Displaying 121 To 150 Of 955 Comments I’ve actually done tartans, on the computer, which can be a pain in the posterior. Most of it I had to do by hand, pixel by pixel in Paintbrush… and you have to get the pixels to line up perfectly or the effect is gone. I’ve also done houndstooth patterns, and never want to again. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 7:23 pm It’s a nice place. Small-town feel, metropolitan amenities. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 6:22 pm What is the size of your screen? 1024 x 768? 600 x 400? » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 6:02 pm jkkFL, being mixed up with Buddy is an honor, so no harm no foul there. Let me know what screen resolution you want, and I will make you one in blues and purples. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 5:36 pm You are more than welcome. Sometimes I am somewhat embarrassed to share these, as it doesn’t really feel like I put much effort into them. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 5:18 pm You know, I didn’t even catch that. I’m more than happy to share credit. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 5:12 pm One of the reasons I prefer living in the Vancouver Washington area, as opposed to Palm Springs, is that there is real green here. The main reason I chose to concentrate on that today was because of PlanetPOV’s color scheme, and green always seems to be uplifting. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 3:46 pm What screen resolution do you want? » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 3:45 pm Dear, your contributions are more than appreciated when you are able to make them. You make me feel like a slacker. Which, I have to admit, I *am*, sometimes. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 3:18 pm Budget Boehner: Of course the Tea Party is OK with shutting down the government. No government is less than we have now, and that’s great. As long as the parts of government that they need and want are still available, which of course will happen only because they want or need it, by magic. GOP is all for cutting budget as long as their own special projects remain untouched. This is known as “bipartisanship”. Tax Reform: Money from corporate taxes are not “revenue”, it is “corruption”, “extortion”, etc., or however the Chamber of Commerce (and their subsidiary, the SCOTUS chamber) chooses to characterize it. Education: Mr. Schleicher should be nominated for sainthood for his report. Which, the GOP will be quick to point out, requires that he die horribly first. Immigration: No joke. Peck is simply using his own code words to say “Lone Wolf”. Obviously, the Aryan Nation and KKK have put out a new revision to their code-book. Justice: I guess Mitch Daniels didn’t keep the receipts for everything he bought with that money, so he can’t return it. Politics: Angle is good at stopping agendas. In the Nevada legislature, she was known as “49 to Angle”, because she would vote against everything just to be a PITA. Kids these days are right. News is depressing. But so is Seasonal Affective Disorder from lack of sunlight by shoving one’s head in the sand. Thanks to Cher for helping us avoid this. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 3:17 pm What we really need is a way to teach ethics and personal responsibility, and incorporate that into the curriculum at an early age, rather than rampant consumerism. We need a way to evaluate advances in technology, in advance, as to the consequences and impacts of that technology on our society and individuals. Until we do so, I have no faith in our species’ ability to survive much longer. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 4:02 pm Nah, I’ll just send you a link to my Amazon wishlist. Maybe I will finally get my tattoo equipment kit! » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 1:41 pm I would like to say that this article was meant in no way to denigrate or minimize the risks to people in Japan right now. This article was written and published before the latest news regarding the reactors and aftershocks. I am deeply concerned for people in Japan right now. But I have faith that they will handle the situation far better than other countries or municipalities. Japan’s government and citizens, as far as I can see, tend to do better at creating rational responses to issues and circumstances than, say, FEMA and other government agencies in the US, or the mobs of carpet-baggers that descended on NOLA following Katrina. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 1:32 pm Abby, you would not believe which groups of people are actually at the forefront of reviving knowledge of Tesla and his patents: music fans and steampunkers. Via the cult-favorite band Tesla, fans of the music started wondering what the word meant. Some actually looked it up. Others asked their friends. Steampunk aficionados are not only fostering appreciation for Tesla, they are actually *building* some of his devices for shows, conventions, exhibitions, etc. The steampunk subculture is becoming a real hit across the world. (And whilst painting a condo and being subjected to the boss’s “this is an Ikea showroom” design sense, I kept mentally redecorating the condo as a steampunk-themed apartment) » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 1:12 pm Mom, I can’t do Erma. She did that whole “I’m just a mom, what do I know” shtick far too well. Her discussion of new math (she tried to make new drapes and had enough leftover fabric to slip-cover New Jersey) left me howling, at the age of 12, even though I was already doing algebra (for fun!). » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 12:58 pm Oh, is that why my bank account suddenly has 2 cents in it. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 12:55 pm The Battle of Thermopylae: How Democracy Was Saved History is a story that never ends, Bob. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 8:27 pm One lesson I took from this period of history is the supreme arrogance of kings “born to rule”, such as Xerxes, as opposed to those, like Leonidas, who rose to the post through achievement. Leonidas might have had a great deal of faith in his gods and the prophecies, but Xerxes had an overwhelming arrogance in his “divine right”. Leonidas had a great deal of skill and experience behind him as well, and a group of compatriots following him because they wanted to (well, more or less). Xerxes’ skill and experience, if any, was of the intellectual exercise category. Compare that to our politics today. We have a lot of people who are self-assured that they have a divine right to govern, with almost no skill or experience in doing so, pitted against those who have fought their way up the ranks. Which ones do we follow? The deaf, dumb and blind follow those with a divine right, most of the rest of us follow those who have gotten their hands dirty with honest work. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 16, 2011 @ 8:26 pm How do you Build a Million Dollar Mousetrap that Steals Cheese PW, those that enjoy the “slippery slope” arguments also seem to think it is “innovative” to attach a rocket engine to the vehicle and coat the slope with frictionless lubricant. I say, let them build it, let them test it, then decommission it and recycle the materials for something useful. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 4:03 pm Darn it. Now I can’t do my overly-complicated series of articles totally obfuscating the real issues! Hope this is not seen by the neo-cons, you might get burned at the stake. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 15, 2011 @ 5:18 pm What IS leadership and what kind of leader do WE want? This should be moved to it’s own post, rather than a comment. Nicely done, even though I don’t agree with everything that was said. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 15, 2011 @ 12:30 pm Personally, I would prefer a leader that does not give away bargaining points before he gets to the negotiation table. I guess I am looking for a better poker player. I thought Obama had a decent poker face, but he seems to prefer letting everyone know what he’s holding when the cards are dealt. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 15, 2011 @ 10:52 am It’s Official: Huffington Post Is Now Out-Drudging Drudge You forgot Arianna’s Five Blackberries That blog post turned my stomach, especially since she was championing her book (“Third [sic] World America”) in the same post. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 15, 2011 @ 5:28 pm Adonai, I am not sure that any one person should have that kind of authority. Then again, I’m not sure I could trust a committee with that kind of authority. Maybe that is why I am not an atheist. I’d rather that kind of authority be tied down and invested in one or more supernatural beings, who presumably have a better grasp of the situation and consequences. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 6:59 pm Having seen some extrapolations of evacuation efforts, as in *before* the disaster hits, ordering or suggesting an evacuation could wind up causing more deaths, unfortunately. However… in the same circumstances, I would strongly suggest evacuation. There is a chance that more people would survive that way. But I am quite thin-skinned in ways. I would take every death personally, no matter how much I worked to prevent them. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 6:00 pm Ergh. No. I can not sacrifice other people’s lives. That is not authority I have. I presume you are talking one city within one’s own nation, to save the same nation? If I had that authority (and I would cringe from the idea of any one person having that authority)… I would probably do it, and hate myself for the rest of my life. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 5:22 pm I hope that “being taken care of” is really being taken care of. Why haven’t you gone to your boss about this? » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 5:18 pm I am far too “situational” to answer that. it would have to depend on the specifics. Would I sacrifice lives to avert a larger budget “disaster”? No. Would I sacrifice lives to avert a corporation from losing an inconsequential amount of profits? No. Would I sacrifice lives to prevent the death of a greater number of other people? Only my own. Would I throw myself into a volcano to prevent an earthquake? Only if I had a signed contract with Pele, witnessed and counter-signed by at least five other major deities. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 5:11 pm PW: “what some people get away with” I could tell you horror stories. I could show you horror stories. And they would be but a drop in the bucket. That’s why I adhere to my responsibility for my actions. I can’t do jack about other people’s actions (except maybe help clean up the mess afterward). » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 5:07 pm PW, the Golden Rule presupposes that the “other person” has similar values as to my (or your) own. *WARNING: The following may offend people (unlike any other comment I ever make)* When I am at the gay bar, I actually enjoy it when guys I have never met come up to me, grab me in a hug, nuzzle my ear, and pat me in unmentionable places. It allows me feel good, it allows me to feel attractive, and I get to meet men who have a similar value for making others feel wanted and appreciated. However, I am not going to do so to another man I do not know, as I do not know whether he would appreciate it. I have known people who get unnerved by accidental physical contact with *friends*, so casual contact with strangers would really freak them out. Is it wrong for my hypothetical admirer to do so to me? No, because I do not see it as inappropriate. But it would be wrong for me to do the same to someone else who has more restrictive personal boundaries. I am reminded by a friend of mine who was six months pregnant and had a complete stranger come up to her to feel her abdomen. She told the woman, “do that again and I will break your arm”. And I wholly support her maintaining her personal space in a way that is comfortable for her. » Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On March 17, 2011 @ 4:48 pmComments Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit
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