September 2011
3 posts
THE KNOWS NOSE
While writing just now I sneezed all over my phone, but I didn’t want to pause to wipe the screen off for fear that Tumblr would delete my post again. Srsly, can’t stand it.
This just in: episode 1 plot full of holes
Last night on the tweeters (chigmata) I made reference to watching episode 1 as part of Spike’s STAR WARS marathon. I suggested that Qui Gon’s time and energy might have been better spent finding someone not resistant to Jedi mind tricks to change his 20,000 republic credits into a more easily exchanged local currency.
Concern #2
It occurred to me this morning that if Watto is...
Will Oil Drown the Arab Spring?
Apart from an uncreative title, there was several important questions which arose as I began reading the current issue of FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Michael Ross, the author, is a professor of political science at UCLA and has just written a book called “The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations.” The main thrust of the article is that countries producing large...