Category Archives: Random Thoughts
GOP Rally
Last Monday, Oct. 27, Mel and I went to a GOP rally in Salem, VA where Governor Sarah Palin was scheduled to speak as part of her one-day barnstorming of Virginia. It was cold, the lines were long, and we … Continue reading
Did anyone find this insulting?
I didn’t watch Senator Obama’s infomercial last night. I get the impression that I didn’t miss much. I also don’t feel like trying to refute all of the absurd things he said. But after seeing the video below, I feel … Continue reading
Zucchini Bread
I had a package of zucchini in my freezer from Grandma Erickson, so Monday I decided to make some bread. I found a recipe on the Internet that used the amount I had. I should have quit when I was … Continue reading
The Experience Canard
There has been a lot of talk in the last few days about Gov. Sarah Palin’s experience–whether she has enough to be vice president or not. Even some conservative writers suggest that she just doesn’t have what it takes. The … Continue reading
Statistics and political rhetoric
Lincoln recently put a link on his blog to a post on EdWired about computer visualizations of text. Actually the site that does these visualizations will do them for nearly any data set. One of the highlights I found quite … Continue reading
Making the Help Desk happy
I had a funny experience today at work. I was trying to do some work in Excel but when I would copy or paste a cell, I would get an error saying “Unable to empty Clipboard” or something like that. … Continue reading
Hurricane predictions
Price per gallon today at Hess: $3.55. Line: 4 cars. Price per gallon today at Citgo: $3.54. Line: 1 car. Price per gallon today at Chevron: $4.19. Line: You must be joking. I will laugh if the price per gallon … Continue reading
They don’t get it: More musing on Sarah Palin
The media was doubting whether Sarah Palin would actually appeal to women. They failed to realize how effectively she could appeal to mothers. In the typical modern feminist mindset, women are not mothers, at least not primarily. But Mrs. Palin … Continue reading
Republican Convention Wednesday
I discovered tonight that I can watch the Republican National Convention live from their website without the hassle of commercials and insipid commentary. How nice. Of course, not very many speakers tonight were nice–at least not when they were talking … Continue reading
Olympic NBC
It is just me, or is NBC’s Olympic TV coverage bizarre? I think the TV offerings made the rounds in the blogosphere four years ago, and again two years ago. They claim to offer “every event.” We hardly expect it … Continue reading