Posted in Random Babble on Nov 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
To anyone who thinks this election means the end is near: I’m happy to make a bet that Obama will win re-election with over 400 electoral votes.
There’s several reasons for this. First, I’m confident that Obama will do at least a decent job (here’s my ten reasons to happy he won). [...]
Posted in Random Babble on Nov 5th, 2008 7 Comments »
This isn’t a post about why or how Obama won. And it’s not an endorsement of his policies or platform. Rather, here’s ten reasons why you can be happy, regardless of your political ideology.
1. Bill Cosby Argument: Perception. When Bill Cosby started the Cosby Show, he made sure that black people were [...]
Posted in Random Babble on Nov 1st, 2008 No Comments »
A bi-lingual sign posted in Wales reads: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”
Several other Welsh/English signs have similar mixups, including one that tells pedestrians to “look left” in Welsh and “look right” in English. More from the BBC here.
It’s [...]
Posted in Random Babble, Sweet on Oct 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Yep, according to the latest science, here. They’re “stubborn” because their minds are being underused. Perhaps that’s why Liberty Girl is so fiesty?
Posted in Random Babble on Sep 25th, 2008 No Comments »
The finance markets are going crazy and I need to know what to think. I’m a libertarian, so I’ve got to find information that will reinforce my preexisting worldview. Now, if I was a liberal, I’d read the New York Times to confirm my belief that the problem was too little regulation and [...]
Posted in Random Babble, Sweet on Sep 23rd, 2008 5 Comments »
This weekend I had the privilege to visit Central High in Little Rock with Liberty Girl, the school that – as she points out in the previous post – 51 years ago today was an international focal point for racial justice. Two ideas quickly stood out in my mind as I watched video clips [...]
Posted in Random Babble on Sep 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s a bizarre study that took place back in the 1950s. Regardless of your view on politics or science, this one will probably strike you as a bit odd, perhaps even offensive. As Richard Dawkins would say, thankfully our moral zeitgeist has been steadily marching forward:
BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER CONDITIONS SIMULATING ENTRAPMENT [...]
Posted in Random Babble, Sweet on Sep 5th, 2008 7 Comments »
For those of you skeptical with health savings account (HSA) allow me to share a personal story.
Yesterday, I woke up with horrific knee pain. Two days ago, I decided to run three miles after being away from the gym for three weeks. Why? I signed up to run a 5K in Arizona.
However, I have had [...]
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