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Your week in Quickies [quickie] Feb 01 2008, 16:55 EST [permalink] Cat Burning [jackdied] Feb 01 2008, 16:55 EST The next wave of retro? It gets my vote. Full Text 1950s Bachelor Chow [jackdied] Jan 29 2008, 20:44 EST [permalink] I cook my own meals, mostly. For the times when the fridge is bare I keep the freezer stocked with frozen pizzas and the like. I recently bought an original style Swanson TV Dinner, the kind with turkey, peas, and mashed potatoes. Eating TV Dinners wil Full Text Local News Says: Dunkin Donuts Kills Babies [jackdied] Jan 22 2008, 00:05 EST [updated Jan 22 2008, 00:33 EST] [permalink] I realize that even in a city like Boston there aren't enough fires or murders to fill a half hour; so the local news has to report on something, but still. The newest baby-scare is that excessive caffeine intake may cause miscarriages. It was a small Full Text Chalk one up for Amazon as a sales channel [jackdied] Jan 21 2008, 21:19 EST [updated Jan 21 2008, 21:26 EST] [permalink] Amazon has a downloadable video service called UnBox. It is quite ordinary in every way and includes all the consumer unfriendly aspects of approved and legal internet media. You can't copy the videos you buy to watch elsewhere and they are encrypted ou Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Jan 21 2008, 14:52 EST [permalink] Three Philosophies of Butter Substitutes [bobsalive] Jan 21 2008, 14:48 EST Full Text Weekend Song Lyric [jackdied] Jan 19 2008, 16:23 EST [updated Jan 19 2008, 16:30 EST] [permalink] I mention the end-game song for the computer game Portal in a current quickie but it is just too good to leave alone - both the game and especially the song. The game itself is wonderful not because of the graphics or a major breakthrough in gameplay: th Full Text Fred Stuff [jackdied] Jan 19 2008, 12:43 EST [updated Jan 19 2008, 13:09 EST] [permalink] There is some good news on Fred in SC. But this is just one poll and others haven't shown the same thing. Here's hoping. My older bro is also a Fred booster and reports that he gets tons of emails from the Thompson campaign. I wondered previously why Full Text Iraq: If we can't lose today let's lose tomorrow [jackdied] Jan 17 2008, 23:31 EST [permalink] The JustOneMinute blog reports that the new anti-war strategy isn't "troops out of Iraq now!" but troops out of Iraq later. As in, after the country is stabilized - which looks likely - leave no permanent bases. I am a supporter of this strategy. I thi Full Text See You at the Chapel [jackdied] Jan 17 2008, 22:16 EST [updated Jan 17 2008, 23:04 EST] [permalink] Exciting news, for some of the authors here anyway. Baby Jake is going to be baptized and I'm going to be his god father. There was some confusion about where the baptism will be taking place. Which allows me to delve into my backlog of Episcopalian ma Full Text HBO Fake News, Coming Up! [jackdied] Jan 17 2008, 19:36 EST [updated Jan 17 2008, 23:11 EST] [permalink] HBO had an ad for an upcoming episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel which probes the underculture of drinking at sports events. There is drinking at sports events? Shock! Horror! There are hundreds of millions of man-hours spent drinking at sports Full Text Push Polling: Pro Huck, Anti Fred [jackdied] Jan 17 2008, 08:34 EST [updated Jan 17 2008, 08:40 EST] [permalink] Instapundit links this push poll that boosts Huck and slams Fred. If you don't know what a "push poll" is it is Wikipedia has a good explanation. A push poll pretends to be a poll (what is your party affiliation, do you plan on voiting) but slips in som Full Text Halting State [jackdied] Jan 16 2008, 09:37 EST [updated Jan 17 2008, 09:39 EST] [permalink] I just finished Charlie Stross' Halting State. If you like William Gibson's near-future fiction like Spook Country you will like Stross' Halting State. The main premise is that the near-future world is highly networked with cell phones and heads up disp Full Text jackdied's dadsalive [jackdied] Jan 15 2008, 19:37 EST [permalink] Not that you asked but my father is out of surgery and doing well. Early screening and modern medicine continue to assure that, given time, he will die in a horrific car accident and not in his sleep. That's progress for you. He does pass along this ti Full Text Capitalism is Soulless, Two Authors Agree [jackdied] Jan 15 2008, 19:12 EST [permalink] The indispensable Arts & Letters Daily recently linked two pieces that share the same premise: that capitalism is soulless. The two conclusions are quite different (otherwise this wouldn't be any fun). Peter Saunders argues that capitalism is soulless i Full Text Isn't Desecrating Corpses a Crime? [jackdied] Jan 15 2008, 15:37 EST [updated Jan 15 2008, 16:05 EST] [permalink] The UK's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has thrown his weight behind a proposal to change organ donation to an opt-out system. The Prime Minister says that such a facility would save thousands of lives and that he hopes such a system can start this ye Full Text Magical Thinking [jackdied] Jan 15 2008, 13:20 EST [updated Jan 15 2008, 14:23 EST] [permalink] In Doron Taussig's review of Starbucked, a book about Starbucks, he includes this gem about the possibility of unionizing Starbucks workers. [the author] concludes that, because being a Starbucks barista is so simple and turnover at the job is so high, Full Text Suburban Achievers: Wednesday/Sunday Bowling [jackdied] Jan 14 2008, 00:33 EST [permalink] Our 7th place finish last week entitled us to $60 a head in end-of-half-season prize money. We spent it on food and drinks. First place took home closer to $300 each which is enough to cover the cost of the season. The pot of prize money is raised by c Full Text DNS Problems. I can see this but you can't [jackdied] Jan 13 2008, 23:24 EST [permalink] The site is technically up and running but you can't see it unless you know it's IP address. The whole thing is terribly custom including our DNS. I have a trouble ticket in and the issue should be resolved soonish. The only upside is that maybe - just Full Text The Angel of 30th Street (1 image) [jackdied] Jan 08 2008, 08:00 EST [updated Jan 08 2008, 09:13 EST] [permalink] You Must See This (click image for CC licensed original) If you pass through Philadelphia for any reason go to 30th street station just to see the war memorial statue by Walker Hancock (locally it is called "Garbiel" or St Michael or the "Angel of Mer Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Jan 08 2008, 03:46 EST [updated Jan 08 2008, 03:52 EST] [permalink] New Jersey Officially Apologizes for Slavery [jackdied] Jan 08 2008, 03:43 EST There are a lot of things the current residents o Full Text Weakness in Fred's Organization? [jackdied] Jan 08 2008, 00:10 EST [updated Jan 08 2008, 01:35 EST] [permalink] So I donated cashey-money to Fred Thompson five days ago. I'm probably the kind of guy they want to spam with talking points, ask to be a warm body at rallies, and that kind of thing. I know all the political organizations have more work than they can p Full Text Software Engineers and Political Donations [jackdied] Jan 07 2008, 23:53 EST [permalink] The lawyers over at the Volokh Conspiracy posted about how law professors are donating so I thought I'd do a comparison for software engineers. This is a bit dicey because there are many also-known-as terms for "software engineer" and maybe the term you Full Text Suburban Achievers: We're #7! [jackdied] Jan 07 2008, 19:07 EST [updated Jan 07 2008, 19:17 EST] [permalink] League finals were anti-climactic. The season doesn't end with a big tournament it ends with you playing your closest rival in points. We were defending against #8 and managed our first win in a long time, 6-2. It was very close: we took game two by ju Full Text More Tales From NH [bobsalive] Jan 07 2008, 12:25 EST [permalink] Now that the video from the focus group is up, I should add my thoughts on the evening. The focus group thing came together very oddly. An NR intern wearing a straw hat and bright red "Vote Rudy!" T-shirt went around asking people if they wanted to be Full Text Tales from New Hampshire [jackdied] Jan 06 2008, 12:06 EST [updated Jan 07 2008, 11:42 EST] [permalink] National Review held a light hearted event for the Republican & Democratic debates last night. bobsalive, Granite Rants, and I attended (Granite has a write up). The big news is that bobsalive was interviewed after the Republican debate for "how did you Full Text Mother Knows Best [jackdied] Jan 04 2008, 23:57 EST [updated Jan 05 2008, 00:18 EST] [permalink] I have a few political bellwethers: friends or relatives that are not political junkies or partisans. The holidays are always a good time because there are many hours at the table to fill with conversation, lots of people, and alcohol is involved. Beca Full Text Instapundit backtracks on 60 MPG Hummer [jackdied] Jan 04 2008, 20:14 EST [permalink] Instapundit posted a one-liner about a Hummer that gets 60 MPG. The update to the link says lots of people emailed him to say the story was somewhere between an exaggeration and an outright lie. I was one of those people (but not the one he quoted). 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