Comparative Reality

Houses require a decent amount of routine maintenance. Meaning, the many, many components of a house need to be oiled, tightened, inspected, replaced, or otherwise tweaked every so often. "Every so often" being months, or, more pleasingly, years. Of cou… more »

Photographs of a giant spider eating a bird in an Australian garden have stunned wildlife experts. Yeah, apparently those wildlife experts have never heard of Australia, and the nightmarish insectoid horrors that developed there, worse than anything… more »

One request: "Proposition 8 doesn't promote or support hate," said Rebecca Whitman, a Stockton mother of five. "We're putting out the word of God." Yeah...please stop doing that. (Yes, yes: First Amendment, and all that. But "religion" and… more »

Sometimes they're just so predictable. If, for example, they accuse their opponents of something, then it's probably worth looking for that sort of behavior in their own ranks. Like so: John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of… more »

My experience with Vista so far can be summed up thusly: Vista: Only usable because Google exists. I'm an administrator. I have, in theory, all permissions required to do anything. So I have permission to edit a file. But I can't save the file. W… more »