Pessimism Strikes Deep in the Heartland

On bad days, this is how I think. On good days, I think, "Oooo, look! Shiny!"

Lies, Damn Lies, and... well... you know

It's been years - literally - since I aced the final in my introductory stats for social sciences (i.e., "class that satisfies the math requirement for students terrified of math") freshman year in college, thereby pulling my proverbial biscuits out of the proverbial fire that was my astonishingly bad grade going into the final. As a result, anything I say about statistics should be inherently suspect, which is why normally, I try not to say anything about statistics. Plus, I'm a lawyer. Most of my audience is probably snoozing anyway, so why add to the problem? Good thing I don't get paid by the reader...

Anyhoodly, maybe I'm just nutty, but Dave Burge is making sense.

Knitting Projects

So here's a knitting project that was fun and that I think turned out well. The picture doesn't really do it justice - the colors are beige, black, brown, and green. I based it on this pattern, using Bernat camouflage yarn in color #10482. It's fun and easy - all you need is to know how to knit and purl.

Never let 'em see you coming!

Separated at Birth?

BB and TR? Maybe it's just the glasses and mustache. But dude looks presidential, circa late 19th-early 20th century. Maybe he was just born too late. Or in the wrong country.

Dog Truths

Dog Truth #7: Dogs enjoy fast food. That is, if it's fast, it must be food.

Dog Truths

Dog Truth #3: The less digestible something is, the better it tastes.

Dog Truth #4: Topping the list of dog delicacies are rocks, string, poop, and insects.

Dog Truth #5: On the first truly cool evening in October, around 11:00 p.m., when you are finally nice and warm and comfortable in your bed and just about to drift off to sleep, the dog will make a horrible hacking noise and cough up a ball of spiders, usually on the side of the bed next to the family member who is closest to being asleep and who has the hardest time getting back to sleep.

Dog Truth #6: If you explain to the dog that spiders are arachnids, not insects, the dog will stare at you blankly for a moment before regurgitating a cricket.

More Joe

Jonah Goldberg gets in on the act.