December 2011
Call Me Al - How'd I do? →
See how I did on my goals for 2011.
Dumb Jeopardy Contestants
One of the things that really annoy me about Jeopardy is when contestants make illogical Daily Double bets. For example, the guy in second place finds the last Daily Double with only two clues left on the board. He has $12,000 and the four day champion has $22,200. The guy in second place bet $4,000. Now, if he gets it right, he is still in second place. He must hope he gets Final Jeopardy...
Call Me Al - Greatest Day in Belize Yet? →
you say 'heteronormative' like it's a bad thing...
notentirely:
<peeve>
on the way to work i heard a cover of eagle-eye cherry’s “save the night” sung by a woman.
when she gets to the line “Girl you know I’ve got to go” she instead sings “Boy you know I’ve got to go”
now, i’m not gonna get all up in this, but since the lyric’s being changed anyway, i really don’t see why the line can’t be “Babe you know I’ve got to go”.
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Why a hiring freeze is bad policy
One of the proposals to pay for payroll tax extension is to freeze federal hiring. Under this proposal, the government could only fill one out of every three jobs that is vacated. The main (only?) benefit of reducing the workforce is that no one gets fired. It always sounds better to just not fill a position than it does to fire someone. But, if your goal is to get a better government that...
Call Me Al - Belize Bucket List →
I leave Belize in 6 months - here is what I still have to do.
think4yourself: 1848, 1968, 1989, 2011? →
alcaniglia:
I majored in history in college and one of the concepts I remember vividly is that in many years, very little happens. Sure, they write things in the history book for every year, but if I were to ask you what major events occurred in 1983, you’d probably have to look to Google to find out. (My quick search shows the most significant world event in 1983 to be the bombing of the...
The Tree of Life
I must say that certain elements of this movie don’t suck ass. The visuals are absolutely stunning. The movie looks fantastic. If I didn’t care about things like plot and staying awake, it might be a great movie. But the movie utterly fails to capture my attention.
In many ways, this reminds me of another Brad Pitt film that I hated - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Again,...
What crap
I want you to think about something. Think about the number of people who put in how many countless days of work so I could watch The Tree of Life tonight.
Writers
Director
Producers
Actors (Sean Penn! Brad Pitt!)
Camera guys
Special effects gurus
Sound guys (the sound was quite outstanding)
Musicians
Animal handlers
Editors
The guys who made the microphones for the innumerable voice...
Why not let the 'doc fix' lapse? →
One of the several pieces of ‘must pass’ legislation before the end of the year is the ongoing ‘doc fix.’ Essentially it is an increase in the appropriations for Medicare because the formula for the entitlement program sucks and does not accurately cover rising Medicare costs. But, maybe it actually does.
So much of what I see in government work has the private sector...
