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Coincidence? I think not. [jackdied] Feb 02 2010, 14:54 EST [permalink] Water vapor in the lower stratosphere suddenly dropped in late 2000 causing the atmosphere to cool. Do you know what happened in mid 2000? If so please don't tell my mother. Do you know what else happened in mid 2000? The Concorde had a crash and the Full Text Winter Bowling: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Jan 25 2010, 00:14 EST [updated Feb 16 2010, 00:45 EST] [permalink] We finished out the last half in the middle of the pack. Had we won even one more game by a single pin instead of losing by five we would have finished higher for an extra $30 a hand. Oh well. The second half of the season is big. We have gone from 8 Full Text Voted (1 image) [jackdied] Jan 19 2010, 12:49 EST [updated Jan 19 2010, 13:23 EST] [permalink] The volunteers at my polling place were as polite and efficient as always (that's not a punch line, they are always polite and efficient). I was voter #498 today, which is well below the #845 in 2004 (I didn't write down my 2008 number). I voted at 1pm Full Text The Dangers of a Scott Brown Win [jackdied] Jan 18 2010, 21:51 EST [updated Jan 18 2010, 21:54 EST] [permalink] If Brown (the Republican) wins in Mass the worst possible outcome is that all Republican candidates will see this as a referendum on the Democratic house/senate/whitehouse and will run as "we are not the incumbents" in the 2010 cycle. The last few electio Full Text MA Special Election [jackdied] Jan 18 2010, 19:45 EST [updated Jan 19 2010, 08:50 EST] [permalink] [Lots of non-Mass people have been asking me about this one] I find it hard to believe that a Republican will win the Senate seat this Wednesday Tuesday [update: my bad. I have a presentation on Weds so it's on my mind], but this poll has Brown up by 9% Full Text Please, Cancel My Favorite Show [jackdied] Jan 16 2010, 13:39 EST [permalink] When TV shows get canceled before they are done filming it sometimes gives the authors an opportunity to air what they want to air instead of what they think the higher-ups or audience wants. The result can be magic or it can highlight why the show was c Full Text Fuzzy Thinking About Trade [jackdied] Jan 14 2010, 15:38 EST [updated Jan 14 2010, 15:41 EST] [permalink] Humans weren't built to think about exchange at the national scale. Here is a non-sequitur from Victor Davis Hanson: Of the some $50 billion in remittances that leave the U.S. each year to Latin America, perhaps $20 billion come from California reside Full Text Car Longevity Still Rising [jackdied] Jan 14 2010, 15:13 EST [updated Jan 14 2010, 15:15 EST] [permalink] I saw this article on car makers in trouble which states that the worldwide production capacity of automobiles is 94 million cars & trucks a year. Back-of-the-envelope math says that is 1 car for every family of four on the planet every ten years. That' Full Text	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Jun 2010 May 2010 Apr 2010 Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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