tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82875302011-11-27T18:20:17.102-06:00The musings of an armchair philosopher.Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-6160163679606269282010-05-09T19:00:00.002-05:002010-05-09T19:04:39.544-05:00

create table schema.table name(column_id column_type (column_parameter(s)) references schema.primary_table_name (primary_table_column)...primary key (column_id, column_id))foreign keys must be the same type and size as their primary key counterparts.

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Just upgraded my computer to Windows 7 and my headphones stopped working. After downloading five different drivers, I backed into the solution.Find your device manufacturer. If you are like most people in the world, you bought your computer as a complete system. Any manufacturer worth a dang will have the specs for your hardware on their website. Look up your particular model and get the

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This is the basic recursion algorithm for a tree in Java.public Object recurse(Object obj){ Object result = obj; boolean found = result == baseCase || result == baseCase2 if (found) return result; else { ObjectList list = getObjectChildren(result); for (Object child : list){ result = recurse(child); found = result == baseCase ||

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Note: This post is a year and a half out of date. Found the draft when I was working on another post. Figured I might as well post it.Remember a while ago, fundamentalist Muslims got all up in arms over an irreverent depiction of that Muhammad dude? The news was filled with crazy fuckers who were rioting and burning effigies in the streets. Not to mention all of the calls for the guy to be

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So a church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma decided to have a youth rally.No big deal.To draw kids, they wanted to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle.Hm.You'd think a fishing pole would have been a much more symbolically relevant prize. Hell, for $800.00, they could have gotten a few top notch poles.

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@pull_list = Pull.find(:all, :include => [:book, :customer], :conditions => ["customer_id = ?", params[:id]])When using a condition in RoR that relies on a passed in value from a link_to function, remember to use params formal parameter name to use it.That is all.

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Have you heard about that movie called Expelled? (I COULD link to the actual movie site but I don't want to contribute to their page rank.)Anyway, the stated premise of the movie is that there are some people whining about not getting tenure because they believe in creationism and not because they just aren't smart enough to earn their spot.Of course, if you look at the reviews you'll discover

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Last week sucked. Due to various minor ailments and late nights at work I stopped working out for a little more than a week. I finally got back on the horse, so to speak, tonight.I finally got around to signing up for digital cable and a DVR this weekend. Time will tell whether I get caught up in TiVo hell. At least I don't have to worry about coming home twenty minutes late from work and

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About two weeks ago, I was getting ready for the slog to work. I looked at myself in the mirror and I had a moment of clarity.I'm tired of being overweight. Like an old professor of mine who had quit smoking the first semester I had taken classes with him. A middle aged state prosecutor who taught law classes on the side (and did some work for BMW in exchange for a new beemer every year), he

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-48724588379186719382007-09-06T23:00:00.001-05:002007-09-06T23:06:27.758-05:00

If I ever get motivated enough to read that book, I wonder if I'll find the passages where Jesus tells his followers to vandalize your neighbors property if they don't believe like the same stories.Long story short. Cowardly christian chops down a plant in atheist neighbors yard just because. Tries to hide evidence in another neighbors trash (they were on vacation.) When politely confronted,

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1 Corinthians 13:11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.Indeed.

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Welcome to the world of voting as an atheist. I was listening to a podcast this afternoon about the religious stances of the presidential candidates. The page is exactly how I felt while I was listening to it.I'm not against someone who is religious and wants to run for President. Really, I'm not. It just saddens me when these folks feel the need to sully their integrity by pandering to the

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The Reverend Jerry Falwell died this morning.May he receive every inch of the compassion he gave others during his life.For a taste of his compassion: Positive Atheism Scary Quotes, Falwell Edition

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And then there was one. Just finished up the penultimate semester before graduation and I am exhausted. I didn't take as many credits as the semester before but this one kicked my ass a little bit harder.At least I never have to speak French like a performing monkey ever again.I have three weeks to prepare for the last burst around the track. That means the resume is getting updated and the

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GO FUCK YOURSELF!You smarmy, greasy political climber. I hope you choke on it as you waddle your fat ass off into political obscurity.HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ever miss the good old days at the arcade?This guy missed them a whole lot.

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I started writing again last week and here I sit, after stringing together three days of work on a story, I ran into a big honking roadblock, me.When you read about writing (something I do way too much of) one of the cardinal tenets of the faith is that you have to write something every day, no excuses. The reason for this bit of dogma is two-fold. First, writing everyday develops a habit. If

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I saw Clerks II yesterday. Overall a good flick which I think might actually be the best one yet. I was worried that the fat guy who made Clerks back in '94 wasn't going to be able to make a movie in the same spirit because he was so far removed from the place where his main characters were at. I was wrong, he did a good job, but I still don't know how the fuck that movie made it past the

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One of the things that annoys me about the True Believers (tm) is their insistence that any criticism of their religion (fuck the other ones) is somehow an attack, even when it's a legitimate criticism. "How can you be so cruel as to say that religion may not be the best thing to ever happen to humanity?" they wail and cry, gnashing their teeth for theatrical effect. Instead of taking a

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So I started writing again. I've been playing with it on and off since I was in high school, but was never able to keep it up long enough to get published. Oh shit, who am I kidding? I haven't been able to finish a story yet.Why the change now? I finally got the DVD for American Splendor a couple of weeks ago and it may seem strange, but it kind of inspired me. Yeah, Harvey Pekar may not be

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The motherfucker should have died in a cage, not a soft bed at his palatial Colorado vacation home.In Dishoner of a Real and True Son of a Bitch:Mr. Bad Exampleby Warren ZevonI started as an alter boy, working at the churchLearning all my holy moves, doing some researchWhich led me to a cash box, labeled "Children's Fund"I'd leave the change, and tuck the bills inside my cummerbundI got a

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The two historical Americans I hold in highest regard are Ben Franklin and Mark Twain. Ben Franklin made more of his talents and circumstances than arguably any person in the history and pre-history of humanity. Mark Twain was the most brilliant American writer to ever put ink on a piece of paper. The world could be a much better place if they came back and contributed their impressive talents

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Think atheists are bad and add nothing to society, take a gander at this:Atheism

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Just finished the busiest semester I've every had, seven finals in three days to cap off a class schedule that looked more like a full time job.Indications are that my grades will be okay. There might even be a nice surprise or two. Not that anyone reading this gives two pulls and a squirt.Next up, in five days I will be taking two summer classes to meet the math requirements for the computer

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The Green Fields of FranceWell, how do you do, Private William McBride,Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside?And rest for awhile in the warm summer sun,I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.And I see by your gravestone you were only 19When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916,Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died cleanOr, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?Did

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The exercise in mediocrity and shallowness that is the university newspaper is doing a series of articles about the different religious groups and organizations around campus. In the inaugural column they are talking about something called BASIC. Basically (hehe) it's a nice little organization that exploits the fragile situation that many freshmen find themselves in. They target these kids

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So I probably won't be getting any hits from Antarctica, but last year, against all odds I triumphed with at least one hit from each of the populated continents (science teams and penguins don't count does not a populated continent make.)Will I make it repeat? Can my infrequent, mostly not all that insightful, captain obvious blatherings cause enough people from far-away places to stumble on my

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Waaay back in the day there was a young, slightly chubby fellow going to and fro amongst the streets of Philadelphia. He showed up one day with enough money to buy a couple of bits of bread and went about finding work as a printer. Eventually he managed to get his own printing press and started circulating bits of printed paper on his own. He became a renowned man for many reasons, none of

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"For every person that offends you with their vulgarity, there is a person who is offended by your stodginess."

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Yesterday, Eddie Guerrero passed away. For those that don't know the name, he was an elite professional wrestler and his loss is the equivalent of a shot to the testiculars, with brass knuckles. For what it's worth, my thoughts are with his family.Eddie belonged to a very rarified group of wrestlers. He wasn't the largest, he wasn't the quickest and he wasn't the best-connected when it comes

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Not dead.More to follow, sometime.

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Jesus fuck all, I'm tired lately.I need to lay down and read a book. After I finish the laundry.

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In my Computer Organization course the Java and C++ people are thrown together in the same classroom leading to an interesting dynamic.Have you ever observed car people? Not race car drivers or generic commuters. The people who have invested a disturbing amount of their identity in the brand of car they drive. The ones who identify themselves as a [insert brand] men and women. These are the

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1112655895447086442005-04-04T17:51:00.000-05:002005-04-04T18:04:55.450-05:00

When I switched my major from Public Administration to Computer Science last summer, I had a sneaking suspicion that my natural tendencies would ultimately work against me. I could have called in a public administration degree, but part of the problem was that it was so un-challenging that I COULD call it in.So, on the advice of my SO, I made what I hope is the final switch of my 15 year (on

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I'm sitting here trying to articulate what irritates me so much about the True Believers ™. I don't think it's because they're inherently bad people. I'm confident that if we sat down and avoided religion entirely we could have many hours of constructive discussion on just about any other topic. But every time they bring up religion, it just rubs me a little bit raw.I thought it was the inherent

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1112475260527946742005-04-02T14:47:00.000-06:002005-04-02T14:54:20.526-06:00

So what does a high powered criminal attorney, a living mummy and the most powerful religious figure in the world have in common?They are now all wormfood. As of about ten minutes ago, I suppose.

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I had an encounter with a religio-goober recently that reminded me of something I was told years ago. When I was seventeen, I worked as a telemarketer. One of my co-workers was a Baptist deacon and was an all around nice guy. One day he told me that I live by the word of god and I didn't even know it.At the time I wasn't as acutely aware of my identity in religious matters, so I just went

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1109913312451263692005-03-03T23:11:00.000-06:002005-03-03T23:15:12.453-06:00

You know what the world doesn't have enough of? Bad sci-fi with bombastic soundtracks. True, this trend pretty much died with Freddie Mercury, but isn't there some big-voiced distinctive singer out there that can lend their talents to the new generation of Flash Gordon clones?

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This afternoon I was walking between buildings on campus and I saw a sign up for a "talk". The headline reading "There Are No Happy Atheists". That got me thinking. Am I happy? I realized that in general I'm not really happy. I have the capacity for happiness. From time to time I am afflicted with a case of happy. But happy is not my baseline state. Hell, I wouldn't want to be happy ALL

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I imagine we'll not see the likes of a Bill Clinton again in my lifetime. A man who could sell you a shit sandwich and have you ask for seconds. The kind of politician who can't help to succeed just by the sheer force of his personality. Whether you love him, hate him or have no emotional response whatsoever, you can't deny that the man was nearly a force of nature. Which makes the flailings

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So I'm taking an intermediate programming class and my professor has decided that this semester we'll be trying something called "test driven design". Basically, you write the tests for your program before you actually write the program. I have to admit that it does help me find the problems in my programs much easier and I can tweak it bit by bit to get the results I need. The problem is that

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I had an interesting conversation with someone over the holidays. We were talking about comedy and the topic of George Carlin came up. I admit that the guy has definitely lost a step or two and is really just going through the motions at this point. He's not had anything particularly brilliant in the past few years. But I like the old fart anyway. But that's not why my fellow converser

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Gotcha! Seriously, I know I'm not the most prolific or interesting person out there, but I'm still getting more hits from the Sabine Ehrenfeld post of two months ago than anything else. So you can call it a cheap hit generator all ya want, it obviously worked. Later, bastiches. Lobo

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Just letting my faithful readers know that I survived finals AND Christmas, but just barely. More later.

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Nothing elicits a string of profanity quite like the experience of leaving the house for your first final and finding out that you have two, count 'em, TWO flat tires. Then walking about a half mile with wet hair in 0 degree weather to your in-laws house who graciously lets you use his truck. Then returning the truck to find out that not only were your tires flat, but your fuel pump is leaking

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Sorry for not having the clever title this time around. I know that the regular viewers get a kick out of it (okay, maybe not. But I think I'm clever anyway.) Tomorrow starts out the three day endurance test called Finals Week. For those who don't know anything about me (which is pretty much everyone), I'm a Computer Science major at a state university. I've been going to college off and on

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Wow, whodathunk the foul-mouthed ravings of a militant athiest democrat would have actually piqued enough interest for someone to add me to their roll. Alas, I have discovered my first appearance in someone's blog roll. And as one good link deserves another, I introduce you to: Dancing on Colette's Grave Thanks, and consider yourself rolled. Anyone else got me rolled? Let me know and I'll

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Listen to a story 'bout a man named Jim Rich country lawyer with dreams of Washington. Said to his family, I'm gonna run for Congress. Then started out on his career as a louse. Hypocritical bastard, that is. Lying prick, opportunist. Next thing you know, Jim he's the nominee. Told Iowa voters he was for the family. Made a commercial with his Down Syndrome daughter. Then cheated on his wife

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In "The Demon Haunted World", Carl Sagan relates the progress of science in the Soviet Union. By blindly adhering to the hypothesis of "didactic materialism", the government effectively strangled scientific inquiry and discovery, especially in the area of biology. When the Soviet Union fell they were left with a life science community that was forty years behind the curve of knowledge. Little

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1099624956860376072004-11-04T20:07:00.000-06:002004-11-04T21:22:36.860-06:00

It's been two days since the election and the collective heads of the Democratic party have already found their way back up their asses. That's got to be some kind of world record, don't ya think? If it wasn't so goddamned pathetic, the sight of you boys scratching your heads over what happened would be amusing. If you had any honor in your dried up little heart McAuliff, you'd have committed

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1099541903231231352004-11-03T21:26:00.000-06:002004-11-03T22:18:23.230-06:00

But . . . but . . . John Kerry is electable. That was the refrain I heard throughout the primaries. John Kerry is electable. There was no real explanation behind that. Just that he was electable. Electability has the sledgehammer used to pound everyone into line. Not comfortable with his Iraq War Vote? Don't sweat it, he's electable. Want more details on his economic plan? We'll find out

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1099335454972023462004-11-01T13:47:00.000-06:002004-11-01T12:57:34.973-06:00

In less than 24 hours, old people around the country are going to be setting up shop in firehouses, bingo halls, and churches all over the country. They'll squint as they try and figure out how to turn on the computers. They'll put their little sharpened pencils out and they'll open up their notebooks. Then the fun will begin. Everyone reading this, you've got a choice. The choice between

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098934603518983142004-10-27T22:05:00.000-05:002004-10-27T22:36:43.516-05:00

As a curve-bustin', co-ed oglin', preppie killin', non-trad university student, I get access to that study in minimal competence, the university newspaper. It's about as good Tuesday morning shitter reading as your likely to find. So I'm reading the obligatory "You ought to vote" article. And what do I see? A quote from some graduate student who says that she's not going to vote because she's

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098725023944597652004-10-25T11:55:00.000-05:002004-10-25T12:23:43.943-05:00

I had an interesting discussion with some friends this weekend. As it usually does, the conversation drifted from one topic to another and didn't seem to have any direction. One of the interesting questions that came up was "Why do poor people vote for Republicans?" I have to admit, to a rational person it makes no sense whatsoever. Why would the Republicans get one single vote from a group

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098373374101714302004-10-21T10:38:00.000-05:002004-10-21T10:42:54.103-05:00

Where the hell did all the time go? I started back at work a couple of weeks ago and now I don't seem to have any time left. I go to class, go home, maybe take a minute to check in on the web, go to work, come home and study. Before I know it, it's late and I still don't have everything done. I don't remember this drill to be so time consuming. And how come programmers who write how-to

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098205292781153162004-10-19T11:30:00.000-05:002004-10-19T12:01:32.780-05:00

This weekend, I blogged what I thought about the Jon Stewart appearance on CrossFire, aka The Primate Habitat of CNN. And doing what partisan hacks do best, they responded. Did they respond by pointing out how wrong Mr. Stewart was about their show? Wouldn't that be what credible "journalists" do? Are you fucking kidding me? C'mon. This is what they had to say: NOVAK: Let me say something

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098112402896559122004-10-18T10:06:00.000-05:002004-10-18T10:13:22.906-05:00

I hate getting sick. Thankfully I'm pretty resistant to it, but every once in a while one of those little bugs breaks through my immunity system and makes me miserable for a couple of days. I decided to extend my weekend by at least one more day because of it. Now many people reading this will say, "How can you miss work?" Easy, the same way I can miss classes. I always get annoyed at people

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1098030544062889232004-10-17T11:22:00.000-05:002004-10-17T11:29:04.063-05:00

No he didn't. I just came into contact with a cold virus somewhere and it took. Just chalk it up to bad luck, I guess. So I'm going to go back to bed, drink some water, eat those Halls Defense lozenges like they were M&M's and read "The Prisoners of Nambu". If I get bored I can always turn to my brand new copy of "Complete Essays of Mark Twain". Anyway, I may be back if I get really bored,

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1097977304452904702004-10-16T20:31:00.000-05:002004-10-16T20:41:44.453-05:00

Do you think that when Jon Stewart signed up for the Daily Show that he would be forced into the role of media crusader? If he did, would have actually taken the job? Last Friday, Mr. Stewart did an episode of Crossfire and gave the two partisan hacks, Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson, the beat-down that they've so richly deserved all these years. It was glorious and Jon Stewart should get some

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1097965968166848592004-10-16T17:23:00.000-05:002004-10-16T17:36:25.856-05:00

A few months ago, I saw a commercial for a new e-commerce site called Overstock.com. Of course, I have no interest in buying from them, but I couldn't help but notice the woman who was making the pitch. Wow, there is just something about her that is, how do you say, ah yes, alluring. Don't believe me, take a look at the commercials Anyway, I tucked her away into my little private file in my

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1097895004913829872004-10-15T21:38:00.000-05:002004-10-15T21:50:04.913-05:00

Ya hey dere, folks. When I started this blog a month or so ago, I had every intention of posting regularly. Once a day at the very least. And now, a month later . . . So what happened? Well, I could blame it on work and school. I could blame it on my girlfriend. I could blame it on the rain. But the truth is that I apparently don't have that much of importance to say. At least nothing I

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1095447863921702772004-09-17T13:57:00.000-05:002004-09-17T14:04:23.920-05:00

So I was driving home from classes this morning and a really great blog topic just came to me. It was the most lucid, insightful, downright thought-provoking bit of mental flotsam I'd ever experienced. Almost religious in nature. And I immediately forgot it. For someone who never did drugs in his entire life (my mom might be reading this), I have the memory of a thing that is very short on

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1095362751024877252004-09-16T13:55:00.000-05:002004-09-16T14:25:51.026-05:00

Recently, the President allowed the assault weapons ban to lapse. Now rednecks all over the country can buy an AK-47. yay. Gun control is an issue where I diverge from my liberal brethren. Banning guns does nothing to prevent the real cause of gun violence in this country. But . . . but . . . but crime rates went down while the ban was in place. I don't think the ban had as much to do with

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1095200099457080782004-09-14T17:05:00.000-05:002004-09-14T17:15:10.306-05:00

Had to clean the house today, so there isn't going to be a huge post like yesterday. Just an interesting note about something I read on the can. In the newest Popular Science, they have an article about how battery innovation hasn't nearly kept up pace with computer and electronic innovation. The editor talked about his Palm III that could run for months on two batteries. The newest portable

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1095099184729308642004-09-13T13:26:00.000-05:002004-09-13T13:50:55.870-05:00

The Republican war on education in this country is finally starting to bear fruit. They've finally gotten a large pool of people who are so poorly educated on our Constitution that they'll happily tear it up just to enact the prejudices of a small cadre of insane busybodies. A constitutional ammendment on gay marriage is a gross misuse of the ammendment system. The ammendment system is meant for

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1095002938783248792004-09-12T10:13:00.000-05:002004-09-12T10:28:58.783-05:00

Ahhh, Atheism, the great liberator. I gotta tell ya, it's nice having every Sunday morning free to do as I wish. Hell, it's nice to be free to do as I wish without the specter of the great invisible man in the sky who will send me to the pits of hell for whatever the hell the preachers say the rules are today, but he loves me unconditionally. Must be one of those tough love parents. All

Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756383714348759007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287530.post-1094917566963935052004-09-11T10:37:00.000-05:002004-09-11T10:47:16.736-05:00

No, I don't. Why would someone actually wish death on another human? Hell, I avoid killing insects whenever I can. What I do wish is that Nader Supporters would just leave me the hell alone. They've become about as welcome as a Jehovah's witness at 7:00 AM on a Saturday. Yeah, I get it. I know that Saint Ralph has been a consumer advocate for decades. I know that he's big on environmental issues

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