Ron wrote a great post about the recent announcement that the U.S. Postal Service may discontinue Saturday delivery. I second the notion that junk mail is a scourge that should be dealt with, both for the individual and societal good. Now if we could just do the same with spam e-mail…..
Month: April 2001 (Page 4 of 7)
Did you know the freaky pagan origins of the word “Easter”? I certainly didn’t.
Note to freaky Pagans visiting this site: Welcome! – and no offense intended.
Couple of changes to the page: I added a permalink to each post, so you can link to any specific post if you find I’ve written something particularly trenchant that you want to share with the world. I also added a link on the left to my Amazon wish list, in case you want to buy me something. Feel free.
Interesting how they call them “faith-based programs” rather than “church-based programs.” And also interesting how public support for giving tax money to these organizations, no matter what they are called, goes down sharply the further they stray from good old USA Christianity. Hmmm.
Those Bushes are just no fun. I mean, what’s an Easter egg hunt without an AK-47 and some armor-piercing bullets? Charlton Heston will be extremely disappointed.
Spring is here, so I’m looking to refresh my Favorites list. What’s your favorite weblog (no, not your own)? Let me know by clicking on “talk back.”
If it’s mine, I thank you, and I am flattered. But clearly you need help.
Timothy McVeigh’s execution will be on closed-circuit television for families of the bomb victims to watch. I believed for a long time that all executions should be public – because I thought, perhaps naively, that forcing people to see the consequences of their decisions (in this case, allowing the state to kill people for killing people) would make them reconsider whether the death penalty was something they really wanted to get behind. But now, with Survivor and especially Series 7, I’m not so sure. Would it just be another step down the road to pop culture hell?
There’s a great scene in “Dead Man Walking” where Susan Sarandon talks to the prison nurse who attends to the “patient” being executed. The nurse talks about how grateful she is they switched from the gas chamber to lethal injection, since the former was just too hard on her. Aren’t we trying to find more “humane” ways of executing people (not a really classic humane act) so we can disassociate from our own part in the execution?
Oh god. (by way of MetaFilter)
Phrase which must be expunged from the brains of everyone on the planet, so there is absolutely no chance it will never be uttered again: “My bad!”
Movie Quote of the Year:
“Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything – real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can’t get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you’re in for the ride of your life.”
-Bob Diamond, Defending Your Life