- Next time you attach this crap to my fence, I will invoice your for litter removal, and possibly sue you for defacing private property, #chartercommunications #spectrum - October 22, 2023
- Looky who got a new toy… a Framework 13 laptop with a Ryzen 7 7840U, 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD. And of course I'm running Ubuntu on it. #geektoys #righttorepair - October 21, 2023
- My barista clearly understands me… #bentonparkcafe @bpc_stl - October 20, 2023
Merry Christmas… Happy Hannukah… whatever. Just celebrate, be with your loved ones… and eat too much of stuff that’s bad for you.
But don’t forget to spend a moment thinking of those who can’t be with their loved ones today… those who are fighting a war on foreign soil that seems more and more questionable every single day. Think of those who will die before it is over… and those who may never walk again.
And while the Western world is awash with the feelings of Christmas, take a moment to think of how you are going to behave next year. Think of how you’re going to cope with the political rhetoric, the platitudes and the ideals of those in power. Think of how your perceptions might change next year given that Bush has now admitted to spying on the American public in the name of terrorism.
And my quote of the day? I love this quote…
“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done, and I am Caesar.”
-Julius Caesar
Keep an open mind… but be wary of those who claim to be your friend.