Random thoughts:
I’m unemployed…for the next five days. Still feels weird, though.
The new Mogwai album is stellar.
I think I’m in danger of losing my political junkie credentials; I haven’t watched hardly any of the convention. I meant to watch Hillary’s speech, but spaced it. Ditto for Biden’s. I like that choice, by the way. Biden’s views [...]

According to a report at LiTW, there are insane right-wingers who occasionally comment at sites on the Internet. No word yet on whether there are crazy left-wingers also commenting on such sites.
More as the story develops.

Last week there was a post on The Huffington Post about atheists feeling politically ignored.
As the presidential candidates come together to discuss faith and issues of morality — at Saddleback last week and at the Democratic National Convention this week, there’s a large contingent feeling excluded. American atheist and agnostic voters are increasingly feeling left [...]

Dennis Prager’s latest column has 14 consequences of a universe without a god. You’ve heard them all before. Also, the first and the last ones are the same thing, basically. I like these:

3. Life is ultimately a tragic fare if there is no God. We live, we suffer, we die – some horrifically, many prematurely [...]

I have two items:
1. Good ISPs in town? Currently, my DSL is controlled and administered by a company hired by the owners of my apartment complex. This means I have less control that I want to have (and it’s slower than I want), so I’m thinking I’m going to go off an get my [...]

When I can’t think of anything to write about, I typically troll One News Now or WND for dumb articles.
Let’s start with WND. The best article is this one, sub-headlined: “Third-party candidates pulling close to 20% of total vote.” You won’t actually find any data supporting that claim in the article, though. Unless you count [...]

So the tabloids got one right and John Edwards has admitted to an affair. Cue left wingers saying this is a “private matter,” right wingers mixing feigned outrage and schadenfreude in response to the news, accusations of hypocrisy from both sides, etc. I’m excited, aren’t you?
Edwards always struck me as a little bit phony, though [...]

So, inflating your tires properly is about quadruple the savings that offshore drilling would net us. That means the core of McCain’s energy plan is so ridiculous that inflating your tires dwarfs its impact.
It’s ok though, McCain has a substantive ad featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
In other news, offshore drilling has a ton [...]

I meant to post about this last week. A study about sausage preferences:
People who scored high on “social authority” - they believed it was important to support people in power - tended to label the “vegetarian” sausage as inferior, even when the vegetarian sausage was actually from a cow. Likewise, people who scored low on [...]

Not having a working Internet connection in my apartment for the better part of last week has really shown me how hopelessly addicted I am to it.
On the other hand, I managed to watch four movies and significant number of Arrested Development episodes. Eventually I assume I’ll get tired of that show, but I’m nowhere [...]