Presentation Redundancy

As a presenter, it’s hard enough getting up in front of a group of people and talking about a topic.  We run the risk of demo failure, disengaged audiences, and equipment failure.  Practice and preparation can help with the first and second, but sometimes stuff just breaks.  This week’s SQL Saturday Pittsburgh provides a good…

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A Horrible/Horribly Funny Joke

The joke of the day.  It was the joke of the day last week, too. One thing I miss about the academic world is that there are fewer people to whom I can tell these awful jokes and get the appropriate response.  Our resident Penguatroll threatened to kill me after I let loose a string…

In The Papers: Demographically Speaking, We’re Screwed

I've been talking demographics and entitlement programs quite a bit lately, mainly because I believe it's the biggest problem that we will see in our lifetimes (well, my lifetime, at least).  What we have is the unrolling of a Ponzi scheme, in which few people want to put it back together and we can't keep…

“You Won’t Have To Give Anything Up”

This is a left-wing wet dream. Naturally, it involves the government destroying any notion of freedom and creating a post-modern version of the medieval world.  You can't travel (except to pre-approved locations using pre-approved methods), can't own pets (unless you sacrifice to almighty Government), can only eat meat or buy products when almighty Government approves,…

Just… Wow…

I have often said to myself "ECW Wrestler Colin Delaney looks a lot like Kevin, if he had longer hair!" but never posted it on the site. Without further ado, enjoy:

Embracing the Horror: Introduction

The bitter truth about informal logic and argument is that it's a game played with no referees. Like high school tennis where you have to just trust your opponent to call the balls you hit in bounds when in fact they are. There are two problems here. First, the guy's honest perception of where the…