Music hath… something

I guess the concept of “culture clash” has some literal meaning. Then again, perhaps our ears are trained by our respective cultures. I know from my own experience that Middle Eastern music sounds so terrible that I have fantasies of poking my eardrums out with icepicks. from Wizbang Looks like Uncle Sam has deployed the Continue reading Music hath… something

qotd

big brother Bruce Schneier: “Rarely do we discuss how little identification has to do with security, and how broad surveillance of everyone doesn’t really prevent terrorism.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]

from Ireland

Just when I’d begun to feel that all Europeans were anti-American, I come across Eamonn Fitzgeral’ds latest entry… Thanksgiving for the indispensable nation Seeing that some 60 percent of Rainy Day’s site visits originate from the USA, it would be churlish indeed to let Thanksgiving pass without giving thanks to all those Americas, not just Continue reading from Ireland

money

I realized I was watching something horribly strange on TV yesterday… an actual ad for money. Umm, do we not want it enough? Is it not desirable enough? Maybe it’s an odd way to get us all to go out and spend so we can fight terrorism with our strong economy. But alas, no… the Continue reading money