More on the death of handwriting

Friday, 27 February 2009, 12:11 | Category : Old School
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I wrote about handwriting at in an earlier post and here’s a story from BBC bemoaning the loss of handwriting as social grace and art.
Christmas cards, shopping lists and what else? The occasions in which we write by hand are fewer and fewer, says Neil Hallows. So is the ancient art form of handwriting [...]

Rush Limbaugh’s “drive by” media

Thursday, 26 February 2009, 23:14 | Category : Uncategorized
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I wrote for some 12 unremarkable, journeyman years at the Duluth News-Tribune a long time ago. Now, sitting comfortably out of a hard rain in my Chicago suburb, I listen as Rush Limbaugh rails about the DNT and its big sister in St. Paul as “drive by media.” Not so sure how Rush defines that [...]

Starting the health care debate for dummies

Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 21:31 | Category : Rants
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This is a KISS principle approach to the health care debate.
Of course we need health care reform. The U.S. Ranks first in the world for health care spending per capita at $4,721.
Are we getting our moneys worth? Um. No.
Canadians spend just $1,939 per person, 14th in the world, yet you can expect a higher lifespan [...]

Tradeoffs

Monday, 23 February 2009, 21:03 | Category : Actions, Rants
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Resources are not finite. So, taking any course of action has an effect on other choices. Act. Delay. Dispose.
The following is a bit of a fallacy faulty logic. Our national debate leading up to the Iraq war was clouded by the emotions still lingering from 9/11. We don’t make choices like lining up the pros [...]

Free to laugh

Saturday, 21 February 2009, 23:21 | Category : Rants
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You discover this point shortly after realizing that you no longer have to laugh at the boss’s jokes.

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