An excellent article about Jon Stewart ragging on the current television media. Courtesy of my new favorite news aggregator, NewsTrust.net.
We’ve been gone on vacation for just over a week, and I’m flooded with electronic “stuff”. I did manage to check my personal email a few times here and there, but if it was let go after a few days I’d have 50-60 unread messages in my inbox. Most of those are daily alerts or [...]
We got slammed by some nasty storms yesterday.
New action blockbuster this summer? Nope. I once asked if speedbumps damaged cars….well now I would have to say “yes”. Jen had to replace her tie rods on the ’scort, and now, $220 later, even the Escape fell victim to the year and a half of speed bumpage. Stabilizer bars, a tie rod, all replaced. [...]
I want to buy a new car, and I’d like my employer to subsidize the expense.
The Lansing State Journal is reporting that the Lansing Board of Water and Light is projecting a possible 21 percent increase in rates to pay for a new $1 billion power plant. Never mind the local economy is in shambles, [...]
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I’ve got it!
1. Read about a drunken gathering of idiots on popular public social networking sites, as well as the local media hyping up such an event.
2. Attend event, on the sidelines, and record video of it. Be sure to zoom in on lots of faces.
3. Sell video to the authorities and news media. (So [...]
So the other day I was thinking about what it would take to go to the Final Four in Detroit next year. One, it’s relatively close to home, and two, think about the possibilities of Michigan State playing in the Final Four, in Detroit. That would be most excellent. My search lead my to the [...]
I’m messing with Wordpress and a bunch of other stuff….hoping to make some changes here soon. Let me know if something doesn’t work!
Robert X. Cringely writes an interesting piece about the role technology plays in the K-12 classrooms of today and tomorrow. He makes an interesting point: the technology we take for granted today was likely considered superfluous by those before us, and the same will hold true. Will we consider tomorrow’s tech as unnecessary, since we [...]
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A quick thought on the prospect of Michigan’s aim to re-do the Democratic primary, this time for reals: how in the heck are they going to come up with a decent fix?
Chesney said it also remains unclear what — if any — mechanism might be included to prevent those who voted in the GOP primary [...]