lullaby pit

drdenny sure has hit the ground running. Today’s entry does a nice job examining one more element of the kleptocracy…..

This little quotable hit my box this morning, courtesy of the pit’s Rocket Science Editor, Dr. Mike Pecaut: “People are always willing to pay far more for entertainment than they are for science, and yet they place far far greater demands on science than they ever do on entertainment.” That sounds about right.

The Stations of Falling Daylight and streetlight do a slow crossfade as the clock tower counts to six. February raindrops grow sluggish at 33 Fahrenheit, like eyelids thinking of long, cold sleep. Their frozen dreams must be like prayer, the faith in a sunburst eternal morning and the silvergreen ricochet from one crystal minaret to another, purple, gold, and the

Looks like we finally talked another bud, catwhite, into joining us here at LJ. Her inaugural post is a reply to my mid-life rant from yesterday. Make her welcome….

I recently received this from someone I correspond with. This person is employed by the Federal government. I think it raises all kinds of questions about how our tax-supported agencies are being adminstered. Draw your own clonclusions. __________________ Dear Sam: As I recently informed you, I have decided to no longer use my workplace email account except for work related

Even somebody who has struggled as mightily against the tides of age and convention as I have probably has to admit that by the time you hit 45 you should have decided what you want to be when you grow up. There is so much to love about what I do for a living, but there is also the soul-numbing

It took awhile, but I finally talked my colleague, Dr. Denny Wilkins, into joining us here at LJ. His first post is on the topic that had me so amped up yesterday, taxing tuition benefits. Read drdenny here.

[Thanks to Mike Pecaut for passing this along.] Okay, earlier I was pissed because America’s youth think it’s okay to censor the press. Now with the results of the whole survey before me, I begin to see maybe why they’re so fucked in the head. One in five teachers and principals do not believe the press should be allowed to

This is appalling. Not especially surprising, since we’re talking about a group of people who stand to benefit from having the dumbest population possible. I mean, why don’t we just fucking outlaw education? This won’t hurt a huge majority of Americans, but it will do some rather on-point damage to my family, for instance. One reason my sister took her

I cannot begin to describe how truly frightening this is. Never mind, for just a second, what this says about the brain-dead politics The Future of America® is buying into. What about the abject failure of the education system that’s producing this new generation of Hitlerjungen? Nicked from today’s Benton Communications-related Headlines: US STUDENTS SAY PRESS FREEDOMS GO TOO FAR

[Thx to the dad-in-law for passing this on.] I love U2. My favorite band, and in my view easily one of the greatest bands that ever lived. Some days I’ll even argue that they have eclipsed The Beatles as the greatest ever. Not only that, I’ve seen them in person three times, and they are hands-down the best live band

Well, this is certainly good news.

Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi has died of stomach cancer at 60. RIP.

This is a new piece by Cody Barstow, who I’ve been trying to get into blogging forever, and I may finally be getting to him. The article essentially argues that, well, here’s a snip: A volunteer force is the perfect way for a government to avoid dissent in the country. Respect for the fallen and living precludes dissent….With a draft,