As a writer, I’m a fan of copyright. It protects me from people stealing my stories and treating them as their own. However, as a user of the internet. I think copyright and patent laws are to restrictive and byzantine. The resent case between Apple and Samsung brought this subject Read more…
Yesterday, President Obama made clear his support for gay marriage. After seeing VP Biden, and Secretary Duncan made similar comments over the weekend, I had suspecting something like was going to happen. I just didn’t think it would happen so soon. Not to put a wet towel onto this announcement, Read more…
Like many things, XKCD really hits the nail on the head here: Hidden Pop Up: “I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at ‘therefore be a huge asshole to everyone’” This really sums Read more…
May 1st has long been viewed as International Workers Day. It’s origins trace back to the Haymarket riots in Chicago in 1886. While I’d question celebrating a riot that resulted in several deaths, it nevertheless is a day to commemorate the worker movement. This year in particular it has gained Read more…
I’ve never really understood the philosophy of this statement: “We’re in the business of making money.” Sure, a business needs to make money. People need to get paid, businesses need to make a profit to grow, making money is the cornerstone of the economy. I get all that. I write Read more…
With the arrival of the baby, I’ve been pretty out of the loop in regards to the various progressive movements I use to be following. I haven’t even watched all the recent Daily Shows and Colbert Reports which are my primary source of news (well source for what the major Read more…
I recent comic at Calamities of Nature and a blog post by the Bored Sword got me thinking about choice. First some context: From the Bored Sword which was a post talking about book bannings for kids “You see, I’m a fairly firm believer in letting people, kids included, read what they Read more…
You can tell you’re getting old when your guild decides to postpone a guild meeting so they can watch the State of the Union. This was one of those times where the Xbox failed me and I had to watch from the computer instead of the tv. It almost looked Read more…
…to your regularly scheduled ramblings. Took the site down for the day to support the fight against SOPA Blackout. Normal nonsense rambling will resume tomorrow.
I worked in a restaurant for 6 years through high school and college. I wasn’t primarily a waiter, but I did do it on occasion. And I of course worked with many waiters/waitresses/servers (whatever you want to call them). Tips were their big source of income. But I personally find Read more…