Brian's Rant-o-Rama Brian's Rant-o-Rama Eclectic rants and ramblings from the mind of a disgruntled whole-brained cranky but honest man. Discussions range from interpersonal cowardice and weasel behaviour to music to writing to the software industry, and everything in between. Articles
Helping helps who?
2011-04-01 22:27:00 No foolin' ... helping is often about the helper, not the helpee ...
And the new CD is rolled out
2011-01-25 00:47:00 Just one thing, though ... who the f%@& is Floyd???
For $10 will you be my friend? How about $20? $50?
2010-12-19 00:46:00 A five year old prediction comes true. I ruminate on friendships and the fact that they really are worth something to me. More About: Friend
We never tire of 911 speculation
2010-11-30 00:26:00 Well, to quote REM, 'There's something going on that not quite right.'
Clearing houses for mediocrity
2010-11-05 00:29:00 We were all told something like, 'Nothing you learn is a wasted effort,' and for so long we've accepted that rather murky truism at face value that we've forgotten that, sometimes, a waste of time is just a waste of time, no matter how one spins it. More About: Houses
Lindsay Lohan is a public service
2010-10-21 20:10:00 Her life may be coming apart at the seams, but we can use her miserable train wreck of a life to divert our attention away from the financial disaster of the 21st century. More About: Lindsay Lohan , Public Service , Public , Service , Lindsay
From the dead letter department
2010-09-29 22:09:00 Normally I leave the 419-ers alone ... but this time I just couldn't resist. More About: Department , Letter , Dead
Oilsands
2010-09-22 20:24:00 Neither apologist nor environmentalist. It's a pointed little fence to sit on, but who knows where the truth really lies?
Abuse of power
2010-08-23 22:50:00 Nothing, and I mean Absolutely Nothing, infuriates me more than the abuse of power. So my dander was raised after, in rapid succession last week, I saw three stories of overzealous police and/or peace officers using excessive violence. More About: Abuse , Power
They almost had me there for a while
2010-08-13 01:07:00 What I'd like to see is a definitive report stating everything known or *honestly* theorized about global warming in one concise paper, with none of the obvious fudging, cooking, and just plain dishonesty we are seeing from both sides. Is that too much to ask for?
Happy?
2010-07-16 20:47:00 You know the folks I'm talking about ... the unhappy ones who nevertheless 'know' just what you need in your life. These are the people who think 'you should' are two words that form a perfect union as long as they are coming from their mouths. More About: Happy
Near-death experiences
2010-06-22 01:06:00 Life after death is an unknown, of course; however, what to make of those eerily consistent reports relayed by people who are returned to life after clinically dying? More About: Death , Experiences
Don't be normal, fall flat on your face
2010-06-08 00:52:00 Raising children is not as much about the children as I thought it would be: It's just as much about learning about myself ... and in a way that gives me a second chance at the things I missed the first time around. More About: Face
Coming together
2010-06-01 01:11:00 The final push to the end of the sessions for the new CD, and the electric magic that resulted in one of the latest songs.
A soldier's justification
2010-06-01 01:11:00 It's a fine line, sometimes. How far into justification does one go with the soldiers of past wars? They knew their role, didn't they? They know what their importance was, don't they?
A trivial observation
2010-05-06 01:47:00 What brave new future awaits us when there is no such thing as 'minority population'?
A minor consumer complaint
2010-04-28 19:06:00 Really ... if these are the biggest problems we ever face, then I guess we're doing all right ... More About: Consumer , Complaint
Ads that piss me off
2010-04-26 22:36:00 I can hear the reply already: If it bugs you so much, just turn it off, right?
Show-stopping arguers
2010-04-14 21:03:00 A friend, in her blog, painted the picture of those folks who just seem to like to argue for no reason at all ... and then I experienced one of those unpleasant people myself. Now I'm left wondering how they got that way. More About: Show
Beacons of contradiction
2009-12-17 00:44:00 There are rare moments of transcendence that become the exceptions that prove the rule. They are the divergent moments that actually--and paradoxically--define us. More About: Contradiction
Don't touch that dial
2009-12-11 01:37:00 I saw a picture of an old Bakelite telephone the other day and it brought back a memory of one I had as a teenager. More About: Touch
Banks suck so hard they have their own event horizon
2009-12-01 00:52:00 Forget the service charges and rapidly diminishing interest vs. the penalties and exorbitant interest charges--those are petty thefts compared to the manipulation of money itself. More About: Event , Banks , Hard , Suck
Eternity and other facile notions
2009-11-18 21:58:00 How short is a life? Maybe forever. More About: Eternity
Dead laptop computer
2009-11-09 21:06:00 My HP Pavilion DV9500CA finally died for good. And I can't say I'm particularly sorry to see it go. It's been a 2-year test of my skill and patience just to keep it running. More About: Laptop , Computer , Dead
Mysticism governs us
2009-10-29 23:22:00 As Clarke's alien Karellen called it, the "prime aberration" of the human, so it is. We live in a religious fervour unlike any seen since the middle ages.
The friendly sociable walls came tumbling down
2009-10-16 20:18:00 An intellectual disconnect that large can be as devastating as injury itself. More About: Friendly
An alternative to creating an afterlife
2009-10-07 01:37:00 Whether or not you live in abject poverty and desperate times, or prosperity and relative happiness, it is a true crime against humanity to live an unexamined life. More About: Alternative , Creating
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have salmonella!
More articles from this author:2009-10-01 23:17:00 How can you have salmonella if you don't eat your meat?!?! More About: Meat , Salmonella 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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