Category Archives: Jack Handy

Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician perhaps best known for some controversial stances vis-a-vis Islam. He’s currently on trial for “incitement to hatred and discrimination”. Frankly, I don’t think that should be a crime. Hatred and discrimination may be unlovely, … Continue reading →

A few days ago I went out to take some pictures of “spider alley” — a 5 foot gap between a narrow hedge and fence that attracts some impressive specimens — but some goofball had apparently blundered through and knocked … Continue reading →

It recently came to my attention that there are intelligent 20-somethings, sporting educations from respected universities, who don’t know who Pol Pot was. This reflects little discredit on them — after all, it’s not your fault if you’ve never been … Continue reading →

From The Big Lebowski: Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos. So there’s this dude. (Not The Dude, of course!) He spends 5 years … Continue reading →

Last August I noted that NetApp had halted construction on a new office building in sort of an interesting way; they’d basically stacked up the the building’s elements after pouring its pad, and were presumably waiting for the recession to … Continue reading →

My little corner of the Internet seems much nicer than everyone else’s. I’d say that 95% of the mail I get is cheerful and pleasant. Into every life, however, a little rain must fall, and today I’d like to talk … Continue reading →

Taken directly from my “procrastinator’s daily calendar” (you can get the 2011 version here): July 17/18 It’s not a fun topic, but it is important that we look at some of the social/political problems that procrastinators face in this world … Continue reading →

A reasonably well remarked feature of the modern world is the decline in the “total fertility rate” (TFR) of many populations. Much of the Western world (plus China) has fallen below the “replacement” TFR of 2.1; this is expected to … Continue reading →

girl·friend (noun) 1: A woman who hasn’t yet realized that she doesn’t like you. Editorial note to friends and family: Just kidding, everyone.

Our Fearless Leader was speechifying a few months ago, and he offered up this gem: It was the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, who said the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do better … Continue reading →