This post is obsolete. Look here for details on converting WordPress to LaTeX. I have stumbled on another coding nuisance. Last weekend I spent a few moments exploring ways to export and print this blog in a nice typeset fashion. I first tried Blurb's book making software. It has a nice feature that automatically downloads blog … Continue reading WordPress to LaTeX Hack
Category: Rants
Only Now at the End do you Understand
It’s easy to see why other generations detest boomers. Without a doubt this cohort, my cohort, is the most spoiled, self-indulgent, pompous and delusional generation in western history. We were born in boom times and grew up thinking they would last forever. Well, I am happy to report that nothing lasts forever. The boomers, now … Continue reading Only Now at the End do you Understand
Honing my Powers of Indifference
For years I thought it was rude to ignore people now I glory in it. In our overly social networked age it is vital to hone your powers of indifference. We cannot care about everyone or everything and we shouldn’t even try. Here are some people and issues I am ignoring. Gay Marriage: Gay marriage is not … Continue reading Honing my Powers of Indifference
Let’s Hang Congress
As Mark Twain once rudely noted: “It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Regardless of your political or sexual orientation it’s hard to disagree. The current Congress is the largest collection of brain-dead fuckwits since the previous Congress and no doubt the next … Continue reading Let’s Hang Congress
2012 Business Opportunity
Are you an unscrupulous deranged crank with the track record of a government budget forecaster? Do you have no shame and assume everyone around you is an inbred moron? Can you say one thing one day and the opposite the next and see no contradiction? Do you consider “evidence” to be shit that you make … Continue reading 2012 Business Opportunity
Hard Ass Skeptic Rules
I am a hard ass skeptic. A hard ass skeptic is somebody that holds: Ghosts do not existGods do not existUFOs are not alien spaceshipsThere are no YetisThere are no psychics9/11 was not an inside jobLife after death is nonsenseReincarnation is more nonsenseSomebody called Christ did not rise from the graveMohammed did not ascend to … Continue reading Hard Ass Skeptic Rules
Counting Gods
How many fingers do you need to count gods? If you are like most people you simply assume the set of gods is enumerable and then you start fighting over which value in the set of positive integers $latex \mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}&bg=cfcdcd$ or $latex {0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots, }&bg=cfcdcd$ is correct. This process is elegantly explained by … Continue reading Counting Gods
Nobel Peace Prize Idol
My doubts about the Nobel Peace Prize started when Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho won during the Vietnam war. In my naive youth I thought a peace prize might have something to do with peace! I was so cute and unsophisticated in those days. As I aged I developed a robust sense of irony … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize Idol
My Olympic Spirit
The US tax payer dodged a bullet yesterday (October 2, 2009). The IOC, that cabal of corrupt whores, awarded the Olympics to Rio instead of Chicago. I've seen Rio, it's a beautiful city, and I pity the poor people there that will soon be paying out the wazoo for the dubious honor of enduring another … Continue reading My Olympic Spirit
Laws or Suggestions
Henry Waxman The other day while torturing myself with CNN I heard Henry Waxman, that living argument for congressional term limits, tell us that the new, all singing and dancing, US health care bill would not fund abortions or pick up the tab for illegal immigrants. Maybe Henry is telling the truth, hey it could … Continue reading Laws or Suggestions
