Category Archives: Reality is a Harsh Mistress
Consecration
Executive Mansion, Washington, _________________, 186 . Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” Now we are engaged … Continue reading
Thirteenth
What a weird week. Monday was the anniversary of the end of the 1848 Revolutions, the founding of the Weimar Republic, the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Kristallnacht and the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Wednesday, of … Continue reading
Drink
I am ombibulous. I drink every known alcoholic drink and enjoy ’em all. — H.L. Mencken Found a long interview with Mencken whilst on a 1920s kick (looking at W.C. Fields bits on You Tube). Bloody brilliant stuff. Nearly as … Continue reading
Faces
For lack of anything better to do, I started playing around a little bit with Faces in iPhoto. Generally I don’t like iPhoto. Like iTunes, it forces you to drink Apple’s Kool-Aid and let them do what they want with … Continue reading
Moist
This country is f**ked up. You can be tagged for DUI if you catch a glimpse of a beer in your peripheral vision but all the bars are built on major highways. In a just society, we’d understand that if … Continue reading