So there I was at drugstore.com looking for nose-hair trimmers. I found the "Conair Ultimate Nose & Ear Hair Trimmer" which is described as having a pivoting head for "hard to reach and delicate areas." While pondering what that meant, I noticed that the "Customers who bought this product also bought" list consists of K-Y Personal Lubricant Jelly O'My All-Natural … [Read more...] about Great Moments in Data Mining
Can I Have That In Writing?
In Best of the Web Today for October 28, James Taranto quotes from a Larry King interview with Michael Schiavo, who is trying to get the hospital to stop feeding his wife Terri, who is in a vegetative state, so that she will die: Schiavo: [...] This is Terri's wish. This is Terri's choice. King: It's not written anywhere, right? [...] King: How old was she when this … [Read more...] about Can I Have That In Writing?
Conscription…what’s up with that?
Over at Reason, Matt Welch is discussing some of the recent history of over-reaching government programs, which brings me to this: Our current system of military draft registration was created in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Now that we've helped kick the Soviets out, and the Soviet Union has crumbled and fallen, and our own invasion of Afghanistan is … [Read more...] about Conscription…what’s up with that?
Damn the Media!
TWELVE YEARS we've been bombing Iraq...and Chicago's WGN cuts off the last 15 minutes of Angel to announce the explosions in Baghdad. It wasn't even a scoop: they just rebroadcast the CNN feed. Bastards. I called them at (773) 528-2311 at the time to complain. It's all recorded messages at that time of night, unless you press 5 to get the breaking story tip line. Since it was … [Read more...] about Damn the Media!
Been busy…
I'm in the process of converting this site to use XML and .NET because I'm a programmer by trade and I want to learn how. However, I've had an actual paying programming job for the last month, and that's used up all my spare time so I can't update the site. I'll be on hiatus for a while... … [Read more...] about Been busy…