Archive for the ‘Rant’ Category
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
And so far, let me just say that it's very much like '07, except for maybe the weather which, so far, is on the uptick, but there's a lot of year left.
I like the arbitrariness of January 1. There's really no rhyme nor reason why this day should ...
Posted in Blogosphere, Family, Montana, Navel-gazing, Rant | 4 Comments »
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Here are just some bullet points -- one-liners, if you will -- that have been bouncing around in my cruller as of late:
Has anyone had success with pithy blog entries? Anyone?
Lots of folks drag out Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about liberty and safety, especially as regards things like the ...
Posted in Blogosphere, Food For Thought, Montana, Navel-gazing, Rant | 21 Comments »
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
This can probably be taken a dozen different ways. Take what you will from it, and make of it what you will.
Once upon a time, there was a small town nestled in the mountains. The people who lived there were, by and large, simple. Which isn't to ...
Posted in Blogosphere, Food For Thought, Montana, National, Navel-gazing, Rant, Wacky Left, Wacky Right | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Sweet Mother of God, don't you guys have anything else to worry about besides various and sundry NFL issues?
Get off your GODDAMNED ASSES and get some work done.
Posted in National, Rant | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
That's part of the headline that ABC put on this story.
The City of New York, having taken on smoking, is now setting their sights on Trans Fats, and personally, I wouldn't bet against it.
What do you think is next on the agenda?
Alcohol?
Red Meat?
I think I'll take the under on Red ...
Posted in Pop Culture, Rant | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
I just got off the phone with a pollster, and I have to say that polls really suck.
Talk about false dichotomies and begging the question.
This is a (somewhat exaggerated) example: "Do you favor clean energy or global warming?"
I don't know, did you stop beating your wife?
This is why I ...
Posted in Rant | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
See first comment.
Posted in Montana, National, Rant | 5 Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2006
The phrase per se means "by itself." Tacking the phrase onto any random sentence makes you sound like a gooberhead, not an intellectual.
Taking a noun and making it a verb does not make you sound smart. "Transition" is a noun, not a verb.
Communicate is a verb, not a ...
Posted in Rant | 13 Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
No matter how often the city pleads poverty, it seems they can always scrape up $60K here and there for feasability studies and things of that nature.
Which, by the way, always seem to be done by out-of-state consultants.
This, I think, is really part of a larger problem that is endemic ...
Posted in Montana, Rant | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 4th, 2005
I find it amusing that my detractors often charge me with being an ideologue or a blind Bush supporter with scant evidence to back up their assertions. For some, if I'm to the right of Stalin, I'm a partisan Republican Kool-Aid drinker.
Sorry to disappoint, but it just ain't so.
Can ...
Posted in Econ, Navel-gazing, Rant | 9 Comments »
Friday, August 26th, 2005
I've never understood the benefit of contrived diversity.
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
Presented without comment. Well, except for the title, but you know what I mean.
Guettel and Goldman to Team on 'Princess Bride' Musical
Inconceivable!
(H/T: Tony.)
Posted in Nerd Alert, Rant | 3 Comments »
Sunday, July 17th, 2005
So I'm watching this program on the Food Channel, and they're having a competition among bartenders a la Cocktail.
You wanna impress me, barkeep?
Just get me a beer right before my current one runs dry, OK?
Throw the bottles around all you want, but if you can anticipate my needs, then I'm ...
Posted in Rant | 4 Comments »
Friday, July 15th, 2005
When your Acrobat Reader informs me that the document I'm viewing may have features that the current version does not support, it also asks if I want to see that particular message again.
I do not.
So, I check the box that says, "Don't show me this again."
SO QUIT SHOWING IT TO ...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
I was poking around on Apple's website, hoping to check out some nifty movie trailers.
What I got on a lot of them was a requirement that you use Quick Time 7.
Fine, I'll upgrade Quick Time.
Guess what, though? There's no QT 7 to be had. WTF? Here's a ...
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