I was at my office Saturday for a few hours of focused work. Summer weekends find the office building, with it’s power saving partially lit hallways, in relative peace. Customarily no support staff work on weekends. There’s an open second floor library with a lone librarian, and one lobby/desk security …
Hi Risk, Low Risk, It Doesn’t Matter
Uninsured Slow To Enroll In New High-Risk Pools Don’t tell me they couldn’t have predicted this. Particularly since it cost more than some of these people take home in a week. Looking forward, with no significant regulation of the cost of the plans, or the cost of the care, it …
Overheard At American Apparel Camp
“I was lamenting over a tear in my nude Cotton Spandex Jersey Leggings, the pair I needed in order to squeeze into the size 0 Flower Bud Crochet Lace Scoop Back Dress mandated by my (financially troubled and ethically challenged) employer. Then the call came in: Sexually provocative hipster out.” …
My Immortals
There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there’s the super vampires, which are a new breed we’ve created. Guillermo del Toro
Strange Ones, A Poem, and Other Non Substantive Triviality
I often indulge in a little game In which I try to tell What certain bloggers would be like If I could know them well Of course, I rarely have the chance To see if I’ve guessed right But there is gratification in Apprasing folks sans sight Now and again …
Sunday Evening Notable
HT Andrew Sullivan. Fun Thought Slavoj Žižek: The Telegraph calls him “the world’s hippest philosopher with an opinion on every subject from decaffeinated coffee to sex, from seagulls and swearing to the end of the world. Entertaining misanthropy, and likely more brilliant than anything you’ve seen this week.
