the War on Folly

Warning: Blair Rebounding

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:09:45 -0500

azspot: Private Sector Employment Growth (how does this turn...

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:13:48 -0400

azspot: Private Sector Employment Growth (how does this turn around?)

"You can yell at a cop in America. This is not Iran. And if some people don’t like what you’re..."

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:40:12 -0400

“You can yell at a cop in America. This is not Iran. And if some people don’t like what you’re saying, too bad. You can even be wrong in what you are saying. There is no law against that. It is not an offense for which you are supposed to be arrested.”

- Bob Hebert: Anger Has Its Place

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Zach. Zach Randolph takes his...

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:32:16 -0400

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Zach. Zach Randolph takes his 20-10 act to Memphis. Z, may I suggest you rent instead of buying?

"Hey Bill, I saw your man Ray Allen at a bar in Hartford on Saturday night. After getting over the..."

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:14:58 -0400

“Hey Bill, I saw your man Ray Allen at a bar in Hartford on Saturday night. After getting over the shock of seeing him, my boyfriend turned to me, very serious, and said, “OK, go have sex with Ray Allen and tell me how it is.” Would you make that offer to the Sports Gal for any sports figure? If you did would she be offended? Because I wasn’t, and I think maybe I should have been.”

- Bill Simmons’ Summer Mailbag
Yep, these are his readers.

Wikipedia article of the day: Gropecunt Lane

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:26:23 -0400

Wikipedia article of the day: Gropecunt Lane :

“Gropecunt, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words grope and cunt.^[1] Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare.”

I’m almost inclined to believe there’s a rogue Onion writer out there fingerin’ the ‘pedia.

Google's Chrome OS: what it means, why it matters

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:46:00 -0400

Google's Chrome OS: what it means, why it matters

"Day One Buddhism. Because, once you see what’s really there — once you know about an idea or a thing..."

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:25:52 -0400

“Day One Buddhism. Because, once you see what’s really there — once you know about an idea or a thing or a person or whatever that you’d reject 10,000 other things to protect and nurture — you’ve found your priority. And, consequently, you’ve discovered a bunch of other things that aren’t allowed to be priorities any more. Even in spirit. Because, if you aren’t rejecting or dumping things every single day, you don’t know your priority. You’re making things up. If you think you have 35 priorities, then yes: you also think you have 35 arms. Is it any wonder you’re feeling awkward and unsure?”

- M. Mann: Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities | 43 Folders