I have been experiencing problems with Google search recently. I perused the Google forums and found some 100 other posts since the first of the year. The problem is simple enough: lately the Googlebot has either been missing sites, or sites with long (and Terms of Service compliant) histories have been dropped completely from the index, sitemaps do little or nothing to help, Webmaster tools are slower than ever or not accurate at all, etc. Not to mention that despite the fact that they... Read Full Story

I have been a drone lately, content to just show up at work Monday through Friday and rest on Saturday and Sunday. I read the news everyday, still frustrated that the world seems in so much chaos. I see dramatic signs of entropy answered with nothing more than the whimper of a comfortable apathy. I enjoy my work, but I still can not get over the feeling that I am the proletariat. No matter how much I like my work, I still sell my life away one hour at a time. I miss the camaraderie and... Read Full Story

having started a new job lately I have not been keeping up with the news or my posts lately, sorry ya’ll. however i did want to say something real quick about dog the bounty hunter and his show on A&E tv. it seems to me that the media and general public have missed the real story here. so what the hell am i talking about? simple really. if you read the transcript from dog’s little speech to his son, you will notice that he (dog) mentions that he is worried about his son’s girlfriend outing... Read Full Story

first let me point out to those who might be interested that one of my cohorts on this site has returned; drunken cynic has a good article on Greenspan’s comments on the dollar and the euro. enjoy. now, for my car. monday, I had to sink some $800 into my automobile and it is now driving very well again. while driving it home yesterday it dawned on me how much i was enjoying the new, smooth quiet ride. i thought to myself how nice it is to experience moments of pleasure like that. and... Read Full Story

for months the Petraeus report had been mentioned by everyone; from the blog-o-sphere to prime time it was the “real” report from a man who was untouchable, a man with pride and an impeccable reputation that would tell us, finally, what was happening in Iraq and what should be done. well the bomb dropped yesterday with Petraeus walking a very thin line between telling the voting public that they are wrong, or telling the President the same thing. all in all, it was deft maneuver for a man... Read Full Story

so, i have been watching with disgust the latest debacle to scare the global money markets. the complete meltdown of the so called “sub-prime” mortgage market has (or had, looking at the Dow Index right now) is the inevitable result of the over-extension of credit that happens when the market does really well for a long time. what happens is this: the market is booming. almost everyone who wants one has a job (never mind the fact that real wages are down, inflation sucks for poor folks and... Read Full Story

yesterday while driving home and listening to the local NPR station talk about the car bombings which killed more than 200 Iraqis, it dawned on me. the Bush regime has wasted possibly the most historically advantageous opportunity of our modern era. why? 1. the story starts with 9/11 , sort of. after 9/11 i know all of us were inundated with images of arabs celebrating and burning effigies in the street, but the real behind-the-scenes story was the support of governments and peoples the... Read Full Story

well, barry bonds has done it. he has destroyed any semblance of respect he may have ever had and taken major league baseball down with him. Congratulations Barry, you are the latest jerk on the planet to prove that “how you play the game” is not what really matters. How else does one explain that a cheater now holds one of the most coveted achievements in all of sports? When I do decide to have kids, what the hell do I tell them? Do I tell them that myself and others have lied to them... Read Full Story

well, barry bonds has done it. he has destroyed any semblance of respect he may have ever had and taken major league baseball down with him. Congratulations Barry, you are the latest jerk on the planet to prove that “how you play the game” is not what really matters. How else does one explain that a cheater now holds one of the most coveted achievements in all of sports? When I do decide to have kids, what the hell do I tell them? Do I tell them that myself and others have lied to them... Read Full Story

as an attempted Buddhist i am always defending to the uninitiated about the faith that is central to the practice. most people fail to see the faith of the philosophy because it is not embodied by a personification of ultimate purpose. and so i must explain that its faith is found in rationality and understanding, which most people get and respect. the two may sound radically different, but they have this in common: my faith is just as fleeting, distant and intangible. it takes work to... Read Full Story