Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Today I made a daring attempt to rob Peter to pay Paul. Unfortunately for me, Peter’s alarm system was much more robust than I had expected. Paul is going to be angry with me. Peter is a jerk. [Note: In today’s episode, the part of Peter was played by American Express and the part of
Underwear
About 200 years ago I used to work at a place called InterLink Paging in Gainesville, FL with a woman named Anita. I worked there for years. During the holiday season, Anita would always talk to me about a song called Walking ‘Round in Women’s Underwear sung to the tune of Walking in a Winter
Present
A few days ago I received my first Christmas present of the year! It came from an unlikely source, and it is certainly appreciated. It’s a book called Prisoner’s Dilemma by William Poundstone. The book is about game theory and its relevance to nuclear proliferation and the Cold War and it is excellent. I’ve read
Cool Clothes
Clothes for guys
Mobster Name
My Mobster Name is Rollo The Mook. I don’t get it. [link lifted from weblog wannabe]
Nerd Wide Web Bizarre Site
It’s always a surprise when a family member sends me eMail. If there’s a link in the eMail it’s an even bigger surprise. If there’s a link to a web site that’s actually worth a visit, it gets blogged. Check out the Nerd Wide Web Bizarre Site of the Week! link from Dad
Superpower Quiz
Take the What’s Your Superpower? quiz at emode.com to discover if, like me, you have Super Speed! link lifted from weblog wannabe
Twelve Days of Blogging
The BradLands’ Twelve Days of Blogging will put you in a happy – blogging – holidays – computer-y – yuletide mood. Probably. Or you can read the lyrics to The Christmas Song. John & Yoko wrote my favorite.
Game Theory
You and a person you love deeply are placed in separate rooms with a button next to each of you. You know that both of you will be killed unless one of you presses your button before sixty minutes pass; furthermore, the first person to press the button will save the other person, but will