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Change of Address 10 Feb 2009 | 09:14 am
Roll out the barrels and strike up the band, Murphy’s Bye-Laws has opened its new facility. Like coming to WordPress.com was a step up for me, so moving to my own hosted site is another step up. So ...
Selected Posts From Obscurity III: 2007 Bygone 5 Feb 2009 | 11:17 am
The previous two times I put together the compilation posts (found here and here) I never covered a whole year. This time it is different in that I was able to include a whole year – a calendar year,...
New (Old) Favorites 7 Jan 2009 | 06:37 am
Happy New Year, all! In the past, I have done the blogging equivalent to the flashback episode or the live album by posting some of the better posts from the past. I always had to wait until suffici...
The Rocky Bottom 1 Jan 2009 | 06:55 am
As the holiday season prepares to go out with a bang this evening, I’d like to reflect on thoughts I’ve had while catching up with old friends and acquaintances. This year has found me with a full so...
Warts and All 20 Dec 2008 | 07:32 am
Recently, I’ve written about the inflexible world of corporate employment. The confining job descriptions and bureaucracy are prescriptions for career quagmire and a near-certain soul death. The rid...
Plaxico Burress is Not a Criminal 6 Dec 2008 | 05:06 pm
If anyone has been within 100 feet of a newspaper, television, or radio wherein professional football is discussed they probably know the story of Plaxico Burress, the New York Giants and former Pitts...
The Bye-Laws’ Holiday Survival Guide 5 Dec 2008 | 11:25 am
It may seems to the casual observer that the general stress level of the population rises dramatically with the consumption of the last morsel of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. No doubt a day with the ...
This Is My Gun (Part 2: Target Biology) 13 Nov 2008 | 09:14 am
A long time ago I wrote a blog post exploring the nature of weapons and the basic mechanics behind them. I called it Part 1: Physics without immediate intentions of doing a part 2. Part 2 was loosely ...
A Chorus of Conformity 8 Nov 2008 | 05:21 am
The elections season is finally over. No court battles. No Recounts. No Controversy. The corporate consumption mechanism has the airwaves back to plant their ideas in your brain. The election is ...
Working Ourselves Poor (Now with DVD Extras!) 31 Oct 2008 | 01:34 am
There are phrases like “the working poor” floating around. This refers to the people who are actually employed, sometimes in more than one job, who still can’t afford housing, food, and other tenets o...