So today I was slowly walking towards the hallway on my way to the bathroom at work. A distinct pattern of rapidly modulating footsteps approached from behind and caught my attention. I observed a short man in my peripheral vision obviously in somewhat of a hurry. Based on his movements and facial expression, my hypothesis was that he was destined for the same bathroom. He neared my position as we approached the corner before the men's room. At my workplace, there are large 3 1/2 foot square pil... (more)

What is the point of a "debt ceiling" if it can be raised arbitrarily any time it needs to be? In my universe that is just called "debt" It gets bigger when you spend more than you earn.

How much money is being spent arguing about this? How much money is spent arguing about how to save or spend money? How big a line item is "Budget" on the budget?

When your umpteen trillion in the red, what difference does anything make. Its not like another n trillion in debt is going to be any les... (more)

The following are exerts from a conversation. Anything left out was done so because it was boring or to protect the privacy of the parties involved. The names contained herein are false, once again to protect the privacy of all involved parties. Oh yea - I'm Adam West.




about an hour ago - Criss Angel
some lessons are learned the hard way.

about an hour ago - Adam Westhttps://secure.soapboxnation.com/post.cgi?b=3#
What the hell is that supposed to mean, don't fucking threaten ... (more)

So e-Books through the library seems like a super awesome thing to exist. Now there are 32 "standards" and DRM and all that. But I am not even going to get into that. This post is just to discuss the purchase models that libraries are considering for e-Books.

First consider a physical book. A library might purchase one or more copies to circulate. If a book circulates non stop, never sits on a shelf, and remains primarily in the hands of reading patrons, the library's purchase is well... (more)

Shit sucks all over, and we should work to make shit less shitty. And sucky.

QED.... (more)

First of all, the Christmas commercials and junk started appearing on TV and in stores even before Halloween. The deluge of crap used to start halfway through Novemeber (what's this Thanksgiving American Gluttony Day I've heard of?), or even just afterwards for Black Friday, but no. Now the steady stream of capitalism starts in the middle of October.

Not that I have many cable stations to speak of (22 channels, 3 of which are in foreign languages), but they're saturated with sch... (more)

For anyone living in NJ (or nearby), you may have attended a little event called the New Jersey State Fair (tm). It's a little over a week long, and is the best place to kill yourself on delicious foods like deep-fried Oreo cookies or blooming onions. For the most part, it's a great place to see things like tractor pulls, what cow won the blue ribbon, and the display of "#1 bale of hay in NJ."

However, if you're an artist like myself, I recommend you stay the fuck away from their art exhibits... (more)

I watched a group of people waddle up to a minivan today. The driver pressed one or more buttons on their key-remote. Not just to unlock it, but to open the doors for everyone. The doors on both sides slide open slowly. *wiriririr* The passengers were in arms reach of the doors. But they waited for them to open on their own power.

They sit down. The seat belts automatically close around their increasingly unnecessary body. For a second, the doors remain open and no one reaches to close... (more)