Mary Wollstonecraft, an acclaimed 19th century writer and activist, once said, “No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness.” In everyday life, I believe this is largely true. We give in to the yearnings of either lust or money (and, really, there is very little difference) and Hell follows. [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, tagged activist, America, antibodies, Brit, business, car, choose, comfort, consequence, decision, English, evil, feedback, goods, greed, grudge, happiness, hell, host, House, human, indulge, intelligence, international, jet, Jetson, lie, loop, lust, mammal, Mary, material, mistake, momentum, money, more, negative, party, peace, politic, pursuit, redeem, resolution, revenge, rich, species, standard of living, temper, tension, treachery, United States, vaccine, vehicle, vengeance, virus, weapon, Wollstonecraft, writer on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kyrgyz Clashes
Posted in General Mischief, tagged ABC, action, ammunition, appointment, arm, automatic, Bahkiev, Bakiev, Bakiyev, Bishkek, capitol, change, cheat, clash, CNN, concussion grenade, conscience, corrupt, cost, coup, damage, dead, demonstration, depose, determination, excessive, fair, fight, fire, force, freedom, government, governor, guard, gun, handgun, hostage, hurt, injure, interim, justice, killed, Kurmanbek, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, leader, malfeasance, mass, media, moral, news, Nightline, non-lethal, opposition, Otunbayeva, oust, police, politics, populace, population, power, president, price, protest, rebel, republic, resign, resignation, resolution, retaliat, riot, Rosa, Roza, rubber bullet, Russia, sharpshooter, sub-machine, Talas, tear gas, unarm, United States, unjust, USSR, utility, vehicle, video, violence, water cannon, weapon, White House, witness, wound on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve watched the world news or read a bit online, you’ve probably seen something about the riots in Kyrgyzstan, a former USSR republic that borders China and just tried to oust its president. Protesting masses took to the streets demanding a change in government, the president fled, hundreds of police were summoned to quell [...]
Bad Driving
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Humorous, tagged bad, car, cell, charming, cop, drive, driver, driving, evidence, example, luck, motor, Oprah, phone, photo, police, post, results, skill, vehicle, video, What the F*ck Zup on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With Oprah’s push to stop cell phone use while driving, and all the various photos and videos providing evidence of why some people should not be allowed behind the wheel, I thought I’d post something a bit lighthearted on the subject of driving. At the charmingly named website “What the F*ck Zup Dot Com” resides [...]
Nikola’s Newest Incarnation
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, tagged 3G, AC, acceleration, air-conditioning, amenities, American, automobile, automotive, battery, capacity, car, charge, connectivity, conversion, convertible, cruise control, delivery, dream, electric, family, hatchback, hood, horsepower, hybrid, impressive, life span, maintenance, mileage, Model S, MPG, mph, Nikola Tesla, performance, power connector, power doors, power windows, price, product, progress, pun, roadster, rpm, seat, sedan, Signature, speed, Sport, sports car, stereo, suspension, tech, technology, Tesla Motors, touchscreen, trunk, upstart, vehicle, Volkwagen on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I titled this post Nikola’s Newest Incarnation to tip my hat toward old Nikola Tesla, who changed all our lives, and to pull out a terrible pun. See, this is about the upstart automobile manufacturer Tesla Motors (hence the Nikola). And since they build cars… Incarnation = in”car”nation. Get it? (I told you it was [...]
Cash For Clunkers, the Newest Con
Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, tagged block, budget, burden, buy, buyer, car, Cash For Clunkers, choice, class, con, consumer, cost, credit, crush, dealership, demand, destroy, economy, engine, government, hardship, incentive, liquid glass, low-income, market, mileage, new, price, pro, program, purchase, salable, shred, stimulus, supply, trade-in, truck, used, value, vehicle, voucher, water glass on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cash For Clunkers seems like a pretty good program. Bring in a not-so-great vehicle and get up to $4500 in credit toward a new vehicle, a value virtually no one would get from a traditional trade-in program. There are a few stipulations but nothing outlandish. And it’s helping both the consumer and the economy, right? [...]
Father Used to Know Best
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, tagged advertising, aid, babysitter, background, bills, card, child, child care, Christmas, clothing, club, commercialization, couch, coverage, dental, dinner, dollar, expendable, expensive, family, father, Father's Day, federal, flowers, food, fool, garage, gender, gift, golf, goofy, grill, holiday, household, hungry, idiot, income, indicator, internet, jewelry, law, lawnmower, leafblower, local, lust, maintanence, marginalize, maternal, medical, Memorial Day, men, money, mortgage, mother, Mother's Day, movies, newspaper, offspring, optometry, parent, paternal, paycheck, quaint, race, regulation, rent, repair, restriction, role, rude, school, selfish, shoes, single father, single mother, society, socks, stamps, state, subsidy, summer, supplement, supplies, tax, television, tie, transport, utility, vacation, vehicle, women, work, wrench on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After visiting a friend’s blog, I discovered that I had completely forgotten Mother’s Day. I’m not a mother myself, and have no mother or maternal relations, so I often forget. But I think fathers are getting a raw deal. Mother’s Day gets splashed all over the television, newspapers, and internet advertising like a second Christmas. [...]
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