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My grandparents, like most of their generation, believed in giving their kids a spanking when discipline was required. Some spankings called for the willow switch, which hard-spanking parents never kept handy in the house. They always sent the kid out to pick one.
Dread surging, the about-to-be-spanked child walked slowly out to the […]

I think running Windows on an Apple machine is tantamount to desecration. Andrew Kantor of USA Today thinks it’s a market-share opportunity for Microsoft. I use the word “thinks” very lightly:

But the notion put forward by some Mac folks — that Boot Camp will improve the Mac’s position in the business and gaming marketplace […]

The arguments on ForgiveTaxCheats.com sound suspiciously like some arguments making the rounds on other issues of note lately…

Ever heard the expression “don’t throw good money after bad”? Well that’s exactly what the IRS enforcement is. It’s a losing proposition and the prospect of an IRS audit deters tax cheats about as much as the death […]

This one’s all in the metadata. A few days ago, Oliver Willis posted an immigration-related item on his blog entitled They Just Hate Hispanics, Admit It. Oliver put the entry under the categories “Immigration” and “Racism.”
Who are these mysterious racists Oliver calls “they”? Oliver doesn’t specifically say, but he links to a […]

I just got e-mail pitching various medications from a dude named “Interstellar D. Sawdust.” Isn’t that what became of Alderaan?

Michael S. Cox is a spammer.
You can tag it too: Michael S. Cox
UPDATE: But wait, there’s more! Now Cox is threatening to sue Dori and Tom despite the fact that, to all appearances, he’s got no case.

Dean Esmay writes about overpopulation fears:

First off, what about all those poor areas that are so horribly overcrowded in the third world? I invite you to look carefully: in any country that is generally free and features a generally democratic government (say, as ranked by Freedom House as a 4,4 or better), no matter how […]

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For folks looking for advice that is neither tongue-in-cheek nor specific to a certain house in Virginia that I no longer own, try checking out the following:

eHow - How to Use a Garbage Disposal

eHow - How to Fix a Jammed Garbage […]

Can of Worms Announces the “When will Katherine Harris Quit Pool”:
Because nearly everyone on her team has quit and now even the Tampa Tribune thinks she is crazy and she is probably in the office by herself by now, I would like to start a pool picking the date within the next 2 months that […]

HBO executives last week announced the next wave of original series they’re going to be adding to their lineup – a cop show, a hospital drama, a hospital comedy, and a new reality show.
Just kidding.
HBO calls its original series development “groundbreaking” and fairly so. If it could air on the major broadcast […]

Will the last person to leave the Katherine Harris for Senate campaign please turn out the lights?

We all know that Cynthia McKinney is a raving loon. The fact that she’s a Member of Congress (again!) troubles me only a bit, because even the clinically insane, paranoid, and racist are entitled to have representation in Congress, and why not one of their own? Besides, if you took the nutjobs and […]