Earth Under the Weather
August 1, 2010As this summer carves its way through the year, any dumb-ass can see something fishy is going on with the planet’s weather systems, like an old, old radiator busting its seams — heat and more…
Category Archives: Scratching Sounds
Blog Thyself: ‘Do You Have The Time, To Listen To Me Whine’
February 14, 2010Writing society: I remember when it was kind of cool to be a blogger. You’d walk around with a swagger in your step, a twinkle in your eye. Now it’s just humiliating. Blogging has become…
‘And get a note to the milkman: No More Cheese!’
January 10, 2010Of course, one can forgive Steve McCroskey for nearly-screaming demands at his wife. The airport manager was having a real-real neurotic day, was under intense, coronary-inducing pressure, and what the heck, an airliner was in great…
‘Seeing’ Face
December 21, 2009Just as I figured: Computers are intolerant, racially discriminatory and just creepy. Figuring out African-Americans was a problem for HP’s newest face-recognition gear: In the video, Wanda (Caucasian) and Desi (African American) — two employees at…
Pass This On…
December 21, 2009Must-read on the twisted-horror of the US Senate health care bill at FireDogLake. Politics and the human condition.
Anoxic Anxiety
December 13, 2009Nearly in a near-panic. Wikipedia:Â Oceanic anoxic events or anoxic events occur when the Earth’s oceans become completely depleted of oxygen (O2) below the surface levels. Although anoxic events have not happened for millions of years,…
‘scrabbling for the smoking gun…’
November 28, 2009Some serious shit: “Tony Blair and George Bush at Camp David in February 2001 where they discovered they both used Colgate toothpaste.” And they loved war games, much to the peril of the planet. These…
Torture Tunes
October 27, 2009Music is kind of like trash and treasure — it’s all in the appreciation. Last week, the National Security Archive filed a series of petitions (pdf) under the Freedom of Information Act seeking all kinds of data…