On behalf of the CAI writers let me wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful new year to come. I hope you have a great season and hopefully get to relax from work for a bit.
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And a Merry Christmas to you as well, courtesy of Mao Zedong on the white house Christmas tree.
Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category
The Great (Illegal) Divorce
Posted in Belief, Culture, Miscellany, Politics, Religion, tagged ban divorce, California, Divorce, gay marriage, John Marcotte, Prop. 8 on December 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The AP is running a story about Californian John Marcotte who is trying to get signatures to support a ballot measure that will ban divorce as a response to a ban on gay marriage. I find this not only amusing, but exactly what was talked about in the comments to this post from last year. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted in Miscellany, tagged cold turkey, John Lennon, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hopefully your turkey is warm at least.
Street Sweeping Woes
Posted in Culture, Miscellany, tagged Press-Telegram, Soldiers honored on November 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Occasionally this CAI writer will chime in to his local paper to respond to an editorial or another writer. Here is the latest exchange.
Press-Telegram Letters to the editor (11/13/09):
Honored by street sweepers
On Veterans Day, when the U.S. Post Office is closed, when the banks are closed to salute our military brethren, when schools are closed [...]
The Fun Theory
Posted in Culture, International, Miscellany, Technology, tagged fun, piano stairs, Rolig Hets Teorin, The Fun Theory, Volkswagon on October 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Because everyone and their mother seems to be writing about the President Obama-Nobel Peace Prize “scandal,” I thought I’d post something more creative today. Of course, this isn’t my creativity, but the creativity of a Swedish initiative funded by Volkswagon called “Rolig Hets Teorin,” or “The Fun Theory.” Their main goal is to demonstrate that [...]
High Times In California
Posted in Culture, Economics, Miscellany, tagged California, legalization, marijuana, pot, tax revenue on July 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
According to this article there is proposed legislation in the assembly to legalize marijuana because of the potential $1.4 billion in revenue from legalizing pot that could help with the budget woes. In its current form it will require federal sign-off, which is not going to happen anytime soon… but may possibly be re-written to [...]
Amazing
Posted in Environment, Miscellany, Technology, tagged NASA, space station, volcano on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In other news that I cribbed from Drudge, a volcano erupting near Japan was caught on camera by the International Space Station conveniently passing by overhead. For more pictures and info, head over to The Daily Mail.
Louis C.K.
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Louis C.K., Technology on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
HT: Cherry Tree Lane
We Must Build Them Differently
Posted in Miscellany, tagged France, Jailbreak, John McClane, prison helicopter escapes on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spectacular helicopter escapes have become a regular embarrassment for French penal authorities and, unlike Reunion’s Domenjod, jails in mainland France now often have protective nets over their exercise yards.
Since 1986, there have been 10 escapes from French jails in helicopters, most recently in July 2007 when gangster and murderer Pascal Payet managed to get out [...]
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