THOSE WHO CAN'T WRITE

 The concept of bringing sports media formulation to politics and public policy purely for the purposes of sensualizing for profit but guise...

Hannibal Buress's comedy is as if the universe is truly made up of harmonic frequencies and he secretly discovered the source of one of ...

Breath Like a gift from the ocean The waves rolling in, rolling out Neti pot. By A. Nomimas  

" I wish I could bring Robert Moses back to life. So I could repeatedly drown him in a bath tub."                                 ...

 "No Congressional district may be drawn so that it consists of more than one [or two] partial counties."

Microstation is the TAB cola of the CAD world. You think it's gone now but it pops up in random places.

I'm surpised not to find the following proposed anywhere: The English word "Panda" coming from the word 胖胖的, shortened to 胖的. ...

Can one explanation for Fermi's paradox be the universe is expanding faster than life?   A case where the "Swiss Cheese Theory...

So Offenbach's name is used for bad puns.

Star Wars + Math Dark Energy = m (ic)²

Cynicism inspired by American politics, Foxnews, The Heritage Foundation and other evil neo-conservative institutions.

The universe is expanding exponentially to an exponential power.   The universe HAS TO expand like that, otherwise it would not exist.     I...

The Ramones are the most overrated underrated band in the history of music.

American urban design is still putting the car[t] before the ho[u]se.

Enough with the envy!  Bring on the jealousy!

Those who say "________ will hurt the economy" are actually saying "________ will hurt MY economy." Forget "hurting...

Hypocrites are wise people.  Listen to them.

From the Department of "Being Like Frank Luntz Except Not Evil:" Plain and simple just call them "Science Deniers."

There are two kinds of Tango dancers: those who love to Tango and those who love to dance.

"4th Party" - A theoretical political party with a limited but targeted agenda focusing on amending the methods of representation ...

There is no such thing as 'bad art.' There is only good art and art that is not good yet.

Red Hot Blues blues [red hot blooz blooz] noun 1. (used with a plural verb) the despondency acquired from opening a bag of Garden of Eatin...

The dream of the 90s is alive in Uruguay.    

To paraphrase David Eagleman.

Infinite vs Finite.  A free market with an infinite mindset versus a planet with finite resources.  Infinity versus Finity?  Is there a li...

Too Much of a Good Thing. This maybe why architecture is doomed.  Even good architects get swept up in their superior quality and make too...

Change is inevitable.  Make it for good.

It would require 1) a constitutional amendment (yeah, I know.), 2) amnesty, permanent residency, or some similar status granted to all curre...

There was a time when designing was simply feeling the pencil's graphite softly crumble against the paper. Excerpt from somewhere on t...

 PTSD. To label the wounded warriors as having a 'disorder' misses the target, I feel. Would it not really be more correct to call i...

I'm grateful to be in the same parallel universe as Christopher Walken but I wish I was in the one where, in addition, Jerry Bruckheimer...

Fear vs. Boredom There really isn't much else to dynamics of the markets.  Fear of loss causes the drops and Boredom fuels the rise.  T...

Forgive me for putting your mighty words on my web-log, Mr. Orwell, but I couldn't help but think of "architect" where you wri...

Since the one party (a.k.a. "two party" system) of the US is a problem, efforts to encourage diversity is a solution.  So here...

A story from This American Life implied that there are several Republican House members that are secretly supporters of efforts to tackle Cl...

Overpass When in a hurry to a meeting I will never remember, were the moments from lives just unparralleled, unforgetable: The first ti...

If a genius fell in a forest but no one was around to hear, was he really a genius?

Be nice and always bring a book.

'Into the least crowded space.'  Why is that a basic universal law of nature?

Under-employment... Isn't that really the GREAT PROMISE of technology?  Isn't that what we WANT?

It's nothing if not entertaining to watch evangelical Republicans find euphemisms for not supporting Mitt Romney. From "Romney Care...

Never start a rock set with a 6/8.

They call it the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" but I think "Plastistan" would be a better name to use in an advocacy/pu...

Are you optimistic? I asked that question of the great architect Wang Shu today. He said no. I couldn't think of a better question to as...

It's inevitable. Man's destiny is to discover new frontiers to leave crap around.

1. Automatic transmission motorcycles 2. Automatic seat-belts 3. Putting gelatin in yogurt 4. The little pocket in a pocket in men's pan...

I came back to this thought recently because of noticing the variety in quality of graffiti and its effect on the urban landscape AND vice v...

And the greatest work of modern architecture is (drumroll)... the Great Pyramid of Giza. Striking, minimalist in form, sustainable at 5000+ ...

For me, making a successful film is when exactly half the audience is explaining the movie to the other half on the way out of the theater.

Craigslist is being so blatantly abused. Craig, what about this?: 1. Keep posts simple. a. Block use of large fancy images. b. Block th...

I would like to see a hypothetical outcome of a law making it impossible for one person or developer to own adjacent properties in a city bl...

On my return flight to the US of A, I made a stop in NYC. I went via Newark airport. From previous experience I knew that the NJT rail lin...

I'm a Tovo supporter... but... I can't get over those signs. Is it just me or does that ovoid shape look like the Pork logo? ...

This seems to be the pivotal question for the healthcare debate today which is dumb. I DON'T believe universal healthcare is a right, ...

Tariffs define national borders. Stopping global homogenization would require cancelling all "free" trade agreements and implemen...

At some point we will switch from a growth economy to an energy economy, willingly or not.

When it comes to production design, you have to give 150% because you never know which third the director is going to leave out.

From imperfection, diversity.  From diversity, life.

Color is contrast. Art is contrast. Art is color. No it's not.

Looking back to the 2004.  How could the Democrats miss an easy opportunity to finally give the previous generations a Vietnam veteran for p...

The Definition of Economics: Economics is the study of all the middlemen between the sun and the food on your table.

There are SEVEN simple machines now!!! We all know the six simple machines as defined in the classical era. I just discovered the existen...

ANWR According to USGS estimates the Artic National Wildlife Refuge contains no more than 16 billion barrels of oil. The United States con...

If the Democratic presidential candidates are going to run on a platform with a national health care system they should go with "Single...

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Erfolgfreudeneidhaßschuld The opposite of Schadefruede. (Success-joy-envy-hate-guilt) But what is the "opposite" of German? ...

Ok, I'll admit it.  Sometimes I just like to read myself write.