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The improbability of World War 2
I don’t recall where I first saw it (kottke.org? RSSmeme?), but this post about “programs on the so-called ‘World War II’” on the History Channel is 13 kinds of wonderful. A few of my favorite bits: Let’s start with the … Continue reading
The First Step In Becoming a Satanist
So, you want to become a Satanist, huh? Alright. I’ll help you get started. The first step is to learn how to spell Satan. I know – you’d think the first step would be learning about Satan, or sacrificing a … Continue reading
The Library’s “Readable Non-fiction”?
I was at the public library a few days ago and saw a display that I think could have stood a bit more planning before being released into the wild. Having my handy cellphone1, I snapped a picture: As opposed … Continue reading
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
Well, I just had a rather embarrassing moment at the store. I was standing in line, waiting to pay for my things; I was next to be rung up. The guy at the checkout said to the lady in front … Continue reading
If You’re Dead, Can You Still Get Life Insurance?
I wrote back in August of 2007 that my father was receiving mail from Physicicians Mutual, the life insurance company; most of the mail had Welcome back! in big letters stamped across it. There’s nothing wrong per se with getting … Continue reading
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Caution: Middle aged persons on board!
Driving my wife to a meeting earlier today, I ended up behind a transport van, part of a system in my town that provides transportation for senior citizens. On the back of the van, underneath the emergency exit door was … Continue reading
A brief note to Physicians Mutual
Dear Physicians Mutual, My father, who had life insurance with you, died in 2005. We received the insurance payment from you after we provided proof that my father was, indeed, dead. Kaputt. No more. Pushing up daisies. He had kicked … Continue reading
An open letter to Kroger
Dear Kroger, You recently expanded your store in my area a great deal. You added a Starbucks, a Donatos, a sushi bar, and countless new aisles. For you, this is, I suppose, a good thing. More space, more products, (hopefully) … Continue reading
I Can Has Cheezburger? Definitely.
I try avoid writing posts here solely to share a single link, but I’m going to break my rule for this: I Can Has Cheezburger?. I learned about I Can Has Cheezburger? when it moved onto the WordPress.com platform. The … Continue reading
Access to space: Catastrophic Failure
I just started looking for different space mission types, to try and come up with a title for something new I’m going to be doing here*. The first thing I googled was simply “space mission types”. The top result was … Continue reading