When iTunes informed me that there was a new Killers album coming out, I immediately signed up to pre-order it. They’re one of the few bands that I’ll buy any and all their stuff blindly. The album isn’t ann all-new album, but rather a collection of outtakes and extras they’ve had lying around, such as [...]
A few quotations from Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill.
To what point Islam has advanced in this development is a question beyond the scope of this book. But it may be said without fear of contradiction that Islamic society and Christian society have been generally bad neighbors now for nearly fourteen centuries, often [...]
Why is this such a huge deal? It’s been on the news for ages. God forbid the masses of moronic America don’t have new episodes of brain-sucking TV to watch. The horror. Overpaid “writers” of drivel are unhappy with their jobs? Join Reality, geniuses.
And heart-on-sleeve crusaders like the above should know news like this is [...]
nepotism |ˈnepəˌtizəm|
noun
the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, esp. by giving them jobs.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nipote ‘nephew’ (with reference to privileges bestowed on the “nephews” of popes, who were in many cases their illegitimate sons).
It’s what favors one while cutting [...]
From the New York Times:
To the Editor:
Paul Krugman describes many reasons we should refute those who state that universal health care is not a wise choice for this country. I have no disagreement with his view. But as a physician who has many colleagues working in other systems, I am aware of other obstacles that [...]
I hate calling a summary of my impressions of a thing a “review” since the term implies expertise and/ or employment. The following impressions are anything but cohesive or expert essays. They’re just impressions typed out in my cold apartment on the new, flat Apple keyboard.
Radiohead: Not only are they incredibly hip and intelligent by [...]
For better or worse, my all-white iMac G5 is gone. I rushed home today after work because the new workhorse was supposed to be delivered between 1600-1800. I was running late. A friend had something happen and I had to wait until she got out and then there was the obligatory consolation. I must have [...]
Just last week it was so warm, I could barely get away with wearing a denim jacket. Now, suddenly it’s like the weather looked at the calendar, gasped that it’s already November and decided to cool off in a hurry. We’ve skipped the best part of the fall, though, that burnished sun and sparkling blue [...]
The number of tears willfully unshed are accumulating faster than the dried leaves on the ground.
I’m typing this on my laptop that’s sitting on top of my desk. My laptop, Julian, is occupying space where a keyboard would once sit. It’s empty this afternoon. This morning I packed up my beloved iMac G5 and [...]