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Oh Yeah, I’m Trying This

Dave — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:03:47 +0000

You Either Get It Or You Don’t

Dave — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:09:52 +0000

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Dave — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:02:13 +0000

“Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing and life doesn’t.”

– Neil Gaiman

Someone at Puma Has Lost Their Mind

Dave — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:52:20 +0000

Or else operatives from Adidas have slipped hallucinogenics in their water supply:

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Dave — Sun, 16 May 2010 22:08:24 +0000

Writing about what it takes to have courage, G.K. Chesterton tells us that one “must desire life like water and yet drink death like wine”.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Dave — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:26:23 +0000

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong- doer.

– Marcus Aurelius

A Three Hour Tour . . . A Three Hour Tour

Dave — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:16:18 +0000

Here On The Island – by Lewis Napper – A Scholarly Critique of the Style, Symbolism and Sociopolitical Relevance of Gilligan’s Island

I Must Make This My Mantra

Dave — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:24:52 +0000

” . . . the secret of life lies in humility and laughter.”

– G.K. Chesterton

A Pox on Both Your Houses

Dave — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:00:01 +0000

Dave at Oklahoma Lefty gets it right:

“Let’s establish a couple of things here…both the Left and the Right have a dirty and bloody past. This is a simple fact of history and it’s not worth either denying or trying to turn into a battle cry. Doing so is simplistic and ignorant. Sadly though, the polemics on both sides generally could care less about pesky little things like historical accuracy or holistic / big picture outlooks.

The simple fact of the matter is, that if either the Right or the Left were left unchecked and to their own devices, the result would be horrendous. Things like authoritarianism and totalitarianism couldn’t give two shits about Left and Right. All they care about is power. And if you think for a second that both the modern Right and the modern Left aren’t filled with people [having] authoritarian and totalitarian tendencies then you are just a blind fool.”

America? Anyone? Bueller?

Dave — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:13:59 +0000

So in Arizona it will soon be a crime to not to be able to prove your citizenship or legal residence.

So, if say, a light-hued person, such as myself, was walking down the street in Phoenix, a police officer could suspect that I am in this country illegally, having fled Sweden for the economic opportunities and political freedoms unavailable in my native land, intent upon stealing jobs assembling Ikea furniture from deserving American citizens. Upon this eminently reasonable suspicion, he could demand my “papers” (as they say in the movies), and if I failed to provide him sufficient proof, he could arrest me for that very fact. Not for being in the country illegally, necessarily, but merely for having the temerity to appear in public, flaunting my lily-white skin, without proper identification.

Is that how it works?