Regarding Family Guy taking the piss out of defenseless people with Down’s Syndrome

Recently, a Family Guy episode took a lot of heat for its rather cruel portrayal of people with Downs Syndrome. In a conversation with some otherwise rational fans of the show, I got upset with their ardent defense of Family guy – as though any disclaimer could excuse taking the piss out of a largely defenseless and rather tragic [...]

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Yes! I love the banhammer!

This is amazing. I am blocked from posting in public forums on Facebook for an indeterminate amount of time because I abused the system by sharing my last post (on how to avoid abusing your friends by using Facebook lists) too many times. Wow, that’s special. Facebook, I stand in awe of your administrative algorithms and [...]

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In His Own Words

Let’s rewind a year: “I’m going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We’ll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies — they’ll get a seat at the table, they just won’t be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we’ll have the negotiations televised [...]

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The Art of Dialog

I spent a lot of time in front of a computer this weekend catching up on TV shows and watching a couple of old movies; the kind I loved the first time then never saw them again. Anyhow, one of these flicks was an under-rated little masterpiece of dialog set against an ultimately forgettable backdrop. That movie was “Things [...]

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Name This Era in History

“History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes” — Mark Twain I had a fun email debate over lunch today with some friends from UC Davis. Rather than relate the whole thing, I’m going to pose a scenario for you and ask you to identify the period of history I am talking about: A crisis began [...]

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District 9: See This Film

My review of District 9

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StockTwits

While researching one of my upcoming posts, I came across StockTwits. Honestly, I couln’t pass up doing a little piece on this software because not only is it a really cool market intelligence tool but it’s a part of the “next big thing” that so many folks are discussing (okay attempting to discuss, most just [...]

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Hunting Cows

Seriously… who names a blog “Hunting Cows?” Have you ever had a moment where a seemingly inconsequential event occurred that changed the whole way you looked at something in life? I’m not implying that the event has to have changed the course of your pursuits or even been particularly meaningful – just that it affected [...]

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