What. The. Swear.

No, really. I'm going to have to watch this for the same reason no pilot can pass up a chance to buzz a really neat wreck.












Be seeing you.

Will a plan pass once it's crafted? Eh, maybe. Probably not with the single-payer option intact, or much consumer protection; these are the sticking points for the insurance industry, threatening what was last year an $11Bn USD profit margin. I imagine it'll get the same neutering that the American Clean Energy and Security Act got.

It really goes to re-election prospects for the individual legislators involved. Ergo: take the money or explain to the 72% of people who are for a public health option (Source: Washington Post) what the hell just happened.

Has Obama sacrified any chance at a second term over this? Oh, absolutely. The machinery behind the healthcare insurance industry is massive, bloated, and beyond scrutiny. There's a positively stupid amount of money to be had in keeping people sick, or denying claims coverage. As you can imagine, to keep that machinery in the dark, a lot of that money goes into lawmakers' pockets. And image consulting firms.

That money can be a powerful motivator... Do what you're told, if you're like Ron Kind, Max Baucus, or Tammy Baldwin, and the money will keep coming in. Or, Since democrats took control of Congress in 2006, health care industry donors have been giving more campaign cash to Democrats than Republicans. What wouldn't you do to get that power and influence back if you're like Paul Ryan or John Kline?

Les Paul was 94? Really?

Aw, man.....

* How the heck can you stop making film if you're Kodak?

* "Industrial Power Users Group" has got to be the flimsiest front name for an organization I've heard in my life. Yeah, we get it. You don't want to meet any emissions guidelines at all, ever. If you haven't heard the radio spot, the scare ad is hillarious.

* Kentucky Grilled Chicken is just wrong on a cosmic level and should stop. Just...stop it.

* I could swear the game "Space Warp" for the TRS-80 III came with a story.

Actually, this report clears up a lot of things about voting and parlimentary procedure for me.

I got a ticket today from Republic Parking System for "parking in a no parking zone."

I...well...here's where I was.

( The sign and the cleat to lock the bike up are a touch misleading... )

If you've ever wanted a peek into the limitless fun that is my life...well, there you go. ^_^

There's a storm coming. Are you ready?

Listening to the radio today about "people are terrified, gun sales are double, etc."

The name of the man who owns the gun store-slash-range?



Ray Jihad.



That's just....so appropriate. It's like finding a dentist named Payne. Or the guy the used to send out to verify our mission readiness - Major Minor. It was a huge let-down when he was eventually promoted.

I never learned his first name. But I like to believe it was "Cole."

In the spirit of international cooperation and understanding -

I've been following things pretty closely and I'm pretty sure this is exactly how the financial sector bailout worked.

I think it's less funny because it's true.

Happy Square Root Day everybody! ^_^

3/3/09 - The day of the Squareitude!

I have square glasses and root beer. Hmmm....

Coming to Comedy Central and BBC2 in April -

This week, the Macintosh turns 25! Happy Birthday Mac!

(Written on Pax Magellanic, my happy little Powerbook G4!)

These guys always get me, but I saw a bit I'd somehow missed and...and I can't breathe. Really.

View the Movie that almost did what Sean tries to do every Friday (please note: not work-safe by any bizarre stretch of the imagination)

*whew* Finally back from family time and settled in....

Now. For all the loved ones I'm blessed with beyond any sort of logic whatsoever...

Merry Christmas!

Isn't the sky particularly blue today? ^_^

Well, I owe someone money, because I was fairly sure there was going to be some stunt pulled to suspend free elections before today.

Actually the wait at 0700 when the polls opened in my district was about what I expected. It was an hour's wait, very little trouble at all. Now, we just get to see if our votes count for anything, as a nation, or if it all comes down to being outvoted by dead people (again), or to who's promised what to Diebold. (*coughOhiocough*)

I'm not a pessimist. I have hope. I'm also a pragmatist with a looooong memory living in Dick Cheny's America.

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.













(My heterosexual marriage contains nose kisses. Envy my life! Envy it!!!)

10:05 pm - Nicked from fmh

Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test...

Naturalistic