Category Archives: Rants

A health care plan is not insurance

One argument put forth by opponents of the recently passed health care legislation is that they object to subsidizing others’ health care.  A common counter-argument, often made by intelligent people who should know better, is that you already do that for auto … Continue reading

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Big Brother doesn’t want you eating pizza

According to the Reuters article, Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults’ calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 … Continue reading

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Out of Control

The President unveiled his new budget today: 3.83 trillion dollars. The numbers fairly boggle the mind. The total budget works out to just about $12,500 per person in the United States, or about $47,500 per family. Or $34,800 for each … Continue reading

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A diskette? What’s that?

We just bought some off-lease Dell servers locally and I’m tasked with getting them set up and installed at the data center.  It’s not my favorite part of my work.  I’m at heart a programmer, and fiddling with hardware always manages … Continue reading

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“Cash for Clunkers” is a wreck

President Obama and those members of Congress who approved the cash for clunkers program as part of the most recent war funding bill are celebrating today and telling us how they knew that it “would work.”  What’s their definition of … Continue reading

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Tribal drum beating

To summarize a long reply I sent to a mailing list message ranting about the evils of the Obama administration: Don’t get me wrong. I’m no more an Obama supporter than I was a Bush supporter. The game is rigged, folks. … Continue reading

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Wrap Rage

We’ve all experienced it, the anger and frustration that ensues when we try to open one of those clamshell packages that contain whatever new geegaw we picked up.  You can’t open it with your bare hands.  Normal office scissors are … Continue reading

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Hurricane Rescue

Almost every year during monsoon season in the Phoenix area, some idiot will drive around a barricade and attempt to cross a flooded low water crossing. In most cases, search and rescue workers are successful in plucking the occupants from … Continue reading

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An Hour A Day

I hear a lot of people say that they want to change their lives: lose weight, make more money, learn something new, take up a new hobby, accomplish some physical challenge, etc. Sadly, most of those people then go on … Continue reading

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The Government Rant

The best thing about our government is that it never ceases to amuse me. It’s also continuously annoying, but I guess you have to take the bad with the good. It’s not the government itself that amuses me so much, … Continue reading

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I can’t serve you ’cause you’re too fat

I’ve ranted a few times over the years about people trying to hold fast food establishments liable for making them fat. I thought that craziness had faded after Super Size Me disappeared from public consciousness. And it mostly has. And … Continue reading

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OK or Cancel?

I decided to cancel the email message I was composing, and my mail program responded with this confirmation dialog box. I actually read it twice and then pressed the Cancel button as an experiment. Pressing Cancel cancels the Cancel operation. … Continue reading

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More fun with Sprint

Sometimes I wonder why I keep my Sprint mobile phone service. I’m the only person I know who’s had the same mobile phone number and provider for 10 years. I’d switch to some other service, but they all seem the … Continue reading

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