Monthly Archives: September 2008
Minor Oracles
We certainly have it better than our ancestors of just two or three millenia ago. Really. They lived under governments which were poorly organized and given to inconsistent policies and illogical action. We have … wait a minute. Let … Continue reading
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DUH-igital Television
The U.S government has announced the date for doomsday. It’s February 17, 2009. That’s the day that your old TV — bringer of entertainment and enlightenment — switches from planned programming to endless static. No more talk shows where … Continue reading
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Resistant to Change
People don’t like to change. They don’t want to change their religion, political party, or (in the case of adolescent males) their T-shirts. They’ll cling to their beliefs (or their ratty, stained eighties-vintage T-shirts) until their dying day. Much … Continue reading
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I Want To Ride My Bicycle
Pop quiz, hotshot. Gas costs a little more than four dollars a gallon. Kevin’s rattletrap minivan gets a little less than twenty miles to the gallon. The drive to work is exactly nine-point-nine miles each way. What do you … Continue reading
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