February, 2016 archive
Turtles and Turtle-Like 0
We went to the gardens on Sunday and strolled around Mirror Lake, the only remaining portion of the original gardens, as we learned from one of the signs.
Hey! Rubio! 0
After I went for a bike ride wearing gym shorts and a light sweatshirt yesterday, I drove to the recycling center with my windows down.
In February.
Not in SoCal.
And it’s not just one fluke of a day. It’s a pattern.
Even granting that weather is not climate, the two are intimately intertwined.
Ground Hog Day 0
How would you like being dragged out of a nice sound sleep, pulled out into the light, then stuffed back in your bed, all just so a bunch of old white men can have their picture taken with you?
Where is PETA when they could do some good?
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. 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, February 4.
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)
Join the forums.
“The Most Dangerous Man in America” 0
Der Spiegel takes a long look at Trump. The picture is not an attractive one. Here’s a little bit:
Salon.com wrote: “(Trump) embodies that well-worn if still stinging observation about the country he hails from: that ‘America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without passing through civilization.'”
Do read the whole thing.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
Afterthought:
Second Son performed in a community theatre production of this show when he was a young ‘un. It’s quite a nice musical; it was Rogers and Hammerstein, for Pete’s sake. You can find the whole show–not the one he was in, the one that was on the telly vision–somewhere on that YouTube thingee.
Live theatre has its own magic. No two performances are alike.
One of the most curious things about the community theatre experience was watching teenagers do absolutely magically transcendent things on stage, things that made you forget that they were teenagers, then turn right back into teenagers when they returned to the green room . . . .
Cowboy Cosplay 0
Performance art is no fun if no one can see the performance.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite at the public house.
(snip)
Police determined that Snow had gone to the men’s room and his .45 caliber handgun somehow accidentally discharged, and he was struck.
Guns and grog–always a good mix.
Bigots Reaching beyond the Grave 0
Shorter Minnesota court ruling: Live and let die.
Dreams in the Koch Den 0
Thom and Jane Mayer discuss the very strange political heritage of the Koch family.
