The Further Adventures of Capt. Eddie
What's that boy up to now?
So…
They are planning to introduce one of those “bathroom bills” in the Texas Legislature. The bill number is SB 6. You can read it here.
Here is what I think should happen:
On the day the committee is holding a hearing on the bill, everyone should show up at the state capitol, and line up to pee in the “wrong” bathroom. Thousands and thousands of people. All going into the “wrong” bathroom to …
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Some places just have a vibe about them. You can feel it when you go there. It’s in the air — or something. There’s just something special about the place, something perhaps a little other-wordly, something….
This is how “sacred places” become sacred.
Last month during our trip to Greece, we visited Delphi, site of the famous Oracle. Delphi has a vibe to it. It’s been a sacred site since as far back as …
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You’re familiar with Snotty Phone, correct? If not, you need to check out Snotty Phone’s first video (click the image), because it will give you some context for the story you are about to read.
As you can tell from the video, Snotty is not particularly fond of telemarketers — although she does like to have fun with them. But sometimes a telemarketer — or in this case, a flat-out scammer — puts a little …
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Sad news for Superman fans. Noel Neill, who WAS Lois Lane to those of us of a certain age, has died.
I actually met her once, and got to play a scene from “Superman” with her onstage. This was at one of her personal appearances in the early ’70s. I was a winner of a Superman trivia contest sponsored by the local Philly underground newspaper (called the Daily Planet), and the winners got free …
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Let’s talk a little bit about government data and information security, shall we?
I used to work for the Census Bureau. In my last go-round, I was a Field Representative, pretty much the lowest person on the totem pole. I went around to people’s houses and asked them various questions, so the government could collect data on (in this particular case) crime victims.
The Census Bureau in general, and the Field Reps in particular, deal …
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Here in Texas, we have a runoff election coming up next week. That means this week we are innundated with mailings and telephone calls from candidates trying to out-conservative each other.
I would note that the telephone calls might not be a problem, except that the politicos have exempted themselves from the state no-call law. Thus, politicians are free to badger you with spiels both live and recorded, as well as with robo-call automated “surveys” …
Read MoreI’m just trying to test whether I can dictate a blog entry rather than actually type it out on my phone Looks like it can work this way
Son of a bitch. Even splits the paragraph when I tell it to
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