“Private areas aren’t so private anymore” says Boston Herald – The actual headline is even funnier. I don’t get it, though. I just do what I’m supposed to do at airports and never, ever have a problem. No bag searches, no pat downs, nothing. I don’t wear metal, I don’t wear huge clothing, I take everything out of my pockets and my computer out of my bag, I put it all on the conveyor, I wait for a signal to walk through the metal detector, and I never set it off, so I never require “secondary screening.” Come on people, it’s not that hard.
Category Archives: Aside
Almost half of Americans believe God created humans 10,000 years ago – And only a third believe in Darwinian theory. Here’s a test — how many of those “non-believers” would be willing to forego any science developed in the last 150 years based on Darwin’s work?
MPAA bill will make fast-forwarding through trailers illegal – Of the people, by the people, for the people.
Listening to America: The Book — on tape, looking for something to watch, confused about vacation suddenly appearing. Blown over by the idea that a woman in D.C. who started a conversation with Kelli about their curly hair turned out to be a Brandeis student. I’m sure that can be phrased in the form of a, “you know you’re from Brandeis when,” but I’m having trouble doing it.
CA proposal to tax cars based on miles driven – I think it is a bad idea for a host of reasons, but I also think they are really jumping the gun here.
FCC contemplates regulating cable TV, satellite radio – Well f*** that. Wait…where did those stars come from? Are they regulating blogs now, too?
TV continues to suck – I was wrong on this one, but I say give it another year, maybe less. It probably won’t be as dramatic as I thought it would be.
Russia hard at work on missiles that can defeat US BMD system – Gee, that was unexpected. But come on, Russia, surely you know that we’re only worried about the terrorists with ICBMs, not you! The best part about this whole fiasco is that the missile defense system doesn’t even work.
Jeremy has had his McDonalds fill for the year – One Big Mac, to be precise.
Ozone ‘link’ to premature deaths – I’m suprised they think that daily correlation is a good indicator, but their results may support it…still, the numbers are fairly low. But I guess it is harder to look at longer trends, especially with so many interests arrayed against such research.
Did you know about the arrow in the FedEx logo? – Ah, branding. Fascinating.
New stoplight turns red when it detects a speeder approaching – I…I don’t know what to think! Will it discourage speeding, or encourage running red lights? I feel like the government shouldn’t be so…diligent about controlling speed limits, but then again they are laws set by people for whatever reasons. Yeah, I dunno.
White House orders new CIA director to purge ‘disloyal’ officers – Take that, Walter Lippman!
I Am Charlotte Simmons – Lacking – I’ve read several reviews of this book and still am not sure if it is something I would want to pick up. This review about sums up how I feel about the book as of now — without having read it, of course.
Blue states have lower divorce rates then red states – Religion ain’t the answer, its education, occupation, and socioeconomic status. Oh, and not being so uptight about pre-marital sex. Big shocker there.
Tonight I found myself reading a lot of blogs. I haven’t done that in a while. It takes up time that, for some reason, I don’t seem to have.