Category Archives: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Bang, Zoom, To the Moon!

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Keith

While flouncing around Florida, lying his ass off to elderly people trying to scam their votes, Newt Gingrich announced that he’d like to build a moon base by 2020. This naturally got some attention. A lot of people — especially … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 by Keith

The wedding of Prince Humperdink and Princess Buttercup this weekend got overshadowed by our collective blood lust on Sunday but I wanted to try and at least sort out a little of what was going on, at least in my … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Hate Us For Our Freedoms after All

Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 by Keith

Over at the Awl, we find this enlightening piece on Egypt and Egyptians attitudes towards the US. Far from being the fever dream of our own would-be theocrats on the right, the situation is a lot more complicated and positive. … Continue reading →

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The Millennial Myth

Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 by Keith

You may have heard of the Millennials (and count yourself lucky if you haven’t). They’re the tech savvy kids born since the late 1980s, who grew up with the Internet and mobile phones and are plugged in, turned on and … Continue reading →

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Business Opportunities Involving the London Bridge

Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Keith

Of all the novels we could be living in, this is not the one I would have suspected: Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of the houses of parliament — in other words, the working log of … Continue reading →

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Yours is an Unoriginal Sin

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Keith

The iPad came out this weekend and the backlash is in full form. “Why would I want a big iPod?” says the computer geek, pushing his glasses up his nose. “I already have a netbook running Red Hat Linux.” Saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means, Technology, The Best Minds of My Generation, Things That Are Not Bombs | 1 Comment

HCR 4ever!

Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Keith

So we have health Care Reform! Yippee! I have the same advice for President Obama that I did when he was elected: Congrats! Now don’t fuck this up. As to the substance of the bill… Meh. It ain’t what I, … Continue reading →

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The Socialist Revolution Started 30 Years Ago, Apparently

Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 by Keith

From John Quiggin over at Crooked Timber comes this article about how at least 33% of Americans under 30 think Socialism is just dandy. Which is interesting for a number of reasons, very few of them having to do with … Continue reading →

Posted in I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means, Politics, Schadenfreude: Tastes Great and Less Filling, What Are Conservatives Smoking? | Comments Off

We Will All Retire to the Hobo Jungle

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 by Keith

OK, look, this whole thing with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is getting out of hand. Now, I don’t claim to be an economist, but apparently I have one thing most economists don’t, and that’s half a brain. If the … Continue reading →

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“You Keep Using This Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.”

Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 by Keith

There was an interesting discussion over at Boing Boing earlier about libraries and how they handle books on the occult. Cecile Dubuis wrote a master’s dissertation for University College London titled “Libraries & The Occult.” I’ve only read bits of … Continue reading →

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