Category Archives: Rants
digital TV woes
Well dear reader, it is starting to look like we have been had. I used the government web site to obtain a card for a $40 credit towards getting an analog to digital converter box for my TV last August. … Continue reading
metaphor simile euphemism
Sometimes a seemingly random series of events somehow combine to reveal insight. Recently comparisons to Monty Python’s Flying Circus have come to my attention, including a suggestion that Michael Palin might have been a better choice than Sarah (unfortunately he … Continue reading
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Tagged black comedy, economy, spin
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current events
Well, this is a rant, so pass on if you don’t want opinion. One of the things about Barak Obama that appealed to me when I watched interviews was that he actually listened to the question, paused a bit, then … Continue reading
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egg etc.
OK, this is not a Photoshop trick, click the thumbnail to see that an expiration date is printed on this egg, as was the case for all its companions in the carton. With the price of food going up and … Continue reading
web parable
Ah, my child, it is well that you ask “Are not a word processor and a text editor the same thing?” It is like unto two women who bought eggs. The first woman came home from the grocery store and … Continue reading