Entries from March 2008

Our health care system is broken

Date March 30, 2008

And this is just more evidence:

“A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was [...]

Amazon owns the marketplace: return of the distributor

Date March 29, 2008

For awhile there it looked like independent publishing was going to be feasible. Between print-on-demand services like Lulu and Amazon’s willingness to integrate their catalogs in with the other print houses, someone like me,
Scott and Sheri or
Glen could write a book, list a book, and send people to a store they recognized [...]

Cory’s first spring

Date March 28, 2008

It’s hard for me to believe it, but Cory is almost nine months old. He’s getting around the apartment very well now, creeping across the floor and occasionally walking a perimeter by hanging onto various bits of furniture. He’s helped immensely with the de-cluttering effort, although truth be told most of what we take [...]

Graphic Designers are Anti-American

Date March 24, 2008

I just noticed
this magazine in our studio. It’s called “GD USA.” The “GD” supposedly stands for “Graphic Design” but we all know what “GD” really stands for. Is this a secret dog-whistled message of support to leftist fifth-column liberal artists? Are they secretly funded by Obama’s pastor? And where does George Soros fit in? [...]

What is anti-American?

Date March 24, 2008

I took a little time off from thinking after
yesterday’s post to fish (in WoW) and watch old Jack Benny shows. So I’m feeling a bit less nauseous, thanks, and that always helps the old puzzler.
So “Old Punk,” the contributor at the InstaPunk, thinks “black people” are anti-American because they frequently criticize and condemn American [...]