When you can't be with the one you love...

...love the one you re with.

GPS, good or bad

I tend to like electronic devices of all stripes. Heck, if I owned an 8-track player I'd find a way to add the tapes to itunes if I was actually old enough to own any 8-tracks. I don't have a GPS, but know intimately how they work having worked for 5 years at a company that makes the database that goes in several of the popular models. This is by far the funniest, and probably the most accurate of reasons why I don't own one. (Although every time I go to Boston I think about buying one.)

Why I'm giving up on GPS devices. By Joel Achenbach Slate Magazine

What?

The incredible staying power of the laws against interracial marriage. - By David Greenberg - Slate Magazine

"In parts of rural Alabama, he said, probate judges still refuse to issue marriage licenses to interracial couples."

What?

Movie

The Painted Veil was a good, possibly great, movie. I don't like period pieces, or romance movies, or a variety of other genres that this movie touches on. However, much like The Quiet American this movie rose above genre and became what all movies should be; semi-intelligent entertainment (it's still not a book, hence the "semi").

interesting article

How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine


Unfortunately, it implies that we are all getting stupid (see The Daily Show's guest on 6/11 - Rick Shenkman, author of Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter).

AAAAHHH!

Final Skynet satellite launched

Wait, wasn't that the satellite name in Terminator? The one that became self aware and annihilated humankind?

Gaddafi

Gaddafi attacks Obama on Israel

I know how Anglicizing of Arabic names works, which is why Gaddafi is spelled at least 3 different ways - but it always amuses me when I see it happen. As to this particular link, I can't possibly see how Gaddafi speaking out against Obama could possibly hurt his chances. There's nothing like a stirring rejection by someone who the west generally remembers as a megalomaniac bent on destroying America (despite recent reforms) to boost your campaign credibility.

HA!

Katherine P. Rankin, a Neuropsychologist, Studies Sarcasm - NYTimes.com

I always knew I was psychic!

What?

Hilary Concedes)

Ok, so this is a non news point.
Hillary is not quitting, but just conceding that she lost the delegate count. Now the reason she's not quitting is variously reported as being because:
1. She wants to influence Obama's campaign
2. She wants the VP
or
3. She has too much debt and needs to continue to raise cash in order to be in the black.


Whatever...

Deservedly Bad Press

Nearby Firing Ranges Complicate Soldiers' Recovery From Stress - washingtonpost.com


What? You've got to be kidding me!

Crazy or Sane?

Crazy article from Slate.com

I can't decide whether this concept is crazy or if it would give you a perspective on your spouse and the things they do that you couldn't get just by being perceptive. I'm afraid I'd be overwhelmed by T's busy and creative life if I tried this, which may just be the fear of those with a y chromosome.