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  • Shifting Directions. And Locations

    For a number of months, I’ve wrangled with my desire to keep this blog going. A family member commented on my lack of recent posts during Christmas vacation, which led me to consider whether I wanted to keep going. I care a lot about the site’s content. Looking back at five [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 10:30am EST
    by joe

  • Nice changes.

    Number of comments: 3
    Here’s a list: Joe Biden, in Congress for 30+ years, is Vice-President-elect. Rahm Emanuel, former Clinton counsel and congressman, is the new Chief of Staff. Eric Holder, who worked in the Clinton Justice Department, is the Attorney General-designate. Gregory Craig, who served as Clinton’s impeachment lawyer and was one of the sharks primarily responsible [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 5:22pm EST
    by joe

  • Why lower your standards?

    Number of comments: 2
    I’ve kept pretty quiet about the current political circus this year because, frankly, the whole process is beginning to annoy me beyond words. Every evening, I go down a long corridor to the fitness facility here to get in a workout. 18 large flat-screen TVs hang from the ceiling in [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
    by joe

  • The Sadness of the Left

    Number of comments: 3
    I laugh aloud heartily when I read the controversies manufactured by the most recent commentary from Fatimah Ali, a columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News or the Philadelphia Inquirer or whatever rag publishes her rants (they’re both at the same web site, so I can’t tell which is which). Ms. [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2008, 5:34pm EDT
    by joe

  • So much for all that security.

    Number of comments: 1
    I experienced an interesting situation last Friday night, even though I didn’t realize it until the next day. Something happened that made me question both the quality of airport security and the humanity of a fellow citizen. Yesterday was Kelly’s and my 29th wedding anniversary. I was due home this weekend [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 5:00pm EDT
    by joe

  • Pentagon 9-11 Memorial Day

    I view my current job at the Pentagon with a certain sense of awe. As one walks around this building each day, one sees (and becomes) one of a few thousand people who routinely perform their jobs without thinking they’re anything special. But one can’t help feeling a sense of [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2008, 12:27pm EDT
    by joe

  • Linux-to-Vista: He convinced me. To stick.

    Number of comments: 3
    The problem with commenting about articles on other tech websites is that one gets sucked into the vortex of one-tech-site-linking-to-another-tech-site, to the exclusion of many non-tech sites. What you wind up with then is a bunch of web sites patting one another on the back and providing referral links to [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2008, 6:23pm EDT
    by joe

  • Buy this free operating system now!

    Number of comments: 3
    Picture this scenario: You’re walking down the street in your neighborhood and you see a makeshift fruit stand on the corner. You stroll up and find a fellow with a whole lot of bananas. “I have banana trees at my house,” he says. “The tress were really bountiful this year, and [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2008, 1:11pm EDT
    by joe

  • Coffee Economics

    Number of comments: 3
    What never ceases to amaze me is the economic stupidity of the people in the richest, most advanced nation in the world. Starbucks announced last week that they’re closing 600 of their over 6000 global stores due to “underperformance.” They’ll also lay off 12,000 employees in a cost-cutting measure. My [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 10:18am EDT
    by joe

  • No “cabel” = smart Mom

    A pair of sisters in Salt Lake City are angry about the high price of gas. No, not because Mom and Dad won’t take them anywhere. They’re angry because Mom decided to cut back on expenses, and one of the first things she eliminated was their cable TV service. The girls [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 5:04pm EDT
    by joe

  • What’s in a Linux name?

    Number of comments: 2
    While posting something on a Linux forum the other day, a thought hit me. Another poster asked why millions of people use Windows, but fewer seem to want to use Linux, despite its ease of installation, available applications, security and zero-cost. The Linux user community discusses and argues this topic [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2008, 8:10am EDT
    by joe

  • Chuck will get your gas for you. Or he’ll roundhouse kick you.

    I saw a clip on Fox news this morning starring Chuck Norris. They dragged the poor guy out of bed to talk about some campaign he’s doing with World Net Daily to get Congress to approve oil drilling off the coast and in ANWAR. I’m all for this, as are [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
    by joe

  • In Jersey? What exit?

    Number of comments: 2
    While reading this American Thinker column lamenting the quality of today’s English writing, I was reminded of something I saw this weekend while driving up to New York. I was pretty shocked at first, thinking what I saw might have been an aberration. But I was wrong. If you travel along [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2008, 2:41pm EDT
    by joe

  • Apoplectic over Bush. And Bush is correct.

    There is nothing funnier than to watch the entire “leadership” of the Democratic party, including the two royals-in-waiting, Obama and Mrs. Rodham, having apoplectic fits over what President Bush said in a speech before the Knesset yesterday. All the usual suspects had their say on this one, including Joe Biden, [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2008, 3:26pm EDT
    by joe

  • This is why I use Linux.

    For most people who use Linux as their main operating system, explaining to a Windows user why they use Linux generally involves reading from a laundry list of benefits. Open source is free, updates are easy, security is better, and so on. On another site today, I found a funny [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 3:16pm EDT
    by joe

  • Petition the Release of Cuban Political Prisoners

    I received an email from our friend Val Prieto, who runs the great pro-Cuba, anti-Castro blog Babalú. Val and his fellow contributors work the front lines in the battle to fight the lies and propaganda emanating from Castro-led Cuba for nearly fifty years. I’ll let Val do the talking on [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 1:23pm EDT
    by joe

  • Whats scarier?

    After yesterday’s primaries, I suppose the general assumption is that Barak Obama will be the Democrat nominee for President. I still believe Mrs. Rodham isn’t going down before she releases the dogs on Obama, and I expect more scandalous information about him to appear in the press and on the [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 12:15pm EDT
    by joe

  • Celebrity eco-finger-pointing

    I love being right, even if just in a small way. Over the past few years, I’ve had lots of fun picking on “Dr.” Leo DiCaprio, thespian, resort entrepreneur and environmental expert. You can review my commentary here, here and here, as well as observations from Sheryl Crow and the [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
    by joe

  • Try inducing suicide next time.

    Number of comments: 2
    I wish I could have felt a bit more outraged after reading the story of Yale senior Aliza Shvarts, a mentally-deranged “art” major who decided to impregnate herself, then induce miscarriages, all in the name of making some kind of “statement.” The only “statement” I believe she successfully made is the [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2008, 4:57pm EDT
    by joe

  • Why today is important.

    No, it’s not that it’s tax day. Everyone knew that was coming. Last-minute filing? Beating a dead cliché. Does everyone not know that Americans are overtaxed, that the tax code is evil, and that you’re really working for a nanny state that wants your money for solutions to problems that [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
    by joe

  • Heres a great reason TV news sucks.

    i read an article on a website about TV this morning. The story was a list of the (allegedly) ten most powerful people in TV news. They mention Roger Ailes for his work on Fox News, and include a couple of the usual suspects, such as Tim Russert and Keith [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2008, 1:03pm EDT
    by joe

  • The poor poor, and the damned wealthy.

    I’ve now been working in the Washington D.C. area for more than two months. My job, thankfully, is completely non-political, and most of the people with whom I work don’t seem all that interested in getting lathered up over the coming nominations or elections. Occasionally, discussions of a local hot [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 10:54am EDT
    by joe

  • What a pal.

    Since I broached the subject of the presidential elections in my last post, let me just say one thing about that. Past visitors to this blog know I make no secret of which side of the political landscape I inhabit. The chances of me voting for either Democratic candidate (well, in [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 9:51am EDT
    by joe

  • Why No Endless Tissues?

    I always get this sinking feeling when I pull the last tissue out of a box, especially those square-shaped high ones. When a tissue sticks out of the top of the box, waiting for you to come along and pull it out for that sudden urge to blow or sneeze, [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2008, 9:04am EST
    by joe

  • I wish I was James Browns guitarist.

    Then I could have played along on Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud), and it wouldn’t seem stupid if I sang the chorus while I played. And James could tell people “Sure, he can sing along. I don’t care if he’s a white man. He’s the guitarist, goddammit! [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2008, 12:01pm EST
    by joe

  • Im going to be labeled a callous, heartless cretin for this.

    I can’t begin to imagine what horrors were experienced by the victims and witnesses of yesterday’s shootings on the campus of Northern Illinois University. Once again, we watched the failure of both the mental health industry (the killer apparently went off his meds and no one did anything about it) [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 3:36pm EST
    by joe

  • Linux to Windows is now easier.

    Number of comments: 2
    I’m always looking for unique ways to prop Linux as an alternative to Windows (especially the horrible Vista). Since there’s already tons of transition information out there, people should be able to easily find out this stuff on their own if they’re looking to make the switch, or at least [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 8:39am EST
    by joe

  • Underdogs

    My Jaguars wound up, as expected, beaten by New England and back home for the season on Saturday night. As disappointed as I was in the loss, I realized (far too late, of course) that I should have broken my “I-never-bet-on-my-favorite-team-no-matter-what” rule, since the Jaguars covered the thirteen-and-a-half point spread. [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 2:29pm EST
    by joe

  • Swift-boated.

    Number of comments: 1
    So I see that John Fitzgerald Kerry has endorsed Barak Obama for president. Well, that should eventually end Obama’s run for the White House. Well, maybe it’s not over for him yet. All we need now is for the Clinton dirt machine to dump whatever load it has on the man [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 12:26pm EST
    by joe

  • Jaguars vs Steelers: One of those Memorable Moments

    Number of comments: 1
    A lot has already been written and spoken about the thrilling Jaguars’ victory over the Steelers last Saturday night. I’m still working down in the Keys, and I had just returned to work last week after the long drive back on New Year’s Day. But I added a new HDTV [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2008, 6:04pm EST
    by joe

  • The Wedding Pictures Are Not Here

    This is a note to anyone in my family or The Beautiful Spouse’s family who wandered in here (or, as in the case of The Beautiful Spouse, was instructed to come here) seeking any photographs I took at the wedding of The Beautiful Spouse’s baby sister this weekend. They are not [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2007, 11:57am EST
    by joe

  • I have a good reason for my absence. Really.

    Number of comments: 2
    I haven’t been contributing much to this blog in recent months, other than the occasional pop-in to spout on something irresistible. But I really have a good reason for my scarcity. Now. I’m on strike. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Strike. [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2007, 1:48pm EST
    by joe

  • Comment spamming pigs.

    Hey…you…comment spammer… Yeah, asshole, you, the clown in Germany or Yugoslavia or Russia or whatever shithole country you’re from…I see you poking into the entries and leaving your comments filled with links for whatever shit you’re trying to peddle. And, guess what? You have yet to make it through, right? Do [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 3:17pm EDT
    by joe

  • Rosie: closet race baiter?

    Look, I despise Rosie O’Donnell. At one time, I actually thought that she was funny in A League Of Their Own and as Betty Rubble in The Flintstones. Unfortunately, as I’ve found her more and more disgusting over the years, I also find that I can’t watch those two movies [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2007, 1:11pm EDT
    by joe

  • Who got mugged?

    This story is so hysterical, I had to come out of a self-imposed writer’s block to comment. Randi Rhodes, a liberal loudmouth radio hack who did Florida a big favor by moving from West Palm Beach to New York in 2004, fell down while walking her dog in New York the [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2007, 4:01pm EDT
    by joe

  • The Internet is incredible because

    Number of comments: 1
    …I decided to install a few things on the laptop this weekend, and that, naturally, led to trouble, with a capital “T” and that rhymes with “P” and that stands for “pool.” I was fiddling with the installation of Kubuntu Linux on the laptop. Nothing serious, just to add a few [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2007, 11:50am EDT
    by joe

  • Circus? Controversy? Blackouts? QB Ratings?

    Our British cousins across the ocean have a different way of pronouncing the word controversy. Unlike Americans, who accent the first syllable (CON-trov-er-sy), they accent the second syllable (con-TROV-er-sy). I remember Tony Randall explaining this one night on the old Letterman show many years ago. So, is there still a [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2007, 1:06pm EDT
    by joe

  • I propose a wager

    First, please read this tragic story of a young soldier who left his unit, walked off into the desert and committed suicide. Now, please note that the story does not mention any reason why he did this. He did leave a note on his bunk, but apparently no specifics about why [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2007, 11:23am EDT
    by joe

  • Attention: If You Drive in Key West

    Number of comments: 2
    Two rules of the road which, if you adhere to them, would make your life and mine much easier. 1. Use your goddam signal. Yes, I know you’re a lost tourist who decided to drive down here rather then take a cruise ship. Or you’re a local who believes that you [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2007, 12:27pm EDT
    by joe

  • You should all die, you human scum.

    Number of comments: 2
    I occasionally hit the root page at del.icio.us, just to see what random recent links will pop up. Usually it’s something web development related or some “10 best…” list in which I have no interest. Some days you get lucky and get stuff like this. Spend a few minutes mousing over [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2007, 9:19am EDT
    by joe

  • Geeks Love Gods.

    This may go over the heads of most people who don’t spend their days buried in the Linux console, but I had to share it. On Craigslist, there’s a Linux discussion forum. As one would expect, the forum is inhabited by people like me, advocating and offering advice on using Linux [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2007, 5:45am EDT
    by joe

  • Linus “chats” about Linux

    I make no secret of the fact that I’ve been something of a Linux fan boy for about 14 years (except for a brief, yet unfulfilled fling with OS/2 in the mid-90s). I’ve expounded about it here many times, and considering its superiority as an operating system, I still fail [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2007, 11:25am EDT
    by joe

  • Save the Earth: Kill a Farting Moose

    You can’t make this stuff up, folks, and thank God we have the Internet to provide us a daily glimpse into the minds of the Greens. Here’s some of the details on this latest catastrophe in the global environmental crisis. Does anyone else wonder if these people realize just how stupid all [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2007, 11:07am EDT
    by joe

  • My Dream

    I’m a man of pretty simple tastes. I don’t demand a lot from life. I don’t need to have the fastest computer, the coolest cell phone, or a monster HD television (not yet, anyway). I like steak and potatoes, decent cigars and the company of family and friends. If my [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2007, 6:35am EDT
    by joe

  • Morning Sky, Key West

    One of the really great advantages to residing on the seashore is the ability to see the panorma of the sky. On a typical day, the skies over the Florida Keys are as clear and blue as you could imagine. Occasionally, weather systems move across the area, providing spectacular views [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2007, 10:12am EDT
    by joe

  • Fountain and House

    Number of comments: 1
    I bought myself a new camera a few weeks ago, an Olympus EVOLT E-500. The camera is a digital SLR, something I’ve lusted after for a while. The millions of digital cameras in the world have made pretty decent photographers of many of us, and the ‘Net is pretty jammed [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2007, 6:30am EDT
    by joe

  • This is not terrorism.

    Two men were arrested not far from the Goose Creek Naval Station in South Carolina on Saturday after local police caught them speeding, then discovered alleged pipe bombs in their car. According to the Fox News story, the authorities haven’t found a “terrorism connection” yet. Okay, let me get this [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2007, 10:10am EDT
    by joe

  • Come Fly With Me

    Number of comments: 2
    An online travel article I read a while back offered some suggestions to help make summer air travel easier. The list included some painfully obvious suggestions, even to the casual flyer, such as not making hijacking or terrorism jokes, or keeping your obnoxious child quiet and strapped into a seat [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2007, 6:25am EDT
    by joe

  • Torture vs. Blue Cross: Now I’m really confused.

    The United States began housing prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station after the attack on Afghanistan in 2001, right? Since then, the administration and every Federal agency, including the DOD, the CIA, the NSA, the FBI, along with a bunch of proxy civilian companies, have been accused of using [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2007, 2:27pm EDT
    by joe

  • Movie Truth

    Number of comments: 2
    In my fifty-two years, I have learned a number of immutable truths. Here one: The amount and frequency of advertising and promotion for a new movie is inversely proportional to the quality of said movie. This weeks example is a piece of shit called I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, the [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 7:14am EDT
    by joe
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