Views Of A Modern World

Negative externalities is what economists think when they overhear “pull my finger.” — @rickcolosimo, July 3, 2012 Oh yeah. I’ve got more.

This summary on “Is Stupidity Contagious?” connects with a whole series of stupidity posts on that blog (I can’t quite bring myself to type it — since I mostly can’t remember which of the syllables...

Check out this fantastic pic of a living insignia version of the 25th ID “Electric Strawberry” (yes, I know it’s a taro leaf). It comes, from ~1926, via Retronaut.

I foresee another tribute to Clarke’s Law coming…. Sufficiently extensive experience is indistinguishable from cynicism. No, Andy Rooney didn’t make that up; I did. He was the most curmudgeonly nam...