Extremely Lame

Linkbaiting is a search engine optimization practice in which someone takes a completely onerous stand on something with the intention of pissing a lot of people off and getting a lot of people to link to it so they can show others how wrong this person is. Of course, for the individual that engages in [...]

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I’ve seen a number of outrages lately over some of the most idiotic things regarding patriotism. Or, to be more specific, the display of patriotism. Seemingly, if you don’t display the minimum amount of blind zeal for your country or if you show any neutral or positive acknowledgment of countries that are not the United [...]

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I’ve met douchebags, and I’ve met douchebags. This guy, though? The man is in a class of his own. The level of which man excels at douchebaggery is a work of art. Take a look through the playlist on his site. That kind of thing requires dedication. Can you tell that I like saying “douchebags”?
This [...]

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Ever since it’s come out, people have been lamenting Windows Vista as a collossal failure and just a big pile of suck overall. I’m not going to argue the failure part, as that much seems apparent. The big pile of suck part? I’ve got some issues with that.
I’m not going to say it’s the best [...]

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Is there anything more ridiculously dishonest than performance reviews? The inanity behind them is just staggering. The ones at my workplace have seven different ratings, running the gamut from “You Suck” to “We’re Not Worthy.” Seven different ratings, so naturally, everyone got the one right in the middle. EVERY LAST ONE OF US. The guy that steals stuff from work? Yep. The guy who is more concerned with recycling than with paying attention to the plant? Yep. The guy who goes way above and beyond what’s required of him? Yep. They’re all the same. Why even bother with the charade if everyone’s going to get the same review?

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Thank you Indiana for making us look almost (but not quite) as bad as Kansas and Pennsylvania. Instead of looking like a bunch of backwards hicks that don’t know the difference between science and not science, we look like hicks that don’t understand the legal document upon which our laws are founded.
A judge has thrown [...]

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In news that pretty much everyone here in Dallas already knew but couldn’t prove,  Ars Technica has an article up that shows that red light cameras that ticket people for running red lights have not reduced traffic accidents. It seems that quite the opposite is the case. They, in fact, actaully cause more rear end [...]

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I work in the public sector in North Texas. I’ve recently been awarded a $4.00 per hour raise. So, why am I upset about that? That’s a long story. Please, have a seat.
I took my test to get licensed back in January.  It’s now the middle of April and I won’t see the fruits of [...]

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Ah yes. The blessing and curse of bureaucracy. The good thing about it is that it’s a way to treat people relatively equally. The bad thing is that it’s a way to treat people equally badly, i.e., often it completely ignores extenuating circumstances in individual cases. This is one of those.
Steve Steinberg was issued a [...]

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Huh, maybe there is some truth to that quip bandied about that atheists are distrusted more in the United States than other oft-maligned groups such as Muslims and homosexuals.
During a testimony to the Illinois House State Government Administration Committee (that’s a mouthful), Rob Sherman was arguing against the giving of a million dollars of public [...]

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