If anyone had any doubts about which country poses the most significant threat to world peace, this should settle them. I’m stunned.

united states, politics | 2 Comments »

Great post on Strange Maps dealing with the 20th century history of Sarejevo.

The post is certainly interesting in general.  One part that resonated with me was their application of the term “Urbicide” — the killing of a city.  Examples given were Sarejevo, Gaza, and New Orleans.  Lovely to see the language evolve, eh?

New Orleans | 3 Comments »

Here’s Doris Lessing’s initial reaction upon learning that she won the Nobel Prize:

nobel prize, doris lessing | 1 Comment »

So we’re out of coffee at home.  Not proud of it.

That means that for the second day I bought a coffee at the “Mega Bites” cafe on the first floor of the Bahen Centre.  Medium Dark.  All in, the price of this coffee is $2.01.  On neither day did I have the penny.  This forced the transaction to require:

1. Discussion beforehand about whether I had a penny
2. Discussion afterwards about how she was not allowed to forgo the penny because she’s little more than a trained rat looking for kibble and maybe an occasional hit of delicious high-grade cocaine buried deep inside of her corporate union-busting labyrinth.
3. An extended process of making change (both days I had $1 and $2 coins in ample supply)
4. Me to consume valuable time blogging this gruntle
5. You to consume valuable time reading it (sorry, but if you’ve read this far, shame on you)

So it would be really great if they would drop the price by one penny.  My guess is that they themselves would actually save money.

gruntle | 5 Comments »