President George W. Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the September 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday… “A lot of leaders gain their appeal by helping people feel they are heroic, particularly in a fight against evil,” Greenberg said in a telephone interview […]
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I work at – shall we say – a Dilbert sort of office. As I’ve signed a confidentiality agreement, that’s about all the background I can give you. Try this one. And, another, for a good idea.
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If you haven’t watched this yet, you should. And… Ah, consumer America: buy a loop of red string for $25.99. I mean, it’s “mystical,” man (via Boingboing)
Ranting: I loathe clothes shopping. I’ve hated shopping for clothes since I was about eleven or twelve, when my mother could no longer find my size in the children’s section and had to drag me – kicking and screaming – into the women’s section of Mervyn’s to find a pair of jeans that actually fit
Great speech by Al Gore on the politics of fear… wouldn’t it be great to have an educated president again? Fear drives out reason. It suppresses the politics of discourse and opens the door to the politics of destruction. It also requires us to pay more attention to the new discoveries about the way fear
Viacom’s launching a new channel: Gay Channel Now Set To Launch Feb. 17 No shit. That’s cool.
Had my first climbing class last night. The place I go to has a featured outdoor wall with overhangs and optional lead climbing areas that’s at just over 70ft. I haven’t done any climbing in over three years, when I was back at the U of Alaska. When I lost my belay partner, I spent
Referee shoots coach from visiting team… I thought for sure this headline was referring to a crazed bunch of adults coaching and refereeing Little League games in the Midwest. Turns out, no: they’re South Africans. Go figure. If this is all CNN will cover in its “World News” section, why does it bother having a
I’m not sure how any work gets done… Speaking of work, I’m getting out of here. All the bosses are gone, and I’ve got some juicy PTO time still on the books. Have a great weekend, all. Ciao.
We’ve got a couple people in from corporate this week, so the Friday doughnuts are back. Two dozen of them. You know what I’m going to start bringing to work on Fridays? A fucking fruit tray.