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  • Teh Interwebitubes are full of sarcasm today. @atomictiki needs to remember he is within easy driving distance for the throat-punching. ;) 13 hrs ago
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Scaring Them Senseless

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

CNN has a timely Parenting article about what scares children and how to handle it. It’s not bad reading, and a lot of it rings true to my own experiences. But what they really need is a little more specific advice for dads.
Some examples:

A recycler I visit is right across the street from a cemetery. [...]

Lick My Eye Disease

Friday, October 12th, 2007

My left eye weeps steadily, forcing me to daub it with a tissue from time to time so it doesn’t get rubbed raw. It makes me feel like a James Bond villain, like I should be at the controls of an orbiting mind control laser (or at least playing baccarat Texas hold ‘em) rather than [...]

Tom is Full of Crap

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

If you’re on MySpace, you know who Tom is. He’s the guy who runs the place, who puts his profile on every friends list ever created, and sends out all those little messages every time MySpace is hacked, down, or otherwise suffering some misfortune.
Tom also tries to protect us from spam. As I’ve said, MySpace [...]

Capitalism, Wow!

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

There’s a lot of commotion about dangerous products coming out of China lately, and now everyone’s in an uproar. Why is everyone so surprised?
We’ve been dealing with it in the IT industry for a while. Bad capacitors on motherboards, bad laptop batteries, and more. This is what happens when you go to the lowest bidder. [...]

Signs and Portents

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Children Are Scary Sometimes
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

“Look what I drew, Daddy!”
This doesn’t bode well.
This doesn’t bode well at all.

Three Day Weekend

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

I’ve got a three day weekend and I don’t wanna know nothin’.
I don’t care that Kevin Bacon’s new flick Death Sentence sucks ass. I don’t care about David Beckham’s knee. I don’t care whether or not Tony Snow may have cancer. There’s no pro football this weekend, I haven’t watched the races lately, and I’m [...]

Smoke Blog: The End Draws Near

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

The potential tobacco tax I mentioned previously is one step closer to reality as the Senate recently passed the bill that would expand health coverage for children. It passed with such a wide margin that it’s expected a veto would do no good.
I’m all for better health care for children (and adults for that matter), [...]

Smoke Blog: The War on Tobacco

Friday, July 27th, 2007

John Roling is reporting the Senate is considering a new tobacco tax that will increase the tax cap on cigars to as high as $10 per cigar. Thus a good $5 cigar could cost as much as $15, effectively extinguishing the habit for folks like John and myself forever.
This is going to be insult to [...]

How Many Times Do I Have To Say It?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE OCEAN!

These Are the Men Who Run Your Country

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Think government isn’t scary? Check this out:

Congressman Tom Lantos of California

Congressman Henry Waxman of California
Hmm. Maybe this explains why California is so messed up. Heh.
I’ve been sitting on the Lantos thing since I saw him on TV a couple months back. Credit goes to my Pops for the Waxman find.

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