You write: Okay. Good questions. Here are some answers. Why do these people who love me think I do these things on purpose? There are people who love you who don't understand your illness, or don't even know you have an illness. Yes, those people think you are doing it on purpose. But then there are people who … Read More
Denial of Service Attacks
Typepad and therefore this blog has been under attack for the past several days…. for ransom: UPDATE: SAY Media has responded that they, too, received a “ransom” note which didn’t specify an amount. The company ignored the note and focused instead on mitigating the attack. They are also cooperating with the FBI on this investigation. “We’ve made excellent progress this morning, … Read More
2014 Dead Pool
Link to 2013 Dead Pool Link to 2012 Dead Pool Link to 2011 Dead Pool There are two "dead pool" lists. One is just a random list of people who I think will pass in the upcoming year. The other is a competitive list where you pick ten (and only ten) people-to-die, and you score your points by subtracting their age-at-death from … Read More
Election Day 2014
It's an off-year, so most people aren't focussed on it, although they really should be. Local elections effect your life just as much as national ones. And they act as a bellweather for national trends. Here are some important local races with national implications: Governors New Jersey – There is little doubt that Republican governor Chris Christie is going to win … Read More
Flashback
From the Boston Globe, February 24, 2013: It’s hard to get excited about these Red Sox FORT MYERS, Fla. — The air is warm and fresh. Everybody is in a good mood. Players in the clubhouse are especially relaxed. No one is looking for snitches or rolling their eyes at the mention of the new manager. There were not a … Read More
Will The Red Sox Win The World Series?
The 109th World Series, starting tonight in Boston, pits the 97-win Red Sox against the 97-win St. Louis Cardinals, the first time since 1999 each league is represented by teams with its best records. It should be one for the books. The oddsmakers favor the Red Sox, but not by much. Each team has its strengths and weaknesses. Boston steals … Read More
This Was Sweet
Your browser does not support iframes. …and of course the win in the bottom of the ninth.
The Strangest Sentence Ever Written About The Whole Government Shutdown Thing
Say what, Politico? President Barack Obama may get the clean debt limit extension he’s been demanding, but it wouldn’t be a clean victory. By adopting the House GOP plan to raise the debt ceiling, Obama would avoid a potentially crippling blow to the economy and, in the White House’s view, finally break Republicans of their habit of seeking concessions each … Read More
Who’s Right?
This is on the cusp of going viral, so weigh in. Backstory: GTA V (that's "Grand Theft Auto V") was released, and a lot of people had pre-ordered it from places like Gamestop. At midnight of the release which was two days ago, people lined up at Gamestop (and other places) to get their reserved copy. So this one guy … Read More
Fictitious Journalist Tweets Are Awesome
Anyone who reports on the debt ceiling without explaining the debt ceiling is doing a disservice to their audience and the American people. — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) September 18, 2013 What role could journalists have if not to inform the public of important issues facing the country and educate when they do not understand? — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) September 18, … Read More
Some Ig Noble Prize Winners
MEDICINE PRIZE: Masateru Uchiyama [JAPAN], Xiangyuan Jin [CHINA, JAPAN], Qi Zhang [JAPAN], Toshihito Hirai [JAPAN], Atsushi Amano [JAPAN], Hisashi Bashuda [JAPAN] and Masanori Niimi [JAPAN, UK], for assessing the effect of listening to opera, on heart transplant patients who are mice. REFERENCE: "Auditory stimulation of opera music induced prolongation of murine cardiac allograft survival and maintained generation of regulatory CD4+CD25+ … Read More
This Happened
I guess a side-benefit of increasing acceptance to gay marriage is that we get to enjoy more of the choreographed proposals:
Too Discouraged To Blog
There's this… which is totally true. The headlines this week, buried in the back of your favorite newsite, said: Income Disparity Between Richest 1% And Rest Of US Biggest Since ’20s WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America is the widest it’s been since the Roaring ’20s. The very wealthiest Americans earned … Read More
The 2016 GOP Debates
How awesome would this be? The Republican National Committee, already threatening to block CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 primary debates if they air planned features on Hillary Clinton, is also looking to scrap the old model of having reporters and news personalities ask the questions at candidate forums. Miffed that their candidates were singled out for personal questions or … Read More
TBogg Thanks For All The Fish
TBogg blogging is no more (well, as of Thursday). He's moving on. Too bad. He's the author of the best blog post ever.