowski's ridiculous NFL records
- The way of the monastic warrior: Lessons from Major Dick Winters. This is one of those things you need to read periodically to remind yourself of what is important in life.
- Heh Heh - Hitler finds out about the Mueller Report. (Via Borepatch)
- You are never too old to...
- A message from Art Alexakis from Everclear to his fans and friends. We can and will find a cure for MS.
- I've become a fan of Senator Mike Lee
- Scientists discover signs of new neurons developing even in adult brains as old as 87
- Rob Gronkowski's ridiculous NFL records
- The way of the monastic warrior: Lessons from Major Dick Winters. This is one of those things you need to read periodically to remind yourself of what is important in life.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Much of the reporting on Russiagate was based on anonymous sources. If the media that printed those stories do not now publicly burn those sources then the only rational explanation is that the MSM was just making things up as they went along... The last catch of Rob Gronkowski's career basically won the Super Bowl for the Patriots... "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." - Stephen Covey... So if there are separate trials could Mark Geragos represent Michael Avenatti and then Avenatti turn around and represent Geragos? That way neither could testify against the other due to attorney-client privilege... Some say hell is a man on an acoustic guitar playing Hotel California over and over. Extra crispy hell - that man is Chris Berman... Today we work less, have more leisure time and earn more. We live in an age of abundance... People who mention that Steve Jobs biological mother was an immigrant from a mostly Muslim country in order to support immigration never seem to mention that Apple would never have existed if she chose to have an abortion instead of opting for adoption. Funny how that works...
Much of the reporting on Russiagate was based on anonymous sources. If the media that printed those stories do not now publicly burn those sources then the only rational explanation is that the MSM was just making things up as they went along... The last catch of Rob Gronkowski's career basically won the Super Bowl for the Patriots... "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." - Stephen Covey... So if there are separate trials could Mark Geragos represent Michael Avenatti and then Avenatti turn around and represent Geragos? That way neither could testify against the other due to attorney-client privilege... Some say hell is a man on an acoustic guitar playing Hotel California over and over. Extra crispy hell - that man is Chris Berman... Today we work less, have more leisure time and earn more. We live in an age of abundance... People who mention that Steve Jobs biological mother was an immigrant from a mostly Muslim country in order to support immigration never seem to mention that Apple would never have existed if she chose to have an abortion instead of opting for adoption. Funny how that works...
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How did the President celebrate the release of the Mueller Report? Golf with Kid Rock of course
- Top 10 quotes from Bill Belichick on leadership. This was my favorite, "Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling."
- Heh Heh - this is true
- Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli spymaster who caught Eichmann has passed. What a life.
- Normally not a fan of Matt Taibbi but this is damn fine reporting on the damage the media has done to itself over its Russiagate coverage. Long read but worth the time.
- The importance of persistence
- Astronomers have detected a star careening through the Milky Way at 2.5 million MPH
- How did the President celebrate the release of the Mueller Report? Golf with Kid Rock of course
- Top 10 quotes from Bill Belichick on leadership. This was my favorite, "Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling."
- Heh Heh - this is true
- Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli spymaster who caught Eichmann has passed. What a life.
- Normally not a fan of Matt Taibbi but this is damn fine reporting on the damage the media has done to itself over its Russiagate coverage. Long read but worth the time.
- The importance of persistence
- Astronomers have detected a star careening through the Milky Way at 2.5 million MPH
Monday, March 25, 2019
The Mueller Report
Last June Mueller had to back away from the only indictments aimed at actual Russians. And those indictments were rightly viewed as mainly either a PR move or a fishing expedition.
Just this January the the Office of Robert Mueller had to issue a statement refuting Buzzfeed's claim that Attorney Michael Cohen was instructed to lie to Congress by President Trump. That was an extraordinary move by Mueller and an indication that even he had to acknowledge that the moonbat speculation was growing out of control for a report he knew would be deflating to those on the Left.
I once again post that quote from CS Lewis for you to keep in mind when seeing the reactions to the final findings of the Mueller Report by some elected officials and members of the media.
Also as an aside it will be interesting to see if the Left now goes after Robert Mueller for his past deeds as payback for not providing the "frogmarching" the MSM seemingly endlessly promised was coming.
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