The spirit of Munich is a sickness of the will of successful people, it is the daily condition of those who have given themselves up to the thirst after prosperity at any price, to material well-being as the chief goal of earthly existence. Such people - and there are many ...

I finished Pirsig’s Lila some time ago, but haven’t gotten around to saying anything about it because it wasn’t really good enough to say anything about. The simplest thing that can be said about is this: it is kitsch, and it fails the standard set by Pirsig himself in ...

A bizarre adventure experienced and recounted by one of my friends last night inspired my uptil now dormant fascination with the idea of citizen's arrest. Now, I must admit that one of my life goals is to make a citizen's arrest. To that end I have printed off ...

There is a simple truth which one can learn only through suffering: in war not victories are blessed but defeats. Governments need victories and the people need defeats. Victory gives rise to the desire for more victories. But after a defeat it is freedom that men desire—and ...

Remember those science experiments you did as a kid? Perhaps your favorite part was the magnets or maybe it was even the dissecting, if you were a purist or a contrarian. One particular science experiment I remember well had to do with two very common place things: a ...

I took this picture five minutes ago. I hear there's a tornado warning this evening! We're on the second story so perhaps an adventure awaits (though Britt just looked out the window and says it is passing us by, "but we can always chase it, darling").technorati : storms ...

On the Mac user:Its market share is supported by carefully coiffured designers carrying those incredibly annoying portfolio cases that occupy large amounts of real estate on London’s public transport system. (A possible new tax, Mr Brown?) It is the marque of those who know better: the silent, smug minority that ...

I’m sure some of you have eagle eyes; the windows to your brain don’t miss a thing and not only are they sharper than a military grade laser but they also never forget. Some of you are scary.All this to draw your attention to something minor that has changed ...

Tonight is a fortuitous night indeed, for this evening, dear reader, is an evening of numerical alignment. Behold! At two minutes and three seconds past one in the morning the earth (at least the United States part of the earth) will be sequentially ordered: 01:02:03, 04/05/06.Now, those of ...

I need stronger thighs. And better lungs.I had soccer practice last night--1 hour of intense indoor play. Hey, better to get the worst out in practice rather than at the first game, right? I mean, second worst is better than first worst. I am happy to ...