Last night Berck was in the bathroom for a while examining his face. He came out and held up a finger to me. “Do you know what this is?” he asked. I couldn’t see anything, so I guessed, “A grey whisker?” “Yes. I apparently have a lot of them, but I didn’t know what they were at first. I’ve also got a lot of grey on my temples. I don’t think I’m ready to be old.” “Uh huh.” “Wait! I’m not old! I’m not even 30 yet!”
Here’s a good start. She does not seem to have civil liberties at heart, and is not remotely interested in keeping the police in check. Worse, Biden just told the law enforcement community that, “Sotomayor’s got your back,” which is troubling in about 20 ways.
From Bruce Schneier. It’s 3 years old at this point, and I’ve probably posted it before. But, just in case: If you haven’t read it, you should.
The United States has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners. This is an excellent article.
One of these days I’ll stop dreaming about work. It happens eventually. I keep waking up and saying to myself, “Stop it! You’re not actually getting anything done!” Of course, with dreams, it’s all a little off, like I have to send off foreclosure notices in the proper way at the proper time, and apparently by karaoke. Or messenger balloon. Last night I finally started dreaming about an old abandoned windmill along the Santa Fe Trail that NASA had augmented and was available for camping in. Some researchers believe that dreams are our brains’ way of categorizing the information we…