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Puttin’ on the Ritz

Posted by sarcozona on March 21, 2010. No comments.

I want to see this at the next drag show I go to.

What I’ve Noticed

Posted by sarcozona on March 20, 2010. No comments.

Poorly designed regulations contribute to sprawl, making walkable neighborhoods expensive or even illegal. Contrary to popular conception, marriage is good for men and bad for women. Nixon would have been hilarious if he hadn’t been president. Not being able to predict when I’m going to have a migraine is a serious problem. Advice for bossy […]

Pretty Things

Posted by sarcozona on March 19, 2010. No comments.

Reminds me a bit of Easter Island

Posted by sarcozona on March 18, 2010. No comments.

The Turks and the Greeks have been fighting over Cyprus for a long time now, but neither side seems to notice that they’re fighting over a dying island.

Coffee and climate change

Posted by sarcozona on March 17, 2010. One comment.

I wonder if more people will believe climate change is a problem when coffee quadruples in price?

The Wild Trees

Posted by sarcozona on March 16, 2010. 4 comments.

A few weeks ago, a friend told me he was coming over with a book that I absolutely had to read. He showed up a few minutes later and launched immediately into a rapturous description of The Wild Trees. He wouldn’t even visit very long so that I could start reading right away. I didn’t […]

People Mold God

Posted by sarcozona on March 15, 2010. No comments.

From Karen Armstrong’s A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam: [T]he Christianity of the Angles, the Saxons, and the Franks was rudimentary. They were aggressive and martial people and they wanted an aggressive religion… Soldier saints like St. George, St. Mercury and St. Demetrius figured more than God in their piety […]