December, 2013 archive
A Trivia Christmas 0
Take the quiz. You find some unexpected stuff, such as the origin of Rudolph the Reindeer.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s political strategy.
The Urban Bike Project 0
I got my Fuji Sports 10 from the Urban Bike Project, to which Second Son introduced me. (Just between you and me, I think he was interested in a young lady who volunteered there.)
Just about the best $75.00 I have ever spent.
They do good work with good hearts.
Reversing the Field 0
It’s a fun thought, but color me skeptical.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who put the “nut” in wingnut.
Sauce for the Goose 2
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Revelations of the closely knit relationship between private US technology corporations and the NSA’s data mining efforts have not only brought Washington into the spotlight, but have had the same effect on US tech companies operating abroad..
Read the rest, in which the author puts forth cogent arguments that the rationalization for the electronic surveillance vacuum cleaner is less than persuasive when considered critically.
Closing the Deal 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
Surrounded by Christmas 0
In case you wondered what it is like to be overwhelmed by Christmas–not in “to do list” terms, but in cultural terms, to be an outsider–the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Avrum Link can explain it to you.
Afterthought:
We have been listening to Christmas music, not every day, but a lot on weekends; we prefer internet streams that feature traditional stuff, such as Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Burl Ives, and the like, the stuff we listened to as kids.
As I listened to a recording of Bing Crosby singing the Lord’s prayer, particularly the bit about
Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive the trespasses of others
I found myself thinking of those who mindlessly mouth those words every Sunday, then leave their churches and spend the rest of the week forgiving no one.
Do they ever wonder whether their prayer will be answered, that they will be forgiven in the same manner as they forgive others?
Lost (Updated–Kicked to the Top) 0
It seems that one of my favorite OTR sites, a site which, being Canadian and not fixated on old time radio shows from the USA, was distinguished by the variety of its offerings, myoldradio.com, has let its domain name expire.
One hopes it will redeem the domain within the grace period.
If it does not, the OTR community will have suffered a great loss.
Addendum, Two Weeks Later:
My Old Radio is back.
This Is Not Right 0
78 Fahrenheits two days before Christmas.
That’s okay in San Diego. Not here.
