The big calculator rip-off
Today’s XKCD reminds us that the biggest rip off is not texting fees, baggage fees, or even the price of gasoline. It’s graphing calculators:
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Pac-12 Revenue Sharing
Bob Condotta’s Husky Blog for the Seattle Times continues to be a great source of information on Pac-12 expansion. He was the one who posted the link to updated information on the possibility of the zipper expansion that led to my post earlier in the week. Earlier today he posted another link to an article by fellow Seattle Times writer… Read more »
Zipp(er)ing along?
Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News has a new blog post with updates on the Pac-10/Pac-12 realignment and other conference issues. Particularly interesting are the following: The “zipper” plan is gaining traction thanks to a number of factors, including: – The Northwest schools’ reluctance to give up games in the L.A. area – The California schools’ desire to… Read more »
A short note on health care
This kind of crap needs to be stopped. The sooner we just put the whole f*ing health insurance industry out of business the better off we’ll all be. Yes, because the mindless bureaucrats in Washington are the ones we need to watch out for… In response to those that say it’s socialism, so what, who cares? If it works and… Read more »
CotW: Tim Helps You Plan Your Movie Watching Week, 7/8/10-7/14/10
After a brutally lackluster June (and I say this as a movie fan who can be persuaded to go to the cinema with the weakest of arguments on almost any occasion), July has arrived! And yes, this past week was, shall we say, a bit disconcerting—while I have not seen it, I understand critics and people alike failed to take… Read more »
A short rant on the Census ACS form
[Bumped to top. -ed.] In preface, I think I’ve officially become a cranky old man… I don’t have any problem with the short form Census that was sent out earlier in the year. It is a Constitutionally mandated function of the government, and an accurate count of the population is necessary for a number of things. But all they really… Read more »
Big Mathematically Challenged to remain Big Mathematically Challenged
Well it’s official, folks, the 12-team Big Ten will continue with its tradition of not knowing how to count. Maybe they could just say they only count the ten best teams each year, and the other two are on probation or something?
“Christ, I miss the Cold War!” ;}
The quote, of course, is from “M” as wonderfully portrayed by Judi Dench in “Casino Royale”, 2006. The inspiration is from the FBI, which has just busted a veritable burrowfull of Russian moles, operating here under Deep Cover for many years. No one answered the telephone late Monday afternoon at the news media office for the Russian Embassy. A State… Read more »
CotW: Cinema Suggestions Part the Eighth: The Expendables
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CotW: Cinema Suggestions Part the Seventh: Killers
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