http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:07:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two years and two weeks after I began this job, I got a phone call that ended it. Well, I mean, it hasn't ended yet but the end is very clearly in sight. "Be careful what you wish for," they say, "because you just might get it." I think I ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/27/mama-leone-left-a-note-on-the-door/ To this point, I have read one of Dostoevsky's novels and started reading another. Both have been thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening, but that's not what I'm here to talk about. No, the theme of today's discussion, as you may have noted from the title of this post, is man. In each ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/18/on-man/ Wired's Threat Level is reporting on a list of street gang slang compiled by law enforcement officers. I am reminded of that one part of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where dude is at the drug conference. Hilarity all around. Before I get to my main point, here are ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/13/aryan-kodos/ I have no idea how to even begin researching these questions, so I'm just throwing them out there. You hear about plenty of clinical trials where Drug X is shown to be no better than a placebo in treating Condition Y: patients are told they'll get medicine, but ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/11/placebos/ Thank you, Dennis. Fight the good fight. http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/09/hey/ One of these days, or weeks or months or years, I'm going to remember that there are people who are more than willing to help me, and who don't want me to fail horribly. And one of these days, it is to be hoped, I'll let myself be helped before ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/09/same-old-song-and-dance/ I noticed yesterday that the victor of the most recent video format war might be considered extremely unfortunately named. See, I saw an ad yesterday promoting the home video release of a movie. The voiceover for the ad said the movie was "now available on DVD and blurry high-def." ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/06/contradiction-in-terms/ Speaking of corn... Considering that the cows that provide the beef are fed a diet of corn and basically every other ingredient is sweetened with corn, you could argue that McDonald's really serves cornburgers. And speaking of speaking of corn, what a fortuitous billboard to drive past while having the above ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/05/29/mcbeef/ All things considered, my life is going extremely well. And I'm lucky enough that I don't even know how lucky I am. I will try to allow myself to enjoy it. ... And I'll try to focus on how good I have it, even though I've screwed myself over again ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/05/27/le-singe-est-sur-la-branche/ According to the Associated Press, the world has gone topsy-turvy: High gas prices drive farmer to switch to mules MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — High gas prices have driven a Warren County farmer and his sons to hitch a tractor rake to a pair of mules to gather hay from ... http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/05/23/futurismo/