It’s incredible that huge corporations like Enron, AIG, etc etc etc etc could fail so spectacularly that they need bailing out, right? On the other hand it’s very OBVIOUS why they failed – they were grossly mismanaged, must have been operating on completely erroneous economic principles, and had been encouraged to ignore all the common... »
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Finally I Understand the Ukelele
About six months ago my wife decided that she wanted to learn the ukulele. Don’t ask me why because I do not ask questions like that any more. At the time she also decided that this was going to be an enforced healthy family activity so I would resume playing the guitar… like it... »
Psychobabble Unleashed on Dogs
It’s a measure of how low our society has sunk that psychologists still roam the earth. What will it take to rid ourselves of these noxious pests – more dangerous than H1N1? After having failed utterly to decipher humans in any meaningful way it seems now it is time for our dogs to... »
No Dude – The Russians Are Saying They’re Sorry!
This is a reply to Admin’s post (that’s his real name by the way – Klaus Admin) I am sorry to report that my colleague’s grasp of the Cyrillic alphabet is about at tight as his grip on reality. As anyone who reads Russian knows, those emails are being sent by the Russian Historical &... »
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1 Calling Mrs. Honeydew. Mrs. G. Honeydew please contact the purser at your earliest convenience… “They’ve been paging that woman all morning, Conan. I think they’ve lost her.” Glory popped a piece of salmon into her mouth and chewed for a moment, looking out at the infinite blackness of space. They were on a huge... »
The Russians Are Coming!
Something disconcerting has begun to happen to my email inbox. I have been getting spammed. Now there’s nothing unusual about getting a bunch of spam but this latest bunch is putting me well… out of sorts. Truth is that I have always… well at least as long as I can remember, been getting spam. But lately... »
