Monday, November 30, 2015

I actually knew "Entrance of the Gladiators"

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Just recently I was thinking how nice it is living in an age that has largely eradicated the nagging question. I am not talking about big, i...
Friday, November 27, 2015

Happy Black Friday

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I got up at four in the morning just to get a drop on all of the other Black Friday bloggers.
Thursday, November 26, 2015

"As God as my witness..." is my second favorite Thanksgiving episode line [Repost]

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If you watch this and you could swear you remember Johnny and Mr. Carlson discussing Pink Floyd, you're not imagining things. Hulu u...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Breaking news: New York Times spots naked emperor at GOP royal court

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[In case you missed the naked emperor thread up until now, click here , here and here .] As mentioned before, the establishment press, as...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Bateman on the Turkey/Russia standoff

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Like I said before, if you want an informed opinion ...

At least Krauthammer's position on Eastasia remains consistent

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We've already started a thread on the conservative media establishment actually being primarily partisan rather than ideologically cons...
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Little Nemo Meets Lieutenant Kijé -- Having fun with Kdenlive

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Back in the late 90s, I picked up some extra money producing a set of videotapes to accompany a college algebra textbook. They were the...
Friday, November 20, 2015

This is not a post

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Specifically this is not a post about Gerard Alexander's New York Times op-ed “Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness.”  Andr...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Perceived value -- Vegas style

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 Mark Evanier, who used to be a serious blackjack player, shares an interesting anecdote about casino economics. In Las Vegas casinos, th...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Everyone has an opinion on how to deal with Daesh*; people who read Robert Bateman have a more informed one

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When it comes to military matters, no writer out there is more smart, sensible or knowledgeable than Bateman. He's yet another reason th...

"Who am I kidding? I mean, we all have strings."

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The subject of motivational speakers has been coming up recently, so I just had to post this one.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Why I'm not writing a post on Napoleon Hill

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When I write a post on a new topic I usually do a quick pass through Wikipedia and after about thirty or forty-five minutes (longer if I get...
Monday, November 16, 2015

"I was the Duke"

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I'm always on the lookout for interesting counterexamples to conventional wisdom in places like the Internet Archive . For example, thi...
Friday, November 13, 2015

In the spirit of the day

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The Night Gallery was a tragically uneven show, but it did have its moments, such as this Rod Serling adaptation of a classic Margaret St. C...

If you're going to do a series called "Smarter Every Day," you should probably try to be, well, smarter

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Or at least better researched. Don't get me wrong -- I am entirely on this guy's side -- but this analogy for theft of non-rival goo...