Dear cyclist on 15th street,
I saw you run two red lights, one of them being the red light on 15th and Iowa. I saw you run the red light at Crestline and Billings further down. I also called Lawrence PD to file a complaint and left your description.
To the rest of the cyclists in Lawrence, KS, and surrounding areas: I now have Lawrence Nonemergency Dispatch on speed dial. This is getting stupid.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Moral Hazard
Taxes are going to be going up.
A quote cited by The Economist magazine:
BARRY RITHOLTZ, a prominent financial pundit, writes with tongue not entirely in cheek that the first lesson from the government’s bail-out of Bear Stearns in March was to “Go Big”. “Don’t just risk your company, risk the entire world of finance. Modest incompetence is insufficient—if you merely destroy your own company, you won’t get rescued. You have to threaten to bring down the entire global financial system.”
441 Billion dollars of bad debt.
85 Billion dollars of US government money to help them at least liquidate with some sense of order.
I don't care who gets elected, taxes are going up.
The good news? Gas prices going down. Know that means? Less market share for ethanol!
A quote cited by The Economist magazine:
BARRY RITHOLTZ, a prominent financial pundit, writes with tongue not entirely in cheek that the first lesson from the government’s bail-out of Bear Stearns in March was to “Go Big”. “Don’t just risk your company, risk the entire world of finance. Modest incompetence is insufficient—if you merely destroy your own company, you won’t get rescued. You have to threaten to bring down the entire global financial system.”
441 Billion dollars of bad debt.
85 Billion dollars of US government money to help them at least liquidate with some sense of order.
I don't care who gets elected, taxes are going up.
The good news? Gas prices going down. Know that means? Less market share for ethanol!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Feliz anniversario
So in keeping with tradition of the second Friday of September:
Feliz anniversario, amor!
Thanks for three wonderful years of random adventures, strange people, and good times.
Feliz anniversario, amor!
Thanks for three wonderful years of random adventures, strange people, and good times.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Swing and a miss.
From a classic movie about baseball and growing up:
"You're killing me, Smalls!"
Do I even really need to go into this again?
How about I go in a new direction with my Ethanol rants, since rationality, logic, and economic principles don't seem to be making a dent. I think conspiracy theory and innuendo might do the trick. It worked for Roswell's tourism industry. Who can tell me what Archer Daniels Midland is? Anyone? Wiki-it.
"You're killing me, Smalls!"
Do I even really need to go into this again?
How about I go in a new direction with my Ethanol rants, since rationality, logic, and economic principles don't seem to be making a dent. I think conspiracy theory and innuendo might do the trick. It worked for Roswell's tourism industry. Who can tell me what Archer Daniels Midland is? Anyone? Wiki-it.
Nerds 1, Hippies 0
Monday, September 08, 2008
Tune in to the End of the World!
Even better news, you can watch the destruction of time and space as we know as it happens through web broadcast! Sweeeeeeet.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The End is Near... (this Wednesday Actually)
It would be a finale worth of Vonnegut.
That's right, on Wednesday of this week, life, the universe, everything will be sucked into a black hole, or so says the AP. Either that or we'll get some rather interesting results for physicists. But I prefer the end of time as we know it.
Obama vs. McCain? Globalization vs. protectionism? Enviromentalism vs. ... not-Enviromentalism? Ethanol vs. common sense? Buttering your bread on the bottom vs. the top side of your toast? Who cares. Quasars are going to devour us all from a laboratory in Switzerland. Time to check off your bucket list folks.
That's right, on Wednesday of this week, life, the universe, everything will be sucked into a black hole, or so says the AP. Either that or we'll get some rather interesting results for physicists. But I prefer the end of time as we know it.
Obama vs. McCain? Globalization vs. protectionism? Enviromentalism vs. ... not-Enviromentalism? Ethanol vs. common sense? Buttering your bread on the bottom vs. the top side of your toast? Who cares. Quasars are going to devour us all from a laboratory in Switzerland. Time to check off your bucket list folks.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Entertainment Value
Best
Election
Ever.
Plagiarism, out-of-wedlock-underage pregnancy, illegitimate children, all-to-vague promises of "change", grumpier old men, inexperience, OVERexperience, outsiders, insiders, PUMAs, polar bears, and Ralph Nader yet again on the ballot to top it all off (by the way, I signed the petition for my local county to get him on the ballot in 2008. God bless America.)
This is going to be a very long month. Better to have a sense of humor about it now.
Election
Ever.
Plagiarism, out-of-wedlock-underage pregnancy, illegitimate children, all-to-vague promises of "change", grumpier old men, inexperience, OVERexperience, outsiders, insiders, PUMAs, polar bears, and Ralph Nader yet again on the ballot to top it all off (by the way, I signed the petition for my local county to get him on the ballot in 2008. God bless America.)
This is going to be a very long month. Better to have a sense of humor about it now.
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