February 2013

Jerry Buss, 1933-2013

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I’m sad. As a lifelong Laker fan, I kind of feel like I knew the guy. He bought the Lakers in 1979, which means he was younger than I am today, and now he’s dead at the age of 80. I feel old. Dr. Buss was a USC alum. Fight on. R.I.P. Jerry Buss Read more →

There is a Difference

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There’s a difference between being persistent and floundering. Thus spoke The Programmer. Read more →

More People I’m Sick Unto Death Of

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Recruiters who write job descriptions with requirements like this: Great Communication – must be able to speak very clear Read more →

Philosophy of Mind

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I thought about something and then I thought, Why did I think about that? I can have thoughts about thoughts! Read more →

Poems I’ve Read Recently and Liked

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“Aubade” by Philip Larkin “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats Read more →

Preaching to the Choir

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Mom #1: Moms are right 99 percent of the time. Mom #2: Ninety-nine point nine percent of the time. Read more →

Online Porn May Make You Forget

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Pornographic Picture Processing Interferes with Working Memory Performance — Journal of Sex Research, 2012 Nov 20 Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen found that looking at internet porn has a negative effect on working memory. Wait a second . . . did I already post this link? Read more →

Mad Libs

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President Barack Obama’s speeches have a familiar ring these days — no matter if it’s guns, immigration or the budget. Tout what he’s already done. Say the public’s in his corner. Demand Congress do something. Lament Washington dysfunction. Lay out his own plan. Avoid details. Urge voters to keep up the pressure. Warn it won’t be easy. Bask in the applause. It’s the fill-in-the-blank approach to selling a presidential agenda: same template, just adjusted for the topic. — President Obama’s fill-in-the-blank sales pitch – Carrie Budoff Brown – POLITICO.com Read more →