Congratulations to Joel. He got engaged.
I met Joel through BBAH. He left some comments, emailed me, and we hit it off as casual friends. I’ve never met him in person, but he seems to be a pretty smart, no bullshit kind of guy.
On his post about his engagement, and why his marriage is happening so [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:43 am
I was a bit late on Pictures for Sad Children and never caught the original plot until after I started going through the book.
Also, Paris is just another bull shit town.
February 27, 2010 – 10:54 am
From reddit comments:
People often think bullying is a result of kids being kids. It’s not. Its a direct result of placing them in the school system with its rules and authority apparatus. If you placed adults in an identical environment you would end up with bullying as well.
One of [...]
February 19, 2010 – 5:54 pm
About Emmanuel Bronner of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap:
He was born in Heilbronn, Germany, to the Heilbronner family of soap makers. He emigrated to the United States in 1929, dropping “Heil” from his name. As his father was Jewish, he pleaded with his parents to emigrate with him for fear of the then-ascendant Nazis, [...]
February 16, 2010 – 7:26 pm
INT – GROCERY STORE. A MAN IS WALKING THROUGH THE DAIRY AISLE WITH A YOUNG BOY AROUND AGE 5, PRESUMABLY HIS SON. YOUNG BOY HAS A LITTLE GROCERY CART FOR CHILDREN. DAD IS DISPLEASED FOR WHATEVER REASON
Dad: Come on! Hurry up!
[THE BOY TRAILS BEHIND PUSHING HIS SHOPPING CART]
Dad: Get over here!
[ENTER GROCERY STORE CLERK]
Clerk (to [...]
January 31, 2010 – 7:22 pm
On the abuse and neglect of women in India:
Indian women also run an outsize risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, including a high rate of HIV/AIDS. One cause is that Indian men’s condoms malfunction more than 15 percent of the time. Why such a high fail rate? According to the Indian [...]
January 29, 2010 – 7:28 am
The February 2010 issue of Popular Science has an article by Dan Koeppel about surviving a 35,000 foot freefall.
On choosing where to land:
Contrary to popular belief, water is an awful choice. Like concrete, liquid doesn’t compress. Hitting the ocean is essentially the same as colliding with a sidewalk.
…good to know.
I’d link to this [...]