http://techapman.net Randomness from the Executive Chef of the Atomic Cafe... Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:37:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en but about the implicit need to reaffirm that you should only do what the men folk say lil' missy: http://techapman.net/2012/19/02/its-not-about-the-dress-code/ Here I thought I was done with the Komen FAIL posts for today, when I checked the RSS feeds. Jezebel.com has a good summary/timeline up: The Complete Guide to the Susan G. Komen Debacle. The closing sums it up perfectly IMNSHO: in order for Susan G. Komen for the Cure ... http://techapman.net/2012/04/02/even-more-on-the-komen-fail/ While I have had no use for, and had stopped supporting the National side of the Susan G. Komen Foundation after the infamous "pink KFC FAIL," I had not had anything against the local/state organizations and was open to them doing good. But the more that I have read ... http://techapman.net/2012/04/02/komen-fail-round-up/ While the whole segment is worth the watch "Atheism is like a religion is like abstinence is a sex position" jump to about 3:40 if you want to see the good bit http://techapman.net/2012/04/02/bill-maher-calling-it-like-he-smells-it/ As we've all now heard, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has once again screwed the pooch. Was it not bad enough partnering with KFC to profit from selling fast food? O.K, I could see it was just a poor decision. But defunding Planned Parenthood examinations, nope that ... http://techapman.net/2012/02/02/no-mo-money-for-you/ Being from a bordering state I agree, but it's too bad that "unlimited money" bought the ouster of the judges that made one of the items stated true... Iowa Nice http://techapman.net/2012/03/01/181/ Good reading on xmas (or any time of year for that matter). From the WSJ: Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas posthumously published article from Christopher Hitchens: Ever since Tom Lehrer recorded his imperishable anti-Christmas ditty all those years ago, the small but growing minority who view ... http://techapman.net/2011/25/12/forced-merriment-the-true-spirit-of-christmas/ An xmas present to all from the... police-state-enabling congress and President: Direct Link http://techapman.net/2011/25/12/grandma-got-indefinitely-detained/ Wonderful it is to train the mind, so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants. Good is it to have a well-trained mind, for a well-trained mind brings happiness. Dhammapada 3.35 http://techapman.net/2011/20/12/daily-words-30/ Hate brings great misfortune, hate churns up and harms the mind; this fearful danger deep within most people do not understand. Itivuttaka 3.88 http://techapman.net/2011/11/12/daily-words-31/ "As I am, so are others; as others are, so am I." Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed. Sutta Nipāta 3.710 http://techapman.net/2011/09/12/daily-words-32/ Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently. Sutta Nipāta 3.725 http://techapman.net/2011/05/12/daily-words-33/ On this, the eighteenth Bummernacht, I would like to wish one and all a happy beginning to Zappadan. This is the time of year we should all follow his example and call out the bullshit spewed around us and defend our rights (the First Amendment and the remainder of the Bill ... http://techapman.net/2011/04/12/bummernacht-2011/ Who is energetic and not indolent, In misfortune unshaken, Flawless in manner and intelligent, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 http://techapman.net/2011/01/12/daily-words-29/ UC Davis Chancellor Katehi gets an ear full http://techapman.net/2011/20/11/hopefully-there-will-be-perp-walk-in-her-future/ (source) http://techapman.net/2011/20/11/occupy-the-prd/ graphic by Craig Updegrove (via) http://techapman.net/2011/20/11/economics-101/ Original source unknown (h/t) (bigger version) http://techapman.net/2011/20/11/which-ww-ii-era-pledge-mentions/ "...on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month..." On this day in 1918 CE, the armistice between the Allies: the Kingdom of Serbia the French Third Republic the Kingdom of Belgium the British Empire the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the Dominion of Canada the Commonwealth of Australia the Indian Empire the Union of ... http://techapman.net/2011/11/11/armistice/ With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, & all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate. Sutta Nipāta 1.150 http://techapman.net/2011/06/11/daily-words-28/