Go Terk Yourself

The ONLY 100 percent effective method for avoiding car accidents is to ABSTAIN from driving until marriage.

So, I sold my motorcycle, which is sad but, I think, necessary.

Of course I immediately started shopping for a new one - one with fewer problems. I'm looking for an all purpose bike, probably a Suzuki DL650 V-Strom ... that's neither here nor there for the purposes of this post.

I peruse the used motorcycle listings for bikes and one of the most common "upgrades" I see is replacement of the stock air filter with a K&N. For some reason something that damages the engine is supposed to make me want the bike more...

Penny wise is pound foolish.

It's about time that deciding in adulthood to be a member of a cult brings one more criticism than being born a certain sex or race!

I'm selling the R100RS. A vast pile up of needed work and a shortage of time (and money) lead to my decision. I just couldn't bear to let a wonderful bike fester in a basement when someone else could restore it and treat it right. Of course I'm already looking for another motorcycle; one that I'm less interested in restoring to stock, cherry state.

Michael Chabon is supporting Barack Obama.

Five subtle changes in the event that Microsoft acquires Yahoo!

Buried in a programmer's experience learning, loving and leaving lisp is this gem:

"Ignorant" is not a pejorative term. If you think it is you are ignorant and you need to go look the word up in a dictionary.

This is brought to mind by PZ Meyer's debate yesterday (MP3 link) with Geoffrey Simmons, a fellow from the Discovery Institute, wherein PZ was criticized for claiming (correctly) that Simmons was ignorant about the topic at hand (transitional fossils in the evolution of whales) - a topic that Simmons brought up in the first place. It's just too entertaining.

By far the best Improv Anywhere event I've seen: Frozen Grand Central. Click through and read the full article, it's worth it.