The NYT leads off its article about Alberto Gonzales leaving his post as the chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government this way: “Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally done something important to advance the cause of justice. He has resigned.” Just like most of Bush’s other appointees, A.G.A.G. was much more focused on […]
Last Saturday, my cousin asked me a rather general question about the prospects for peace between Israel, Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza and all of their neighbors. This started a long semi-rambling discussion whose thesis was related to something Thomas Friedman said in his Feb, 07 “Rules for the Middle East” op-ed […]
I read about AT&T’s titanically large iPhone bills on Slashdot two weeks ago and now this story has made its way to the NYT. Long story short, they are ginormous (now an official word according to Merriam-Webster) because AT&T’s billing system is totally dumb. I probably wouldn’t have even written about this except for the […]
This is the second of what will probably be more and more frequent posts about how we need to dramatically decrease our level of involvement in the Middle East as soon as possible, if for nothing else simply practical reasons. Today, 14 American soldiers died when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq. Military officials said […]
Sure, I’m giving away a secret but future victories will be even sweeter knowing that my opponent could have been on the same level as I am in terms of obscure word knowledge. Courtesey of Wired Mag’s “How To” issue, here are recommended “words to know” from John Williams Jr., executive director of the National […]
Once Led Zep sold the rights to “Rock n’ Roll” to Cadillac I knew it was all over. TV commercials are great in terms of picking and playing great music – sometimes even better than the radio. Some of the songs are so good they end up in my jukebox. The last song that I […]
The Onion’s Sport Section has a great (and very true, at least for the past decade) little ditty about my beloved Bronx Bombers this week. To wet your appetite, I have provided the first 2 paragraphs (slightly edited for length): Moments after the NY Yankees pulled within a once unfathomable four games of the first-place […]
This omni-directional treadmill represents a massive step forward in designing and developing virtual worlds. So far its just the floor of the holodeck, but still it’s something… Via Neu
Ever wanted to own a sports team? If someone says “football” do you think “match” instead of “game?” If so, you’ll want to know about a new site/org called MyFootballClub which is aiming to make football history in just 3 easy steps: Get at least 50,000 members who will pay 35 pounds each (equal to […]
I’m working from home today due to the storm related transit problems. I finally tried to head into the office and found that the 4/5 line stopped at 86th St and that while the 6 was running sporadically, there were hundreds of people waiting. So, in order to make a 2 pm call, I went […]