http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/ Member of the Reality-Based Community en-us 2008-07-19T12:22:59-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/003003.html Hmm. If it's not an explicit endorsement of Obama, it's pretty damned close. I imagine the White House and Senator McCain's campaign are fuming. Prime Minister al-Maliki of Iraq:In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine released Saturday, al-Maliki said... Linkmeister 2008-07-19T12:22:59-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/003002.html If you heard Science Friday today you heard a lot about solar energy. If you have a south-facing section of roof, you can probably benefit from installing a solar water heating system. Note: these systems (which we have) are not... Linkmeister 2008-07-18T10:56:14-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/003001.html I really wish repair people would arrive on schedule. The part for our dishwasher arrived on Tuesday, two hours after the initial appointment had to be rescheduled. Ok, but then the guy was supposed to come today between 8-12. No... Linkmeister 2008-07-17T12:55:12-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/003000.html F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote ""Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." Apparently Stuart Taylor thinks the politicians are different, too; they shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. Specifically, he thinks... Linkmeister 2008-07-16T10:21:05-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002999.html Why can't the National Institute of Standards and Technology focus on truly important things, like insuring that pickle packers label their dills in such a way that the consumer can determine from the label just how sour the contents are?... Linkmeister 2008-07-15T13:13:33-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002998.html I'm sure Barry Blitt had Angela Davis in mind when he drew his now-infamous cartoon for the cover of the New Yorker. Apparently you have to be my age or older to remember her, as I'd heard no one outside... Linkmeister 2008-07-15T10:44:04-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002997.html Presumably you've heard some of the outrage about the cover of the current issue of the New Yorker. If not, go look at it at that link. I'll wait. Now see how Mary Hodder has made the satire clearer. via... Linkmeister 2008-07-14T15:27:31-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002996.html Sometimes I'm so foolish I have to laugh at myself. We just bought a 7-drawer rattan dresser for Mom's use. It came unassembled. "How hard can it be," I said to myself. After a couple of missteps I managed to... Linkmeister 2008-07-13T16:17:21-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002995.html Here's some of the backstory on the EPA'a decision to do nothing about greenhouse gases for the remainder of Bush's term. after the Supreme Court's slap they divided into roughly two groups: those who felt that regulating under the Clean... Linkmeister 2008-07-12T12:35:01-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002994.html Here's a list (as of 2006) of the top-selling record albums of all time. Somehow I wouldn't have expected the Eagles' first Greatest Hits album to top the list. Neither would I have expected to see Britney Spears so well... Linkmeister 2008-07-12T11:10:36-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002993.html Today the EPA issued a preliminary document explaining how it was going to comply with a Supreme Court decision telling it that the Clean Air Act did authorize the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases; it would request public comment. Its... Linkmeister 2008-07-11T13:44:29-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002992.html My friend Peter of Detectives Beyond Borders sent me a copy of Walking Back the Cat by Robert Littell. It's the story of a KGB assassin who's been deactivated by virtue of perestroika and glasnost, only to be suddenly called... Linkmeister 2008-07-10T12:06:24-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002991.html Game 1, 1988 World Series. The As lead the Dodgers 4-3 in the ninth inning, with two out. Dennis Eckersley of the As is pitching to Mike Davis of the Dodgers. He throws ball four, and Kirk Gibson comes out... Linkmeister 2008-07-10T00:01:54-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002990.html . . .the Senate gave final approval on Wednesday afternoon to broadening the government’s spy powers and providing legal immunity for the phone companies that took part in the wiretapping program. [snip] Both houses, controlled by Democrats, approved what amounted... Linkmeister 2008-07-09T11:15:18-10:00 http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002989.html Freakin' Windows Updates. I got four automatic updates earlier today, clicked to install them, rebooted, and discovered the updates had killed my ZoneAlarm firewall. Every single program I try to access, be it e-mail (and all the links in e-mail)... Linkmeister 2008-07-08T14:34:53-10:00