General Notes

Here are some links which I've been building up but don't fit a specific theme. Human Resources departments are useless.  Well, HR is there for one thing:  to prevent the company from being sued.  You might think from the "Human" in the name that they actually deal with people; they do not.  They deal with…

Been nice knowing you, AFC North desk.

Okay, how does somebody who works the AFC North desk not know the name of the coach of the Bengals? Marvin Davis? 

Top thirty crime procedurals, #30: Twin Peaks

IMDB link. (The only gimmick of yours I'm stealing, Kevin). Twin Peaks was created by David Lynch. I am tempted to end this post right there, but I think you deserve more. Basic premise: Popular, good looking small town girl is murdernated. Whodunit? Why it's here: I was too young to watch this when it first…

I leave the Internet for one stinkin’ day…

We begin our story, Sunday, with a defeat of the Browns by Pittsburgh. Bothersome, but not surprising. Pittsburgh was playing for the playoffs -- the Browns were playing for nothing. Or were they? (Spoiler alert: They were.) Am I saying that if they beat Pittsburgh, Chud doesn't get fired? Yes. Yes I am. But, this level…

More Obamacare Notes

Don't worry---only a small percentage of Obamacare enrollees had errors.  I mean, anything below 100% is a small percentage, right? HHS wanted to withhold subpoenaed documents from Darryl Issa's oversight committee.  The reason was that they don't trust Congress to have documents which could lead to a security breach in HealthCare.gov.  Can we not see…

Top thirty crime procedural shows of all time: Intro and Honorable Mentions

With the thrilling conclusion of Kevin's series of "almost" sci-fi shows (though seriously, he gave me a lot of shows to think about), I was thinking to myself, what have I watched more of than sci-fi shows? Cop shows. Lots, and lots, and lots of cop shows. For the purposes of this list, I am…

Single-Payer Is the Answer

I've railed against, mocked, and abused Obamacare for quite some time now.  I consider this to be a worthwhile endeavor---we have to make it clear exactly who caused this failure and how bad the failure is.  Once we understand that, we can start to understand how to fix the long-term problems here. Tom Blumer says…

Science Fiction Wrap-Up

I thought I would wrap up our science fiction round-ups with a summary post.  All of the shows we listed are in tabular form with links to our articles. Show Tony's Rank Kevin's Rank Discrepancy The 4400 N/A HM Alcatraz 14 N/A Kevin never saw the series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. N/A HM…

Kevin’s Favorite Science Fiction Shows: #1 — The Prisoner

The Prisoner IMDB link General idea:  "I am not a number; I am a free man!"  Danger Man goes rogue. Interesting because:  This is the best libertarian television show I've ever seen.  The premise is that John Drake (maybe?) suddenly resigns, and the agency for which he works sends him off to The Island to…

I want Kirk Cousins…

...to play for a team other than the Browns. Dawgs by Nature is absolutely right. I have to ask -- why is this happening all of a sudden? Can people just not process the idea of "peaking at the right time?" I would never spend anything more than a 3rd round draft pick for a…