The Happy Moron

The only thing more painful than a jerk is an incompetent jerk.

Stabbing in Corona LRT, man in his 20s.
Not fatal, but not comforting. Here’s a situation almost entirely beyond one’s own personal control.

Nothing much here, this caught my eye while browsing and I had some questions. [For those who don't frequent BBSpot, Brian Briggs mocks a random personal ad on a daily basis - he's not at his best here, but that's beside the point.]
1)What does she think the difference between a cynic and a pragmatist is? [...]

A discussion, among programmers, that references Christianity but which does not devolve into vitriol.
This speaks volumes about the quality of the hosting blog and of the community built up around it. If you don’t believe this, just lurk on slashdot for a while

I do not understand the mindset that would put a scripture reference on a rifle sight.

At various times I’ve thought about the best way to play the autocomplete game. You know – autocomplete – when you search for something on Google, it drops down a list of the most common searches matching what you’ve typed so far.
It’s how I found Yaco Monti.
(I was searching for ‘yacht rock’)
My thought was to [...]

Great article from the BBC a couple days back.
Lots of good stuff in there.
A lot of links recently – I’ve got some topics for posts kicking about but no time to write them.

What’s the deal with trial by ordeal?

Man mauled to death by pet tiger – CBC
Shouldn’t that be:
Man mauled to death by not so pet tiger?
Mind you, this is the first time I’ve seen the CBC comment boards unified and free of bile. They all think keeping a captive tiger is a bad idea, too.

From the Word of the Day that I keep on my whiteboard:
WOTD: affect(process)/effect(state)
The best way to have an effect is to affect someone. (We all need a little affection)
If you verb the ‘e’ word, you are evil. Verbing words is evil.
“Do you wish to effect change?” (this means “bring about an effect“ – correct but [...]