End of Silence

I don’t know how to explain it. I’m generally on the somewhat leading/bleeding edge with technology. However, sometimes I’m really a luddite. I didn’t really go full-blown tech geek until 1996 or 1997, which means that I think I was a little old for the arrival of mp3s. I confess that there’s just something about [...]

This article nails everything that is right and wrong with my summer TV guilty pleasure. I don’t know if Mr. Anderson is a parent, but the other reason for watching the show was to see the incredible incompetency of most of the parents. I’m always amazed that the parents in Brat Camp, Nanny 911 and [...]

This just in. People aren’t going to see movies in the theater because the majority of the movies that are being released suck ass.
Next up: Spending $1 trillion “to oust a contained, powerless, impotent two-bit dictator and help the remnants establish a pro-Iran Islamic Republic” (from dKos) may not have been such a good idea.

I ran across this yesterday on dKos and decided it needed replicating here. What follows are quotes from the time when Clinton committed troops to Bosnia.
“You can support the troops but not the president.”
–Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

“Well, I just think it’s a bad idea. What’s going to happen is they’re going to be [...]

Ebert manhandles Schneider. Ouch.
For those that are unfamiliar, here’s the backstory.

The Boy started at a new school today. I’m guardedly optimistic. The teachers seemed cool.
The big news of the weekend was lunch and a screening with John Kricfalusi of Ren & Stimpy fame. You can check out the recap and photos.
I’m still behind on the Chicago posts and I should have pictures of the kids [...]

We’re back from Chicago. I’m buried in work and have a bunch of posts related to the trip that I need to get working on tonight before I forget everything. I’ll probably do most of my posting to the Chicago Metblog, so check that out in the next couple of days.