12.06.06
7:04 am - Jason G. - Commentary
I think I just coined a new word… Blogorrhea.
Most people who studied hard for the SATs know the word logorrhea. The definition: “incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.”
In the blogosphere, I find that there are quite a few people who have logorrhea of the blog, or to be precise, blogorrhea. Not to be confused with splogs, blogorrhea occurs with real people who just have trouble turning off the nozzle with their blog postings…
I feel quite witty with that one… Aren’t words fun?
12.01.06
11:32 pm - Jason G. - Commentary
I just read a good article on how inter-personal relationships fall into four categories:
Communal sharing is how you treat your immediate family: All for one and one for all. Or as Marx put it: From each according to ability, to each according to need.
Equality matching, by contrast, means we all take turns. From kindergarten to the town meeting, it’s all about fair shares, reciprocity, doing your part.
Authority ranking is how tribes function, not to mention armies, corporations and governments. Know your place, obey orders, and hail to the chief.
Market pricing, of course, is the basis of economics. It’s what we do whenever we weigh costs and benefits, trade up (or down), save or invest.
– Alan Fiske via the Philadelphia Inquirer
11.22.06
7:07 am - Jason G. - Commentary
The guy who decides to build this in his back yard has my nomination for the “biggest balls ever” award.
11.19.06
10:39 pm - Jason G. - Commentary
11.11.06
11:38 am - Jason G. - Commentary
What if Texas issued its own currency and had its own central bank? Texas as a nation would not be a small player. In dollar terms, it is larger than Korea or Brazil or Mexico and 25% larger than India.
(from Mauldin’s weekly email.)
11.08.06
5:43 pm - Jason G. - Commentary
Witch, coming from the Saxon word “wicca,” means “wise one.”
Last year, the state of Illinois was the U.S.’ No. 1 pumpkin producer with 497 million pounds—followed by California, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion annually in the United States.
In 2005, statistically every American consumed 26 pounds of candy—much of it believed to be eaten around Halloween.
The 1978 movie “Halloween” was made in only 21 days.
The mask used by Michael Myers in the movie was a painted William
10.31.06
9:51 am - Jason G. - Commentary
10/31/2006 8:30 A.M.
THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL.
Doh! So much for expedited shipping.
6:47 am - Jason G. - Commentary
I once again am liberated from the wicked expectations…
…just in time for Haloween.
10.22.06
7:28 am - Jason G. - Commentary
Holy crap, it might just be easier to aimlessly twist the thing around until it randomly solves itself…
Doing The Cube – Instructions on solving a Rubik’s Cube
10.12.06
7:30 am - Jason G. - Commentary
Clos Du Bois and Rex Goliath both use the term Shiraz even though they’re Californian… According to WikiPedia, “…in cases where the winemaker chooses to follow a new world style … they may choose to label their wine as a Shiraz. Under American wine laws, either name may appear on the label.”
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