Conventional Wisdom
Written by  leo on April 22nd, 2010  
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As usual, I will insist that we have a good idea of what we mean by a word or a phrase before we start talking about it."Conventional" of course comes from "convene". What does "convene" mean? Simply this: "con" - together plus "vene" - come. So "conventional" means just "the
Jupiter Takes Another Hit… Venus Does, Too
Written by  leo on August 8th, 2009  
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Jupiter got smacked... again. We didn't see it coming this time, as we (well, a couple of us, anyway: Shoemaker and Levy) did in 1994. That one was spectacular, as a chain of glowing bodies rat-a-tat-tatted against Jupiter over quite a bit of time. This one was unseen: the impactor
Learn The LANGUAGE
Written by  leo on May 22nd, 2009  
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The language we speak - 'we' meaning me and those who are reading this - is called "English". I'm writing this because of a recent incident, caused by my inability to have complete control over my anger. In essence, and without naming any names (to protect the stupid) here's what
Why Do You Do It?
Written by  leo on May 22nd, 2009  
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Why do you carry a combination bug and tracking device around with you wherever you go?Unwarranted Intrusion: GPS and the Fourth Amendment | American Constitution Society is an article about a form of surveillance that most people seem to be unaware of.Let me start by saying this as clearly and
Gotcha!
Written by  leo on May 18th, 2009  
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I'm a little peeved about... no, wait - let me be completely honest about this: I'm not a little peeved, I'm seriously pissed off about - the "gotcha's" that computer companies try to cram down our throats. I've seen these twice today, and the second one has been thrown in
Bend Over, I’ve Got Something For You…
Written by  leo on May 16th, 2009  
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... "computer-mediated telepathy"??? Hmmmm... this doesn't involve having a "chip" injected into your ass (oh, sorry... was that your head?), by any chance? What was it ol' Tim McVeigh said about the butt-chip the Army gave him? Pentagon Preps Soldier Telepathy Push "Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs or even infantry
You BET!
Written by  leo on April 15th, 2009  
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One of the most interesting web sites about the so-called Income Tax that I've come across is that of a lawyer in Shreveport. To see what he's got, start here. Or here. As near as I can tell, he was charged with criminal activities for not filing/paying (both? or which one?) his duly-owed
WHIGOH?
Written by  leo on February 22nd, 2009  
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What the Hell Is Going On Here? WHIGO? That's the question. One place you can look for answers is http://www.prouty.org/ - a website dedicated to Fletcher Prouty, a man who came into a certain amount of prominence following the JFK murder, when he did some whistle-blowing... well, if not actual whistle-blowing, then at least the kind
Memories are made of this…
Written by  leo on January 15th, 2009  
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I am not one of those people (see? "those", not "these"... is the unconscious truthful, or what???) who "visualize" easily, clearly, or even very well at all. I know (okay, I don't "know", but I "hear", or "read") that there are people who can summon up images at will of faces,
What’cha Gonna DO? Part I
Written by  leo on December 1st, 2008  
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Somewhere, I've written the story - more than once - about that phrase, "What'cha Gonna DO?", and my response to it. It is the single most memorable thing I ever heard Richard Pryor say. He was quoting his friend Jim Brown talking to him about his cocaine addiction... over and
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