Geek Warrior

Thanks to Borepatch, I got reaquainted with the 300 “Come and get them” speech. I liked it so much I wanted to make sure I could always find it. So I created a box on the page called “Instant Pep Talks”. That speech along with a few others for different occasions are now available for [...]

That’s because I have a 13-year-old daughter And that’s all I hear, “That’s not fair,” she says. “That’s not fair! That’s not fair!” And one day I snapped, and I said, “Honey, you’re cute, that’s not fair. Your family is pretty well off, that’s not fair. You were born in America, that’s not fair. Darling, [...]

The hard stuff, even the very hard stuff, is never as hard as I thought it would be. The easy stuff, even the very easy stuff, is always close to impossible. I think this is why God invented alcohol.

The deputy also found two gas masks, protective eye goggles and a safety helmet. All three men told the deputy that they had spent the night at the Occupy Portland demonstration, and they brought the mortars and safety equipment to the demonstration in preparation of the expected confrontation between police and protesters Sunday morning. via [...]