Monday, December 29, 2014
A good problem to have
Who said, "A good game of billiards is a sign of a well-bred man, but a too-good game of billiards is a sign of a youth ill-spent"?
Kan't keep up
How can anyone "keep up with the Kardashians" when there's so much new material coming out all the time?
Maybe flashcards.
The carrot and the stick
Minimum-wage economy edition. Seen on the way out of the squalid toilet at a Rite-Aid in Union City, CA.
Made in China, but not for export
A tourist near Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus.
He said, "I bought it in China".
Who knows what it's supposed to mean...
Who knows what it's supposed to mean...
Won't even make a good family heirloom
$300 is the new $200 was the new $100...
Seen at UC Berkeley bookstore.
Seen at UC Berkeley bookstore.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
"Americans don't attribute colder weather to climate change"
So says Gallup. Everybody's heard of global warming, but "climate change" is more subtle; it'll take some work before most people understand that everything is evidence for climate change, and nothing can be evidence against it.
The Times has gone into full-court press mode on this, over the last few days. And so has our President, who's flying his 747 cross-country to instruct us about the importance of energy conservation.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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