May, 2015 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness can be a moving experience.
A woman died Tuesday morning in what police believe may have been an accidental shooting. . . .
Preliminary investigating indicates a woman was moving her boyfriend’s gun when the weapon fired, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officials said.
Pedestrian Concerns 0
I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike.
And where I live is a good place to ride: the traffic is light inside the development, the streets are wide and level, and the drivers for the most part courteous.
Not so the pedestrians and the joggers, who seem to get stupider every year.
I can understand a jogger’s choosing to run on asphalt, rather than the concrete sidewalk. If you’ve ever gone running, you know that asphalt is a damned sight softer than concrete.
Nevertheless, all those heel-strikes seem to be having detrimental effects on their brain stems. Rather than running on the right side of the road–that is, the left, facing on-coming traffic, more and more of them seen to prefer the wrong side of the road–that is, the right–with the traffic. Heck, more than a few of them take their side of the road in the middle.
With their heads buried in their iJunk machines listening to God knows what or why, they don’t hear me coming up behind them on my silent hit-and-run machine bicycle. (I wouldn’t listen to something via headphones on a bet when I’m bicycling–I want to hear the cars coming up behind me.)
One of these days, one of them is going to veer right in front of me at the last minute despite my shouting “Passing” in my loudest voice, and I’ll have it all recorded on my handle-bar cam.
“Lone Star Lunatics” 0
Jon Stewart takes on the shootings at Pam Geller’s Hate Fest and other looniness in Texas.
Below the fold in case it autoplays.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Learn how to use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, May 7.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A model (home) of politeness.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill shot Gwenevere McCord, 43, in the abdomen at a model show home in a subdivision in Gwinnett County on Sunday, according to police. Local media reported that McCord is a real estate agent who is friends with Hill.
Guess he didn’t like the asking price, but, according to TPM, he ain’t talking.
And, in more news of the polite . . . .
Chris-Crossed 0
Dick Polman struggles to find the right analogy for Chris Christie:
Follow the link to see which one he selects.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family affair.
If you are too stupid to unload a gun before cleaning, you are too stupid to handle a weapon–any weapon.
Helm’s Deep 4
Jim Wright tries to figure out the terror in Texas. A snippet:
This, right here.
I’ve been putting it off, talking about Jade Helm, because it’s just so stupid, just so utterly fucking stupid even for the twitching under-medicated paranoia that passes for Republicans nowadays. But I see I can’t evade it any longer.
Read it.
Teflon Blue 0
Thoreau explains how Teflon blue is the Catch-22 of the color pallet.
