August 2008
1 post
conversation
[Phone rings.] Me: Hi. Jim: Hi. Me: How are you? Jim: Tipsy. Me: You’re tipsy? So that’s why you decided to call me? Jim: No, I’m at a concert. Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, a bunch of other people. Me: [Fumes silently.]
Aug 17th
June 2008
10 posts
fair use FTW →
I don’t want to say that the government grants us these rights. Copyright, the property right granted to creators as incentive for them to continue to create, is an artificial creation of society. Information cannot be owned, and the first pirates of the printing press will show. Society is gifting this right to creators, it is not inherent in their act of creation. So to say that the government...
Jun 24th
Summer Reading
Me: You still found time to read after you had me, right? Mom: Oh yes. I just neglected you from time to time. Or I neglected the dishes.
Jun 15th
Jasper, Texas: 10 Years After a Racist Murder :... →
Oddly enough, I was just thinking about this case this morning, kicking myself for not being able to remember the name James Earl Byrd, not having any idea that today was an anniversary.
Jun 13th
Jun 13th
Jun 12th
Book Review - 'While They Slept,' by Kathryn... →
Why is it that child protective services so often get the wrong children and don’t get the right ones?
Jun 11th
Whenever Twitter is down, I have an irresistable urge to tweet a grouchy message about how Twitter is down. But then I remember that Twitter is down, and I can’t.
Jun 11th
Meeteetse, WY, USA - Google Maps, Golf Course... →
My friend Steve says I have Tumble this. I tend to regard the golf course as my personal nature preserve.
Jun 10th
You still can’t get an iPhone in my state. Just sayin’. Can’t get one in yours, either? You can join our Facebook group.
Jun 9th
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower →
I hadn’t thought of the angle of evening classes as a cash cow for universities before, but I’m sure it’s true.
Jun 9th