November, 2013 archive
Mixed-Up Metaphors 0
This is what happens when you don’t think about what words mean.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
(Date fixed. Copy and paste is not necessarily your friend.)
Join us for conversation and fun at a special pre-Thanksgiving get-together at Gordon Biersch (not at Croc’s).
When: November 21, 6:00 p. m.
Where:
Gordon Biersch
4561 Virginia Beach Blvd (Town Center)
Virginia Beach, VA (map)
“Logical Consequences” 0
When the kids were little, Ex and I attended S.T.E.P. training classes. They were, as a matter of fact, quite useful and down to earth.
It seems that Philadelphia has attended also, and implemented “logical consequences” for drivers on a particularly abused stretch of road.
If a vehicle passes the sensor going above the speed limit, the light at Fountain Green turns red.
Just Out of Spite 0
More from the You-Can’t-Make-This-Stuff-Up Dept.
Windows Is a Kludge 0
Late this afternoon, one of my friends called me for tech support. She is not a computer expert by any means, and would never claim to be.
Ultimately, I asked, “Would you like me to come over?”
“I am so glad you asked me! Yes!”
I won’t go into all the gory details, but what an ordeal! Windows fought me every step of the way. But, in the end, I out-maneuvered it and the mission was accomplished.
I left there thanking my stars that I use Linux, because
Linux
just
works.
Recidivist 0
(Link fixed.)
This is what happens when a delusional violent offender is allowed back on the streets.
“. . . Just To Watch Him Die” 0
It’s called “sport.”
Party Hearty Where the Elite Meet on South Street 0
Packing heat to the beat is always a treat on South Street.
The victim who was shot after a brawl outside of a South Street bar has died from his injuries.
The melee started just after 1:00 a.m. Sunday inside the Mixed Plate in the 200 block of South Street.
“Choas, absolutely chaos, never saw anything like it in my life. It set me off balance,” said Dominic Vadino.
Swampwater 2
Erik Prince surfaces from this hide-away in Dubai to argue that operating a mercenary army is an act of patriotism.
For my part, I think he just enjoys making things go ka-boom.
Droning On 0
Now in high schools.
Unmanned aircraft soon could be zipping around the grounds of Sunlake High School.
The school plans to offer a course on drone technology in January as it launches an Aerospace Career Academy with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
“Drone techonology.” Model airplanes with data links.
And when I was in high school, I thought the only drone was Mrs. Holla–oh, never mind.
We t-ped her front yard.
It was magnificent.
The Ratings Game, Reprise 0
Tom Long tries to figure it out.
Sure that makes sense. It’s a bit like saying it’s better to punch someone than to curse at them. Neither is particularly admirable, but words won’t break a nose.
Movie ratings are even odder about the sexy bits (I nearly said “screwier,” but decided that that would be impolitic).
Since folks seem to fear that their little darlings will slavishly imitate whatever they see on the silvery screen, just the way that they did when they were young ‘uns, the message seems to be that it’s more acceptable to off people than to love them.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Michael Smerconish realizes that he has to vote absentee in a recent local election and runs afoul of the Republican gut-out-the-vote initiative. He managed to vote, but at significant inconvenience, inconvenience which might have deterred many persons (which, natch, is the reason for the inconvenience):
That’s the net effect of Shelby County v. Holder, in which the Supreme Court ruled in June that nine states (and several other counties and municipalities) that had been required under the Voting Rights Act to obtain preclearance before adopting new laws concerning elections would no longer be so obligated. Freed of Justice Department oversight, many states are enacting laws that would not have been permitted before the decision.
Read the full story at the link.
