Blog of Doom

I was just turned on to an Orson Scott Card article that, as usual, makes you think.
World Watch - May 15, 2005 - The Riots of the Faithful - The Ornery American
Thank you for telling it like it is, Mr. Card. Everyone should read this and think on it. Maybe you don’t agree, but [...]

SD stands for Software Dilletante. Yet another attempt at a software program. This one is an old tried and true program I’ve used for a while when it was free, called MacJournal.
Pardon the hell out of me if I like to try out programs before I go to using one permanently. I’ve tried Ecto, MarsEdit [...]

Ash sent me a quote about persistence by Calvin Coolidge. I like it. I’ve seen it before and I can’t help thinking it’s probably true. I’ve seen a lot of people who succeeded because they didn’t give up. Their quote when asked about the secret of their success? “Never give up on your dream.” Persistence [...]

Morgan is now interested in local Plano water towers and high tension electrical towers. The water towers must have the big P on them. Authenticity is important!
He gets all excited when we drive by them. Now, I pick my route based on whether we’ll pass any water towers.
Sigh.

Morgan is ready to go shopping. One of the first shots I took with my awesome new digital camera. This is also one of the rare shots of him fully clothed. Normally Morgan doesn’t like to wear clothes. He will tolerate them for going out, but as soon as he hits the door coming [...]

We bought a new digital camera a couple of weeks ago. It is really sweet! I love this thing. I understand why people like the really small ones, but I just don’t think they can take pictures as good as this. It came with a 16 MB memory card, which was good for 8 really [...]

Oprah and the terrorists:
: Debbie Schlussel, conservative columnist and Howard Stern fave, writes a pretty damning indictment of Oprah’s mollycoddling of terrorists: Schlussel says Oprah wants us to understand mass murderer Mohammed Atta and understand a Palestinian human bomb and not mention that the murderers in Beslan were Islamic but instead came from the mountains. [...]

Guys, you’re not going blind from taking the pill. We all know why people go blind.

Capital Games: More on the Pentagon’s Koran Fib: “First there were no credible allegations; now the Pentagon admits there were ‘incidents.
(Via The Nation Weblogs.)
So what! What possible good or public interest was served by reporting this in the first place? What the hell did Newsweek think would happen?! In their childish quest for a scoop, [...]

Editor’s Cut: Wal-Mart Avarice: “Morley Safer takes aim at Wal-Mart.
(Via The Nation Weblogs.)
Brown, who has been nominated to serve on the powerful US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has condemned the New Deal, which gave the United States Social Security, the minimum wage and fair labor laws. She has expressed doubts [...]