Ian Betteridge Is a Smart Guy

July 16th, 2010

Insightful com­men­tary from Ian on the myth that “pro­gram­ing” is the only valid form of cre­ativ­ity. I couldn’t agree more.

Be Happy or Else

July 14th, 2010

I’ve rec­om­mended Barbara Ehrenreich’s cri­tique of “pos­i­tive think­ing” Bright-sided in var­i­ous venues before. I heartily recomend that every­one read the book. As a teaser, here is a short ani­ma­tion of a lec­ture by Ms. Ehrenreich based on the book. It’s funny, and absolutely true.

Emails From Steve

July 8th, 2010

Looking to get into the fun (and appar­ently lucra­tive) game of shop­ping around emails from Steve Jobs, I went ahead and sent him a note. Imagine my utter shock and amaze­ment when he answered. Here is a copy of our exchange:

Everyone in the Pool

July 5th, 2010

Like me, the brats enjoy a good soak in beer.

The burn­i­na­tion.

Posted via email from The Angry Drunk Annex

Libation

July 4th, 2010

via twit­ter­rific

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The Real Reason for AZ SB 1070

July 1st, 2010

WARNING: Political con­tent ahead.

I’ve been say­ing all along that AZ SB 1070 was never about actu­ally deal­ing with undoc­u­mented immi­gra­tion, or even racism for racism’s sake. Instead it’s noth­ing more than a trans­par­ent ploy by the GOP to rally the racists in Arizona for the next elec­tion. Here’s some proof to back up my thesis.

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