http://stein.everybody.org/journal Random thoughts; you know... the usual Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not a good student of history or of global politics, but it did occur to me that the situation in Georgia is awfully similar to that of the infamous Munich Agreement. Will Ossetia be just Russia's first step to taking all of Georgia while the West is too ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/georgia-in-2008-czechoslovakia-in-1938/ Part of my jog route takes me down Clover Street along the park. It's a major road, and the frogs from the pond don't stand a chance. It's like Frogger on the impossible level. I often jog around their little corpses. I assumed that crows and ants cleaned ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/frogger-game-over/ Hello, Mr. Stein. My name is Susan. I'm calling on behalf of the Cancer Fund of America Support Services. We give aid to the ill and needy and provide support and services to cancer patients who can't afford treatment. May I confirm your address to send ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/telemarketer-vs-google/ In reference to the public reaction to the FLDS raid: http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/my-first-political-cartoon/ I'm not allowed to tell you how slow SQL Server is. Seriously. To install Visual C# Express, I had to agree to the following: SQL SERVER BENCHMARK TESTINGYou must obtain Microsoft’s prior written approval to disclose to a third party the results of any benchmark test of the SQL Server software that accompanies ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/sql-server-performance-benchmarks/ I believe democracy is the best form of government. It's practically self-evident, isn't it? We wouldn't want to be godless Communists, would we? I finally read The Republic and was amused to hear Plato disparage democracy: SOCRATES: See too, I said, the forgiving spirit of democracy, and the "don't ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/know-why-you-believe/ Tuesday was the first election since our move to a new town. I figured I was doing well to find the actual voting place, but it seems I was supposed to know my district number as well. Four voting districts each with its own table and voting booth ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/4213-is-an-odd-number/ I would rant, but Jacob Davis already did. http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/tacky-sun/ Congress has increased the ceiling on the national debt to $9.8 trillion. Let me assure you that the U.S. debt is increasing only superficially. Counting the debt in U.S. dollars is like counting the money in your wallet by the number of bills you have, ignoring their denomination. ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/us-national-debt-has-fallen/ Once when I was shopping at Aldi, there were some children running around and making noise. I overheard a woman talking to her infant: You're such a good baby... not like those bad kids... no, a good baby. I was mildly pleased. This parent obviously knew what good standards of ... http://stein.everybody.org/journal/posts/not-like-those-bad-kids/