Apart from the transport controls, when I click something in Windows Media Player it almost never does what I expect it to. I’ve been using computers for more than 30 years, and GUIs for more than 25, and I can’t recall having a poorer sustained relationship with a program. I generally like foods for which … Read more
I remember one of the times that Ahmadinejad was boasting of Iran’s military prowess, he talked about a “flying boat.” Well, I thought he meant your run-of-the-mill seaplane, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard coming after the infidel West in a fleet of Fantasy Island puddle-jumpers was an amusing image indeed. But no, I learned something as … Read more
During the campaign Barack Obama made many, many promises. He’s a hopey-changey guy, and hopey-changey guys do that. He is the one we’ve been waiting for. Oh, but shucksdarnitalltohell, it turns out that on the ground, he’s exactly the same old rotten politician SOB, made worse by generous ladlings of Chicago strongarm mentality and arrogance. … Read more