I’m always happy when I see interesting questions like this one raised in a public forum. Even if it is a topic so ‘hot button’ that people can rarely have a civil dicussion about it. In the end though, I have to disagree with the notion of legally “choosing” to disassociate yourself from all obligations …
Monthly Archive: December 2005
Dec
13
GreaseMonkey
Oh man, greasemonkey is so damn COOL! Credit to Ian and Wired for informing me about this cool little utility. It took me months to actually install it, but I added user scripts to do things like compare prices on Amazon with Froogle, remove ads from ESPN, and (my favorite) add a built in Babelfish …
Dec
12
Fantasy Football – Week 14
You have to try really hard to suck as bad as I did this week. I mean, it’s like I purposefully sought out the WORST players of the entire league and put them on my team. (I didn’t by the way.) Normally you expect your players to each score between 10 and 15 points. I …
Dec
10
Finance Exam
A great weight has been lifted. Last night was the final exam for my MBA Finance class. Those of you who know can understand why this class in particular would cause anxiety: it involves math. Math and I have never had a close relationship. I guess you could say it has been strained from the …
Dec
07
Pub Quiz – 9th Place
Yeah, we started out with a lot of promise. New player (Ingrid). Some good scores early on. Some good guesses (what is “diplopia”? Answer: double vision. Guess by Brian. Booya.). But somewhere along the way the questions became ridiculously hard and we started sucking, finishing with just 55 points, tying for 9th place (out of …
Dec
06
Fantasy Football – Week 13
And victory edges ever closer. Thanks, once again, to Shaun Alexander, I have vanquished the Large One for another week. The standings are 8-4 and the stink of fear is palpable over the speakers when I speak with Guze on Skype. I guess it wasn’t such a smart idea to take the entire Indianapolis offense, …
Dec
04
Rubicon
I recently finished a great history of the Roman republic by Tom Holland called Rubicon. My friend Ian was telling me about it and got me interested in it, so I owe him credit for changing my opinions on the ancient Romans. I always liked the ancient Greeks more than the Romans. The Greeks invented …
Dec
01
Ann on TV
My honey’s persistence in going all the way to Brussels for auditions to be on TV quiz shows finally paid off. Two weeks ago she got a call to participate in a taping of “Met de Mes op Tafel” (which translates to “With the Knife on the Table”). It’s a quiz show whose twist is …