At the Chief’s request (which we are hardly in a position to refuse) this week’s poem of the week is A. E Housman’s Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries.
Poem of the Week: 2/18/07-2/24/07
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Rant of the Week: 2/18/07-2/24/07
We blame the poor quality of this weeks essay on the fact that the Chief has been interacting with the Apeman. Thus, we decided that J. Dueck’s rant on the virtues of not interacting with other people ought to be rant of the week.
Essay of the Week: 2/18/07-2/24/07
We are a day late updating the essay of the week and it is all the Chief’s fault. He made us wait a day so that he could put the finishing touches on his essay.
Anyway, since he is the publisher, his essay in now the essay of the week. We think that it one the worst essays that Chief has ever written, but what do we know?
What is it with Jugglers and "Creativity"?
It seems like most of the juggler’s posting videos online these days have a pretty twisted sense of creativity. They seem to think that something is “creative” and interesting just because they haven’t seen it before. I think it really got kicked off when Wes Peden started making videos with random tricks in them. More Here. . .
Steve Jobs Comes Clean
Most of you have probably already read the letter about DRM Steve Jobs put on the Apple site, but if you haven’t, you should check it out. He doesn’t say anything that isn’t old news to most of us, but it’s nice to have him finally admit that DRM doesn’t do anyone any good. Click Here to read more.
Why do I want to see this movie?
I am not much of a movie watcher. But for some perverse reason I want to see The 9th Company.
I say perverse, because I am not sure that I could watch the movie all the way through. Besides, it is a foreign langue film and I don’t really go for sub titles. But Click Here to continue reading.
Why I don't worry about Iran or North Korea….
I always find the current fuss over Iran and North Korea rather amusing. To a person of my limited education, it seems that if you could magically make Iran and North Korea go away you would only marginally increase the safety of the world.
And no, I am not a liberal. I don’t think that Click Here to continue reading.
The Metric Death of the universe
If an action generates no paperwork, did it happen?
There are many actions taken every day in Acme that do not generate paperwork, but they are the illegal immigrants, the crucial illigitimate pillars of our factory. Anything which does not result in some numeric aggregate does not officially happen.
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How to Stretch: Balsamic Chicken and Mushrooms
More gravy. When you need to really stretch the leftover’s from the night before, your choices are generally gravy or soup, and when your audience doesn’t really care for soup but does like gravy. . .well, you wind up making a lot of gravy. It effectively spreads out the protein without leaving people hungry.
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How to Stretch: Baked Chicken
You know what I mean by “Baked Chicken”. The chicken you ate last night drowned in ketchup or gravy. Usually it’s chicken breasts with some kind of breaded topping–crushed cornflakes, or seasoned bread crumbs. Now it’s the next day, and the chicken hasn’t gotten any more moist or flavorful. Now what?
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