Readers of this blog may not be aware that 4d2.org is not just where I post my crappy personal screeds; it’s also a hosting provider. Last month I posted the message below on our front page, and I’d like to repost it here as the US Congress prepares to resume its legislative session for the [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
I am a geek, and this extends to my home environment. By this I mean that the number of DHCP leases in our household exceeds the number of humans by a factor of 7. I spend a lot of money on things with blinking lights, and at least a few of these things have keyboards. [...]
I had a rough week. Actually, I’ve had a rough month. Some stuff came to a head this week, and I said to myself, “time to start looking for a counselor.” Mistake number one. At first, I was irritated because I was only finding counselors who identified as ‘Christian counselors.’ I find this offensive mostly [...]
There’s been this surge lately to talk about the current generation of young men in this country, and how they lack purpose. For all the insights social scientists and everyone are stirring into the pot, I think they mis-characterize men. I spend most of my day browsing the internet, which, as I made to understand, is [...]
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
I’ve been up for 2 (two) hours. Here is how my morning began. Wake up to cat scratching around my side of the bed. Yell at her. Hear a little more scratching, then nothing. Fall back asleep for a few minutes. Wake up to cat scratching again, sit up to yell at her. Cat crawls [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Or at least, some significant portion of the U.S. population seems not to. I think there have been some really disturbing trends in U.S. politics recently, and when I look the social forces behind those changes I can’t help but get the feeling that a large portion of Americans are increasingly unconcerned with the factual [...]
So, I’ve noticed people have a habit here that I have never seen before in my years of professional work. Here’s the set-up: a not-so-thin woman in her 30′s or 40′s stands in front of the vending machine in the break room. She has no change in her hand, she is simply looking. A man [...]
A friend on facebook linked to an article from the Huffington Post about protestors on Wal-Street. I had three thoughts upon reading the article. Since when do we, taxpayers and voters, go to businesses and demand they police themselves? This is the role that government and law are supposed to play on our behalves. Yes [...]
I’ve been dieting for two weeks now. I don’t really make a thing out of it; I actively try not to. If people are curious, I understand. I started off the diet and stopped eating lunch with friends at work, just to be rid of temptation. I’m feeling pretty secure now, so yesterday, I started [...]
So unless our bickering leaders in Congress can reach an agreement on how to allocate funds for the next year, the “non-essential” portions of United States federal government are poised to shut down tonight at midnight. Can’t we all just get along? At least, that’s the way the issue is being portrayed in the media. [...]