The Happy Moron

The internet brings together minds from across the globe.
If you want to observe a flame war with a “stage parent”, look no further.
Here are person who, though human, are alien to me. Fascinating. The internet lets me eavesdrop on people who I don’t understand, not even a little bit. What twists and turns of life [...]

Is suffering from a lack of largesse.
Making obscene amounts of money by selling foolish stuff is foolish.
I think I’m going to go be a plumber.

Just a little while ago, I asked what kind of language recipes were written in. Wikipedia tells us that a language is all about its symbols and its grammar; the little fiddly bits and how we put them together.
Therefore, when looking at a “Recipe Language,” it makes to think a little bit about the rules [...]

One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no *them* out there. It’s just an awful lot of *us*.
Read the whole piece; what blows me away is that he wrote that in 1999.
(This isn’t a new thing, the new thing is that I’m discovering [...]

This is a long discussion that I’m going to try splitting up over blog posts.
But first…. Cookery!

Chinese Potato Salad
Ingredients

5-6 medium potatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds)
4 slices bacon, well-cooked and crumbled
3/4 cup chopped bok choy
1 red pepper, diced
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1/4 cup chopped celantro

Sauce

1 1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp sugar
1 tbs soy sauce
1-2 tsp sesame oil
1/8-1/4 [...]

Here’s why the Happy Moron will likely never be popular.
I’m okay with that, the value of the Happy Moron lies in the experience, not the product.

I feel vaguely unclean.
I never post on Slashdot. It’s just not worth it. There are too many voices screaming for any conversation to emerge. Too many posters are on a mad dash to accumulate virtual glory and distinction. Adding to the clamour is vanity, nothing more.
But when I saw this post, something popped. It snapped, [...]

Manchester United loses its shirt sponsor.
This story says something about human nature. The core of this story is a message about largesse.
You could argue that for AIG, a shirt sponsorship with Manchester United is either a good business decision or a bad one. It either pays for itself or it doesn’t. More importantly, it is [...]

People who say,
“Hasn’t failed me yet!”
Can often be found
Playing Russian roulette.

Articles like this leave a bad taste in my mouth.
I’m trying to find put my finger on why this bothers me so much, but words just can’t describe my distaste for it. If you want to peg people into little cubes in a bigger cube, go ahead, but leave me out of it.
I’m also doing [...]