I’m a big fan of the light rail (RTD) here in Denver. Most regulars follow these rules instinctively: Don’t put your bag on the seat next to you. Lap or floor are the only polite choices. Don’t sit with your legs crossed. (See also #3) Don’t slouch so far you leave no room for the [...]
Before you go out and buy that new iThing, here’s some fun, little known facts about the MacBook 2.1. If you carry it, the hard drive could break. If you sing at it, and you’re a powerful enough contralto or tenor, the hard drive could break. If you look at it mean, it will resent [...]
Copypasta from a newsletter that landed in my spam box: The Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees will consider a resolution concerning Amendments 60 and 61, and Proposition 101 at its September 16, 2010 meeting (7 p.m. at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox, Castle Rock). If these 2010 Colorado ballot measures are successful: [...]
They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for me [...]