There were times that I thought he was incredibly aged. He'd sit on the couch and his eyes would glaze and he'd slip into a nap like a senile cat. He moved so slowly. Sometimes I thought he was just being really careful, other times I thought he was just dimwitted. Either way it left me exasperated.There was just this way about him, that timeless "you'll see" that every old man says to every young man and every young man subsequently scoffs at, that made me laugh. I knew someday I'd be him, or at least be like him, but I was neither afraid of it...
Friday, 30 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Avarice, Ctd
Posted on 16:37 by hony
Look, I don't have much to add to this incredible article. I just want to point out that the American taxpayer has paid/continues to pay Lockheed-Martin $112 BILLION DOLLARS to build 166 aircraft that have never been used in combat and are already planned to be replaced by an even more expensive aircraft -- built by Lockheed-Marti...
Sullivan for Paul
Posted on 10:41 by hony
Andrew Sullivan and I EXACTLY agree on this: In this difficult endeavor, Paul has kept his cool, his good will, his charm, his honesty and his passion. His scorn is for ideas, not people, but he knows how to play legitimate political hardball. Look at his ads - the best of the season so far. His worldview is too extreme for my tastes, but it is more honestly achieved than most of his competitors, and joined to a temperament that has worn well as time has gone by.I feel the same way about him on the right in 2012 as I did about Obama in 2008. Both...
Avarice, Ctd
Posted on 07:57 by hony
This is the time of the year where popular bloggers put out "holiday gift guides" and slyly link to amazon with their username embedded so they get a little kickback if you buy the products they represent as awesome. More often than not, they do not disclose this little circle jerk to the readers. I find that disingenuous and reprehensibl...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Lockheed Martin Shows The Raw Power of Unbridled Avarice
Posted on 13:22 by hony
Imagine you were completely crass and immoral. You wanted to extract as much money as you could from as many people as you could. How would you do it? Here's the three things I would do:1. I'd defeat my competitors by intentionally underbidding every contract. Or I'd come in at the same cost as my competitor but make outlandish scope promises in my bid.2. I'd make those bids knowing I could weasel contract modifications in later to get more money. This would be accomplished by "buying" Congress. How would I buy Congress? I would open offices for...
The Falling Price of Solar
Posted on 06:23 by hony
One thing I can NOT stand about libertarians is their dogged repetition of the idea that "letting the market decide" will somehow end well for humanity. My arguments against this belief usually start with "well nuclear missiles are in high demand, as are human organs...so let's deregulate those, right?"But seriously. Here's the thing. People (for example Megan McArdle) like to point out that even as the price of solar power decreases, it still costs more than fossil fuel-based energy. And that the price drop is being helped by massive government...
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Nightmare Sentence
Posted on 14:09 by hony
Gary Stix: "If you could deduce every connection point of every brain cell, the strength with which each neuron fires, and the way these firing patterns change as the cells interact with each other, would, in fact, you be left with a copy of you?"In Gary's defense the rest of the article is fantastic, and I am looking forward to reading Connectome, the book he is reviewin...
Friday, 9 December 2011
It's Called Living
Posted on 21:00 by hony
Tonight I am sitting at my wife's school (The Abstracted Wife teaches art at an elementary school) on a cafeteria bench watching my wife hold my daughter. It is "pajama night" at the school. They are browsing the tables of "gifts" that kids could buy. Most range in price from 50 cents to 2 dollars. They're "shopping for a present for daddy" while I pretend not to watch. After they pick something out, I will take The Abstracted Daughter around the tables and let her choose a gift for Mommy.I hang on to these moments. At work they're talking (very...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Revolution
Posted on 10:29 by hony
Lately, I've been toying with a number of impossible ideas that could easily and radically alter America for the better. Today's idea is this: What if stocks could be bought but not sold? Or what if they could only be sold back to the company that issues the PO?Discuss amongst yourselve...
Circumcision, Once Again
Posted on 09:21 by hony
Martin Robbins:Try this thought experiment. Imagine waking up tomorrow morning to find yourself tied to your bed and rendered mute, your naked genitals exposed to the harsh glare of hospital lights. Your parents have decided that some skin should be hacked from your penis; perhaps so you can be forced into their religion, perhaps because they don't trust you to clean yourself in the shower, or perhaps simply because they think your penis should look more like your father's.If you don't like the thought of this happening to you, if this offends...
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