Günter Grass, noted German writer.
Somehow, I managed to miss his admission that he was an SS member during the war.
(Sorry for the radio silence the past few days. I’ve been on the road and just got home last night. More about this later.)
Obit watch: April 14, 2015.
April 14th, 2015Obit watch: play Freberg!
April 8th, 2015Take me out to the ball game…
April 6th, 2015It appears that opening day has snuck up on me again.
It also looks like the Cubs will be unable to sell beer at Wrigley Field this year.*
However, I still have faith; that’s one game out of 162. And, yes, I’ve bet Lawrence $5 that the Cubs will win the World Series this year.
* Because they lost the home opener.
Edited to add: Giggle. Snort.
More tags that I don’t get to use together enough.
April 3rd, 2015This would be the “Food->Beef” and “Austin->Politics” tags.
The council meeting was last night. And?
So we’ve gone from a code change to “starting a process to get input from stakeholders”.
“Recommendations will be made”. Nice use of the passive voice there.
I was actually in favor of the original version of the resolution, and I’m kind of sad to see it watered down. Why? Well, I’ve never seen an entire city council tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail…
Alligators? In my retention pond?
April 3rd, 2015It’s more likely than you think.
(I know the linked article refers to a singular alligator, but there are other articles behind the Statesman pay wall that state there’s evidence of at least two gators.)
(That reminds me: did you know you can get “Gator
Obit watch: April 2, 2015.
April 2nd, 2015You’re going down in flames, you tax-fattened hyena! (#19 in a series)
April 2nd, 2015More:
Through his company, Vitreo-Retinal Consultants, Dr. Melgen directed $700,000 in corporate contributions to Majority PAC, a super PAC intended to help Democrats retain control of the Senate. Dr. Melgen instructed the group to use those contributions to aid Mr. Menendez’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Among the favors for Dr. Melgen, the department said, Mr. Menendez encouraged the Obama administration to change the Medicare reimbursement policy in a way that would make millions for the doctor. Prosecutors said he also tried to push a port security deal that Dr. Melgen was involved in, and helped the surgeon’s foreign girlfriends obtain travel visas to the United States.
Happy April Fools Day!
April 1st, 2015Our policy regarding your personal data:
Please stop sending us your personal data.
We are running out of places to put it.
Is this even yours?
Does anyone recognize whose data this is?
Oh jeez never mind here comes more data.
Why are you doing this?
Please stop.
Help.
“NSA Tells Public To Reduce Use of Passive Voice In Email”
“Congress To Extend Copyright Terms for All Artistic Works to ‘Life of Mickey Mouse plus 70 years.'”
More later, maybe. It has been a busy morning.
Obit watch: March 31, 2015.
March 31st, 2015Robert L. Hite passed away on Sunday.
Lt. Col. Hite was one of Doolittle’s Raiders. He was captured by the Japanese after his plane ran out of fuel and the crew bailed out over China.
Duke sucks.
March 30th, 2015Duke, however, does not suck enough.
Yes, I owe Lawrence $5. I’m not that disappointed, though: making the final eight is a pretty good run, and I think Gonzaga is going to get stronger and stronger in the coming years.
The horses have left…
March 29th, 2015Not official yet, but various sources are reporting that Rick Barnes is going to be shown the door.
If there’s an official announcement today, I’ll update; otherwise, I’ll do a new post tomorrow.
Edited to add: Official. Statesman. Statesman II. ESPN.
Some interesting things about this:
- The university is spinning this as an agreed upon parting of the ways.
- Barnes says he wanted to stay, was told last week his job was safe, and he was let go for refusing to fire some of his assistant coaches.
- Barnes is owed $1.75 million in severance pay. But if UT had waited until Wednesday to fire him, they would only have owed him $1.5 million. I wonder what the hurry was.
Gonzaga 74, UCLA 62.
March 28th, 2015Their next game is against Duke on Sunday.
Obit watch: March 27, 2015.
March 27th, 2015This has been covered elsewhere, but I did want to highlight the NYT coverage of Richard III’s reburial.
I wish I could have been there.
Giggle. Snort.
…
I’m just going to leave these links here.
The Daughter of Time
Obit watch: March 23, 2015.
March 23rd, 2015Izola Ware Curry passed away on March 7th. This is slightly old news, but I’ve been waiting for a good link.
For those of you who are saying, “Who?”: Ms. Curry was the woman who stabbed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ms. Curry was found incompetent to stand trial and spent the rest of her life in a series of institutions.
Chinua Achebe, noted Nigerian author, has also passed away. Somewhere I have a copy of Things Fall Apart
Gonzaga!
March 23rd, 2015They’ve made the final 16. And their next game is against UCLA, who they beat in the regular season.
I’m liking their chances. I might even order a shirt.