December 2011
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A Cautionary Tale?
As I wait for it to get closer to time to get ready for New Year’s festivities, I’m sitting here watching TV. As I scanned through the online “what’s on” guide, I saw that National Geographic TV was running one of their Aftermath shows. The series, as a whole, is based on some fairly far-fetched premises. However, those premises were, previously, ones that...
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Value Proposition of Movies
Last night, a buddy of mine and I went to go see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. It wasn’t a horrible movie but it was hardly “art”. Two tickets for the non-3D version ran $24. Add in two 1qt bottles of water for $9 bucks (that’s $18/gal. for water - even at its peak, gasoline wasn’t that expensive) and you’re at more than $30 for two hours of mid-grade...
FaceBook Timeline
A week or so ago, I disabled my FaceBook account. I’m almost tempted to reactivate it to see what my Timeline looks like. Unfortunately, it seems that FaceBook only is granting you seven days from activation to edit your Timeline contents. Given how much data I generated since opening my FaceBook account, I don’t think seven days is going to be enough time to do the requisite edits...
I think any doctor that charges late/missed...
I don't think doctors should be allowed to...
I still remember, as a very young child, first...
I give up: why does Sidney Crosby bother to try...