I Do Wei Wu!
In my ongoing search for something to give people to call me besides "Godless Heathen" and "Communist Atheist", I have, for the last couple years, spent significant time looking into Taoist philosophy. In my usual fashion, I can't swallow the full shtick.
Where It All Began
I was thinking about an incident that occurred in an economics course I took a decade or so ago on the commute home this evening. I don't know why it popped into my mind, but for some reason, there it was, pissing me off just like it did when it first occurred. The incident in question was particularly significant because it was responsible for sending me off on my current political trajectory.
7th Time's The Charm
Let me tell you something you might already know: Windows Vista stinks like last night's diapers. I gave it a good college try, I really did. I ran it for something like 6 months. I felt like this was the wave of the future, and I needed to learn how to love it. But I ain't got that kind of love in me, so a couple weeks ago, I decided to make yet another go at a Linux desktop.
Last Refuge of Scoundrels
As we celebrate the last of the Summer holidays, there's something about the first that's been gnawing at me for a couple months. See, the 4th of July always seems to bring out the angry curmudgeon in me, as few other things can. I don't like the heat. The parade is lame. The fireworks display is crowded, the wait is too long, and the traffic getting home is abominable. Mostly, though, I don't like all the patriots.
Same Old Hag In A Brand New Dress
It's been running a couple weeks without any massive outages, so I guess I should announce the obvious: I've upgraded the website to Drupal 5.1. And it really didn't hurt that much.
Excellent Cruft
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
Tit-for-tat and The Weasel Rule
I've written before on my admiration for The Golden Rule. I consider
it to be the core of my values, the basic premise from which everything
else is derived. What more, I propose that a belief in anything else
as an addendum or prerequisite is at best superfluous, and at worst a
digression. That said, I wont deny that it does present it's own
challenges.
