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“Let’s be honest. The goal isn’t to see whether I can pass this through the executive board of the Brookings Institution. I’m passing it through the United States Congress with people who represent constituents. I’m sure there are a lot of people sitting in the shade at the Aspen Institute — my brother being one of them — who will tell you what the ideal plan is. Great, fascinating. You have the art of the possible measured against the ideal.”
— Rahm Emanuel on healthcare reform.
Let’s be honest. The goal isn’t to see whether we can write good policy instructed by good scholarship. We’re passing this bill through the United States Congress with people who face reelection next November. I’m sure there are a lot of uninsured people over-drafting their accounts because of an ER visit—my neighbor being one of them—who will tell you this plan is not enough. Great, fascinating. You have the art of the possible measured against the ideal.
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A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.
I want pancakes, but there’s no plain flour in, so now I have to go to the supermarket to buy some pancakes.
Yes, I know I could go to the supermarket and buy plain flour and then make the pancakes, like I was going to, but sometimes you’ve just got to play the hand you were dealt.
Mmmmmmmm, pancakes.
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skybarn reblogged stillawannablessedbe:From what I hear from graduate students, too many students are arriving in college thoroughly unequipped for it.
(via stillawannablessedbe)
How would graduate students know if college freshmen were ever “equipped for college”? I’m sure some cranky Swarthmore dean in a cape and smoking a pipe said the same thing about the freshmen rapscallions in the notoriously illiterate class of 1909. They were thoroughy spotty in their knowledge of Gibbons and the Aristophanes! It’s not like there’s ever a coordinating conference between high school teachers and college professors. And, trust me, high school teachers say the same damn thing about high school freshmen. -
Couple of things about this weekend ...
So you know those speed limit trailers on the side of the road that flash your speed while also displaying the “speed limit”? Well, I always wondered what they would do if you really just flew past one. Turns out, last night I got my answer - I approached said trailer in excess of 100mph and immediately the sign reacted with a baffling display of numbers … 55 … 62 … 74 … 67 … 45 … and then nothing. I know they can’t display triple digits, but I thought I could get an easy 99 flashing on that thing. All in all, it was kind of disappointing.
Secondly, I’d like to send a brief letter to Volkswagen of America …
Dear Volkswagen,
Thank you very much for crafting your Jetta GLI with superior components that allowed me to narrowly avoid a collision at just over 100mph with some dumb bitch who chose that inopportune moment to attempt a lane change in front of me. My cat-like reflexes and your nifty car saved the day! My passengers didn’t even have time to shit their pants as your nimble little Jetta snaked effortlessly past the stupid cunt.
Thanks again,
Me
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You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
It’s my birthday today and probably the coolest thing that will happen during it was when I was leaving Tesco earlier this afternoon.
Walking through the car park, back to my car, another car drove past and someone shouted out of the passenger window, “Happy birthday, Mark!”
By the time I turned around, I only got a glimpse of them. I think it was Amanda, who I used to work with. I shouted back, “Thank you!” and carried on walking.
Quite a few people were looking at me.
I kind of felt like I was famous.
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I went Kung-Fu Panda on my yard yesterday. Then my yard was all like, “Whuutt?” Then my yard went voodoo on my back, and my back was all like, “Why you gotta be like that?” And then my yard was like, “Sorry, but you got played.” Then I got out the heating pad.
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Richmond sunset.
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The guys in the office knew I was freaking out about turning thirty, so they got me a birthday cake in hexadecimal to help soften the blow.
NERDS!
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I love this company. I’ve been eating their microwaveable meals and soups since I was a wee, poor college student who couldn’t really afford to eat their products, but did so anyhow. So when I read this article about how BPA is in every can in the supermarket, I got a little annoyed, especially when I learned another natural foods company named Eden uses cans which do not contain it.
So I picked up the phone and called them. I spoke to a Customer Relations rep (i.e. an in-house PR person) and asked why Amy’s uses cans with BPA. I got the good news that they’re in the final stages of testing new cans without it and will be hopefully on the market in July. She spent seven minutes of her day explaining to me how they’ve been testing cans for a year, why they can’t use the cans Eden uses (anything with tomato in the can will corrode it due to natural acids found in tomatoes) and how seriously they take this issue.
It’s nice when companies do the right thing.
