http://stevesiwy.com/blog Go, astronaut, go Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:57:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (via) http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/07/03/quite/ Well... the best way for them to move past this is for Manny to put Youkilis on the ticket as his VP. If he doesn't, I'm buying a Yankees hat. Girl Power, commenting on Boston.com's Extra Bases blog, in reference to a story about Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youklis getting heated with each other ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/06/06/quote-of-the-day-14/ This would explain why I smelled smoke when I came up from the train at South Station today: 60K pounds of lobster lost in Boston fire BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A fire destroyed a landmark seafood business on the waterfront early Friday, snarling rush hour traffic and raising fears the building would collapse ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/30/fire-bad/ Today's sign of the impending apocalypse: Monkeys control robots with their minds - CNN.com This can lead to no good. http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/29/i-for-one-etc/ This is fair. Tangentially: why are well-done imaginary dialogues so funny?  Seriously, few things are so reliably likely to make me laugh. (via) http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/26/clutch/ I don't think I've ever linked to Jim Henley's finest post: So many publications have expressed such overwhelming interest in the perspectives of those of us who opposed the Iraq War when it had a chance of doing good that I have had to permit mutliple publication of this article in ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/22/im-glad-well-never-make-that-mistake-again/ Jesus Christ. (via Unqualified Offerings) UPDATE:  Robert Farley at LGM has a slightly longer and more thoughtful response than I: Long story short, it's quite likely that an invasion would cause a lot more people to die than are likely to die sans intervention. The idea of a threat of an invasion in order to ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/14/when-all-you-have-is-a-hammer/ I've heard a disturbing number of people, all of whom I know to be otherwise sane, tell me that they think John McCain would make a good President, or even tell me that they might vote for him. This is nuts. He would be an awful President. ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/05/02/as-i-hate-war-it-is-with-a-heavy-heart-that-i-shall-start-a-bunch-of-them/ Survival instinct. http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/04/07/you-know-why-i-blog-so-infrequently/ The only thing more annoying than Joe Lieberman himself is his conceit, which many people indulge out of habit, that he is some kind of “centrist.”  Perhaps if we think of the political spectrum as a series of rings surrounding a cavernous abyss (or perhaps a pit like the Sarlaac), then ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/04/01/quote-of-the-day-13/ New posts at Fafblog (which is the best blog, for those of you unfamiliar with it)! They redesigned the site an everything, so presumably they mean to write more than just two posts.  One can only hope, as does Robert Farley, that its revivification isn't just a cruel April Fool's joke. http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/04/01/gasp/ In conclusion, fuck Joe Francis. -Ezra KleinTo which I would only add:  in the neck, with a sharp stick. http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/03/28/quote-of-the-day-12/ I don't usually write about work, because that's my real name up there, and writing about work on the web is a fantastic way to lose your job.  For that reason, I'll try to be deliberately hazy with any identifying details.  But I must speak, for this may be my last ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/03/26/the-statement-of-steven-siwy/ My purity is based on the fact that nobody offered me much money. Leonard Cohen That article comes from a link in the comments to an essay about the evolution of the song "Hallelujah." ...I should add that all of this comes via a Sidelight on Making Light. http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/03/08/quote-of-the-day-11/ Aw, man.  Gary Gygax died.   I bought the D & D basic set when I was, like, eight, I think.  I didn't have anyone to play it with until I got a little older and a) thus, so did my younger brother, b) some kids around our age moved in up the ... http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2008/03/04/failed-his-saving-throw-vs-mortality/