The title of the book, is taken from a conversation in the previous novel, and the name of the primary ship Jack commands for the first portion of the book.
From the "I'll-watch-a-DVD-on-Tuesday-for-a-rental-today" Department
I’ve noticed some improvements in the NetFlix DVD Service that I use. Some of it might be local, some of it might be an effort to become a better service. (more…)
Once upon a time, I pointed out the wackiness of conspiracy theorists who thought (and still think) that the Events of September 11, 2001 were an inside job. We call these people “9/11 Truthers” or, “Truthers” for short, or “Troofers” for condescension purposes.
There is a new wacky movement (which some are calling a Fringe Right Movement) that questions the Citizenship of President Barack Obama; due to the fact that he has not released his birth certificate. People have been calling these people “Birthers” or “Nirfers”
What I find striking is, that a third of those polled in the United States believed the Truther Movement. A Third of Republicans polled believe the Nirfer movement. (more…)
From the "Looking-for-talking-points-in-all-the-wrong-places" Department
Friends, we have a serious problem in America. As the Congress approaches their scheduled recess today, they are returning to their districts and constituents and facing a subversive, organized firestorm of Right-Wing Rent-a-Mobjackbooted thugs, who are organizing to subvert the President and his health care reform plan.
Fortunately, the Distinguished Senator from Ciscofornia, has exposed the subversive, underground network of well-dressed counterculturalist anarchists who want to bring our country down in a fire of sicken ruin; out of pure capitalistic selfishness.
From the "SCOTUS-and-the-World-of-Tomorrow" Department
News came the other day that Justice Designate Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed, by the United States Senate to be the 111th Justice of the United States Supreme Court (yeah, I even know the number! [or bothered to look it up]) and the newest member of the Roberts Court.
It isn’t really news, but it is. The United States Supreme Court, as I mentioned before is an important and underrated arm of the United States Government and of the Free World. It is the guardian of our laws, and Justice Sotomayor is now the newest Guardian of those laws. She is the first Latino, the first Latino Woman, the third woman, and the third non-Caucasian, to serve in this office, and I wish her well. It is a big responsibility. And we as, a nation have entrusted much to her. (more…)
From the "Just-thinking-about-Tomorrow, clears-away-the-cobwebs-and-the-sorrow; till-there's-none" Department
In case you are not looking at the time stamps of these posts, (and really, why would you?) but most have been published in the wee hours of the morning, This is on purpose.
In the theme of Theme I’m trying the gimmick of writing tomorrow’s posts, today.
From the "Because-making-it-look-good-now-is-more-important-than-providing-adequate-support-later" Department
Even before I worked in a cubicle jungle, I’ve never responded well to marketing:
Salesmen: They always made me uncomfortable, to the point where I avoid them in stores. I’m more wary around salesmen than I am around police officers. I make that analogy because I feel like I’m in trouble when a Salesman is around whilst I’m shopping; like I need watching. Phobic, I know.
Used Car Salesmen: They gave salesmen a bad name, and that was hard to do
Telemarketers: This is one of the primary reasons I hate the phone.
Junk Mail: There is a reason they call it junk! Nobody wants it.
Mailbox Spam: This is materials delivered, not my the post office, but by some local marketeer, usually advertising some local service. (Around here is it desert landscaping or roof cleaning.)
Door Spam: If the mailbox isn’t good enough, they will put it on your door handle, so you can’t ignore it.
Car Spam: Those stupid Fliers that you find under your windshield wiper only AFTER you get in your car and are ready to leave. Since you only throw them away, I consider it littering when some jerk puts it on your car. When I see jokers doing this in parking lots, I want to make a citizen’s arrest.
Spam: I remember getting my first piece of Spam. I had been an E-mail user for years (I had my first E-mail account in 1993, when I attended Community College. jgilby-at-bucks-dot-edu, I think it was.) It wasn’t until around 1996 when I got my first commercial E-mail account (jrgilby-at-flash-dot-net). I felt violated. As it continued, I just got angrier. Now I’m inundated, and numb.
Pop Up Ads: Because you shouldn’t see what you are reading before reading our ad; now with flash layering so it is more difficult to avoid, as it is not a new window, it is in the page you are viewing.
The List goes on
Anyways, its always been a thorn in my side. (more…)
You might not have known, given all the state budget news, and since Ciscofornia is financially underwater, that had been the top story in every state. But Arizona is also in a budget crisis, and has been since July 1; which is dumb, because since Governor Janet Napolitano became Secretary of Homeland Security, our new Republican Governor cannot get the Republican State Congress to agree on how to slash and burn spending and where to raise revenues. But it looks like it may be coming to a head, at least according to the Wall Street Journal:
If you are reading this, that means that Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com, successfully updated to the latest 0.0.x release, WordPress 2.8.4.
I would have stalled on the update, but even before I learned of the security hole it fixed, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com was victim of the exact hacking attempt, yesterday. (more…)
I was trolling through YouTube the other day, and came upon a little surprise. Which leads me to this Flashback in the days of Yore (Say, 10 years ago)
Once Upon a time, there was a house of college students/grad students/young working stiffs. Two of the inhabitants were The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com, and The-Evil-Doctor-Merlin-Channing-Lowe-Jr.. One of our pastimes (which there were many) was playing console games on a ghettotastic PlayStation Version 1.
There were several games that Chan and I would play head-to-head on. (Thus cementing our arch-nemesii status.) But there were games that had no head-to-head function, but still many of us in the house derived much pleasure from. One of those games was the Granddaddy of GTA, Driver: You are the Wheelman. (more…)
It was around the same time that we were truly utilizing the Home Network when several of us installed the First Person Shooter, Rainbow Six. At one time there were four of us playing in a network environment. (more…)
One of my fears coming out of the past election was that a 2-Year Senator (who spent those two years campaigning to become President) was not experienced enough for the role of Chief Executive.
The Nation disagreed with me, and elected him, and I hoped I was wrong.
But so far I’ve not been impressed. Not just from the political side, but from the actual administrivial stuff. (Broken Teleprompters, missed appointments, unprofessional Press Briefings, stumbling into a local police matter, and a debacle of foreign affairs: specifically with England and Russia; and now Libya has disregarded him. [Germany and France are not too pleased with us either, and those are just our Allies, don't get me started on our Enemies or psuedo-enemies.]) (more…)
I use the scare quotes, because when he was interviewed, he said he was there to support Health Care, but it turns out, he belongs to this Fringe Ron-Paul-like Truther Movement. So who know what he believes. Anyways, that is not the subject of this article. (more…)
With Obama Family on Vacation, the New York Times is actually taking the time to report that the Obama White House is lacking in the area of Administrative Appointments.
I’m not sure who is to blame here, but I have my theories: The not-ready-for-Prime-Time Administration, the poor performance of previous appointees to Cabinet position (a la Tom Daschele) or the bloated bureaucracy of our Federal Government. Or the increasingly scrutinizing of Public Officials.
From the "We ‘as-headin’ fer-bear-on Eye-One-Oh" Department
[Editor's Note: This Article was pushed back due to the news of Edward Kennedy's Death, so that article could be published first.]
You may remember a rant of mine, back in the day about the Interstate-10 Widening Project. I can tell you, it was miserable. It was like there were two cities of Tucson, the one on the East side of I-10, and the one on the other side. And getting between the two was not a fun event and one avoided it if they could.
I called it, the Tucson Demilitarized Zone. (more…)
From the "I'm-from-the-government-and-I'm-here-to-help" Department
The State of Fear: Take a subject that people are familiar with, but do not know much about, and twist some ideas around to make things more emotionally stimulating.
Journalism: See State of Fear
Everyone uses the Internet, most have no idea how it works. Shewt, I know more than most, and I’m still cloudy in some areas, especially on the macro design/structure, just because it is so nebulous. But this headline pissed me off when I read it:
From the "Another-Critical-Software-Update??" Department
You may recall the laptop I bought back in late January, which re-launched my exploration into Linux.
One of the issues I had with it, was that it was new hardware, that wasn’t recognized by the newest Ubuntu Distribution, in particular the Wireless LAN card. (more…)
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