The good news is that you won't have to suffer my uncaring nature regarding spelling and grammar much longer, nosirreebob… why, because now grammarian works in the radio userland window and spell/grammar checks the boxes. Now if I just remember to use it.

What's wrong with binary logic?. I've been accused of using binary logic and am still having a very difficult time understanding the problem with it. Anne Galloway's blog has very high quality readership so I am fascinated by the discussion, but I still need some help understanding. Anne, I hate to highjack the comments section […]

now aristotle's golden mean is exemplary of this, because it is frequently misinterpretted. for aristotle: the virtuous/excellent person will find the mean, but you cannot use the mean to guide you to be a virtuous person. you can habituate yourself to be a better or more excellent person, a person who fullfills their function as […]

Turn OFF The TV. Turn OFF The TV I'm starting a new campaign. It's about how totally UNCOOL TV is. It's more uncool than smoking. It's more uncool than drinking. It's dangerously uncool to watch TV. Turn it off. Your brain is melting, thanks to TV. Your butt is broadening, thanks to TV. Your kids […]

What you do in Vegas stays in your file. The FBI has been given increased surveillance powers without court oversight under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, which was signed into law on the day Saddam was captured. The law was recently used to have hotels and airlines in Las Vegas turn over […]

ÊÊÊ But with Virginia's public colleges now underfunded by nearly $400 million annually, officials insist the additional flexibility could allow them to chip away at their respective budget gaps before the schools suffer permanent blows to quality and reputation. That margin of financial independence would, in turn, leave more state money for Virginia's other underfunded […]

New York Times Archives 1851 – Present. New York Times Archives 1851 – Presenthttp://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html A searchable archive of the New York Times all the way back to Setember 1851 is now available. Searching is free, but then articles must be purchased. The archive is hosted by Proquest, but you can get to it from the […]

“Electronic science: a license to print money”. David Mort, Science makes money for Europe's information companies, Research Information, Winter 2003, pp. 13-14. (Not yet online but soon to be here.) A summary of the 2003 profits, margins, acquisitions, and shifts to electronic publication and bundling at the major journal publishers. In the TOC of this […]

What We Really Meant…. From: Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. Dick Cheney Speech to VFW National Convention August 26, 2002 To: For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as… [Eat Your Vegetables]

$131 MILLION. MSNBC – Bush re-election effort raised $131 million in 2003 As he seeks a second term in the White House, President Bush's re-election effort raised… [OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY] —– this should be google bombed, or so I think. YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUY AN ELECTION HAVING MONEY DOES NOT MAKE YOU […]