Daily Archives: November 5, 2006
An Interesting Editorial
Posted on November 5, 2006 33 Comments
A snippet of an editorial someone sent me a link to: …We think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive “No” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome. We need not dwell on George W. Bush’s failed effort to jam a poorly disguised amnesty for illegal aliens […]
One More Thing
Posted on November 5, 2006 22 Comments
Holy crap, look at these Ohio polling numbers for state offices and the US Senate. The story that accompanies those numbers is here. What would be really interesting is if all the Republican candidates won, 51 – 49%. If that happened, this building would probably be on fire before morning: That’s the head office for […]
One More Thought Before My Brain Once More Collapses Like a Flan in a Cupboard
Posted on November 5, 2006 10 Comments
You know what’s nice to get? An e-mail from someone you truly like and respect, but who hasn’t read your books before, complimenting you on your writing. Not that I don’t like getting compliments on the writing from other people: Really, please feel free to pile on, because I might as well have a neon […]
Catching Up on the Female Domination of Publishing
Posted on November 5, 2006 16 Comments
Interesting fact: Every single winner at last night’s World Fantasy Awards is a man. Clearly the female cabal dominating every facet of the publishing industry is trying to lull us men into a false sense of security. We must remain vigilant.
Catching Up on Incompetent War Administration
Posted on November 5, 2006 39 Comments
Turns out in 1999 a simulation of an attack on Iraq suggested that we would need 400,000 troops to get it done — and even then there was a good chance that things would tip into chaos. As a reference point, currently we have 144,000 troops in Iraq, and things are a bit of a […]
Catching Up on Evangelical Licentiousness
Posted on November 5, 2006 25 Comments
Ted Haggard officially removed as pastor for sexually immoral conduct: Since when is getting a massage sexually immoral? I mean, that’s all that happened, right? Hmmmm. I guess the church was no less convinced by that particular explanation than the rest of us. Personally I think the real issue here would have been not the […]
Status Update Update
Posted on November 5, 2006 2 Comments
Okay, so, I slept about 20 hours yesterday. Yes, it was refreshing. Yes, I’m still sort of groggy. So don’t expect me to think deeply today, all right? Thanks.
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying