Lost, Season 5, Episode 10
Blurb: ?Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands ? risking the lives of everyone on the island.? Ryan’s discussion. Jon’s discussion.
Blurb: ?Things begin to unravel when one of the survivors goes rogue and takes matters into their own hands ? risking the lives of everyone on the island.? Ryan’s discussion. Jon’s discussion.
Anybody who thinks health care costs aren’t a problem has somebody else picking up the tab for their premiums. I’ve got an individual self-employed plan from Kaiser Permanente, and when I first got it in roughly 1999 I paid $140/month; as of this January it’s $343/month. Worse, the co-pay for prescription drugs was quietly doubled …
From the Obama press conference as live-blogged by the NYT: [CNN’s] Ed Henry follows up. Why did you wait days to express outrage [about AIG bonuses]? All the action is coming out of New York Attorney General?s office. Ah, finally, a reply. Mr. Obama: ?It took us a couple of days because I like to …
Go read Hilzoy. Think about it for a few minutes (two should do). Then see if you’re not ready to head for Wall Street and the wealthy Connecticut enclaves where these bastards live, carrying weapons and fire. Essentially, they are trying to blackmail the government of the United States. The banks’ message: If you want …
Any True Blood fans here? If so, you might want to read the books which are the basis for the TV show. I haven’t started on Sookie yet; I’ve been reading author Charlaine Harris’s other series, of which there are three. Aurora Teagarden is an ex-librarian in the little town of Lawrenceton, a suburb of …
Throwing yourself into your work is one thing, but replacing a finger with a USB drive seems a little over-the-top to me. Via Making Light
I woke up with a strong memory of my final dream of the night. It was about print servers. Now really, what on earth does that mean?
I had Syracuse advancing, so its defeat of ASU was good for my bracket, but ASU is a traditional rival of UA and I had to root for the (Sun)Devil I know, so I’m disappointed.
Through Library Thing today’s mail brought me a review copy of When March Went Mad, Seth Davis’s new book about the 1979 college basketball season culminating in the NCAA Championship Final game between Larry Bird’s Indiana State and Magic Johnson’s Michigan State. According to Wikipedia there were only 40 teams in the tournament, not the …
Busily washing towels, sheets and clothing between shots. My old neighbor UCLA went down to ignominious defeat to the Broad Street Bullies Villanova Wildcats, so I’m now 29 for 35, but Washington is worrying me. Update: Bah. I was right to worry. I’m now 31-38 and I’ve slipped to 15th in my pool.