Quote of the Day

How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his choice? First, recognize that it's not a choice. It's not a lifestyle. It's an orientation.

Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don't say "What's the matter?" or "Are you all right?"

Third, don't say anything else, either.

-Jonathan Rauch

Check out the rest, if you are an introvert. If you're not an introvert, read it and learn!

Found via Marko.

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ETA: Interesting concept. I think I'm going to like Dial2Do. I can update my calendar, blog, twit and email by voice from my phone. I expect to start liveblogging rush hour. That will be fun.

This came with the transcription and a link to the recorded mp3, but I've got the voice for newspaper, to match the face for radio.

I knew...

... I wasn't the only one in love.


Stephanie Courtney, my oddest dream girl.

Zombie Quiz

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My home is no longer private

According to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, A08-1754, State of Minnesota vs. James Jay Gradishar, my home is now a public place.

For purposes of section 624.7142, we conclude that “public place” shall be defined as: generally an indoor or outdoor area, whether privately or publicly owned, to which the public have access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not.

If anybody has ever been invited to my house, or accompanied a guest to my house, or accessed the yard I don't fence or booby-trap, I live on public land, for the "purposes of section 624.7142".

Jackass judges.

The Future of Socialized Medicine

A MOTHER is taking her fight to the European Court of Human Rights after she was forbidden from seeing her three-year-old daughter because she is not “clever enough” to look after her.

Yes, you read that right. Self-important bureaucrats have seized her daughter because she isn't smart enough to keep her.

But..."declaration by a psychiatrist that Rachel, 24, has no learning difficulties and “good literacy and numeracy and [that] her general intellectual abilities appear to be within the normal range”."

So she is smart enough. Monkeys have babies, I don't understand why the UK thinks someone of normal intelligence can't manage it.

Now, now, princewally, this isn't fair. Of course the government will allow subjects to have some form of recourse.

Well, yeah.

Her attempts to fight Nottingham city council’s adoption of her daughter have been hampered because her case was taken over by the official solicitor, the government-funded lawyer who acts for those unable to represent themselves. He was brought in to represent Rachel’s interests because she was judged to be intellectually incapable of instructing her own solicitor. He declined to contest the council’s adoption application, despite her wish to do so.

You gotta remember, government hacks will always back the government play. Always. Don't think it won't happen here.

Found here.

Socialized Health Care, in a Nutshell

The Opposition

Swamped

Every once in a while, life does a really good job of kicking me in the ass. Why can't I have a 37 hour day?