Monthly Archive for December, 2010

New Year’s Resolutions – 2011

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” -Abraham Lincoln

I didn’t do so hot with my 2010 New Year’s Resolutions.

2010 resolution: I wanted to use Bedpost regularly.

2010 result: I did okay with this, some months I was better than others.

2010 resolution: I wanted to learn how to roll a joint.

2010 result: I have not.

2010 resolution: Make a perfect red velvet cake.

2010 result: I got closer but not perfection.

2010 resolution: Watch more documentaries.

2010 result: I managed to watch a few, but not nearly as many as I wanted.

2010 resolution: Run a 10k.

2010 result: Not even close.

So let’s see, what’s on tap for 2011?

  • I still want to use Bedpost and use it more regularly.
  • I still want to learn to roll a joint, which may actually happen in this country.
  • Use Bedpost every single time. Look, if you’re going to sleep with me, just know that I’m probably heading for my laptop to record the details as soon as I can stand. For some, that may be awhile.

Other than that, my priorities have changed a bit this year.

I want to learn to speak Dutch. I know I probably won’t be totally fluent by the end of 2011 but I’d like to be significantly more fluent than I am today.

And that’s pretty much my only new 2011 goal. Maybe I have PTSD from all the changes in 2010.

Published on December 31, 2010 in Redheaded Stepchild. 0 Comments

You Can’t Pick Your Family

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

Over on The Daily Dish, there is an ongoing discussion about how you deal with racist relatives over the holidays.  Lots of interesting suggestions about how you can handle your racist grandfather or homophobic aunt, everything from simply not attending family functions to pulling a “Colbert.”

A comment on one of those posts lead me to video on illDoctrine by Jay Smooth.  Pretty solid advice on how to handle people making racist remarks (at any time of the year.)

Published on December 27, 2010 in Back Of The Bus. 0 Comments

A Heart-Warming Christmas

“Elves are cool, man.” -Orlando Bloom

Published on December 25, 2010 in Hodgepodge. 0 Comments

But I Like Having My Naked Picture Taken By TSA

“Most people want security in this world, not liberty.” -Henry Louis Mencken

I found this article interesting.

“Despite facing dozens of potential threats each day, the security set-up at Israel’s largest hub, Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, has not been breached since 2002, when a passenger mistakenly carried a handgun onto a flight. How do they manage that?”

Israel focuses on two things for airport security; an extensive intelligence network which can check out passengers before they arrive at the airport and profiling at the airport, that is looking for people acting suspicious (think Lie To Me.)  In Israel, someone would have batted an eyelash at Jeffery Goldberg’s carry-on full of Hezbollah paraphernalia.

Every time I go through security in the US, I can’t help but to think of the XKCD comic about the TSA:

TSA responded to the comic and the response instills even less confidence in the organization.  Especially when Randall Munroe, the creator of the comic, showed up to point out that he’s blown up trees with laptop batteries.  I’d imagine that sort of explosion would do some serious damage to an airplane.

Published on December 1, 2010 in Darwinism. 1 Comment
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