Category: Miscellany

  • The Case Against Peace in the Middle East

    Isn’t it about time those involved in the latest Arab-Israeli war admit that peace in the region is—at this present time—impossible? Everyone always says they want peace (along with love and understanding), but I think more progress could be made with more realistic goals. Instead of peace, perhaps the goals of international efforts should be…

  • Who Inspired Your Blog?

    Who Inspired You to Blog? [xian] Might as well pump the blog meme of the moment.

  • Weirdo R. Crumb PKD Issue Online

    Philip K. Dick + R. Crumb = What’s Not to Like? [xian]

  • Double Standard on Drugs

    I’ve never liked the way politicians hypocritically excuse their own “youthful indiscretions” and those of their family members while advocating throwing the book at unconnected offenders. Noelle Bush gets rehab, the poor and black get hard time. Fed up with draconian drug penalties, a coalition led by angry mothers is threatening to overturn some of…

  • Perfectionism = Procrastination

    Meme Trope Proof of Concept. the alternative is to hold out for perfection and omniscience at the expense of writing [Meme List] (x-pollen from my MT experiment)

  • Disturbing Search Requests

    My friend syrup used to get (and post) some strange search requests. This site is a community blog (very Metafilter-y design) where you can post any disturing search requests you find in your referer logs. Since I don’t post much personal stuff here (see bodega for the excruciating details of my life), I can’t say…