Category Archives: Random Thoughts

My Travels with Vlad

When I was still in college, I attempted to read a book named _Phoenix_, and stopped after the first chapter or so; I don’t know, it just didn’t grab me. The copy I had was borrowed from a guy who … Continue reading

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She’s a good ship

“We use ‘she’ to refer to something which we have so much affection for that it almost seems rude to refer to it as ‘it’.” — from StackExchange

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I like roads.

Can we all agree that we need and enjoy public services? The roads that I drove to work on; the police and fire departments that help when I’m in trouble; the water, electricity, and garbage collection that make it possible … Continue reading

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Whence happiness?

In light of my 40th birthday, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my life and where I’ve been and where I’m going. I suppose you could call it a midlife crisis (hey, I already bought the slightly-unreasonable car!).

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A blog re-org

To my readers (as if there are any :), you may or may not have noticed that a bunch of Things on My Mind is simply gone. In particular, all the CNC/Arduino/hobbyist stuff is out, and what’s left is a … Continue reading

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The darndest things

Brett has always come up with some awesome one-liners. The latest: “Aquaman is a mermaid”

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Hoisted with “our” own petard

Let me get this straight. One of the Republican tenets is that immigration is Bad. I don’t know why it’s Bad, perhaps all Republicans are Native American, as everybody else immigrated. But I doubt that, so it must be something … Continue reading

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Note to Future Self: “You’re Welcome”

One of the things that I really like in my life is when I know exactly where to find something. I call it “a gift from my past self”. Here’s a tricky (heh) set of connections I made recently. Brett … Continue reading

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