http://punsalad.com/ The most recent articles from Pun Salad en-us Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:30:04 -0400 Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, starts a recent blog post very smartly: One of the biggest problems with the world is that we're bound by so many legacy systems. For example, it's hard to deal with global ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/28/1280356200 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:30:00 -0400 … to find that gambling is going on in here: * GM announced their electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt, will cost $41K. It will compete with the Nissan Leaf, which starts at a bit ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/28/1280354400 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400 … I was misinformed: * As I type, it's looking like the "DISCLOSE" campaign finance bill will be successfully filibustered in the Senate. Bradley Smith reminds us why that's good... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/27/1280268000 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400 My script for picking a book from my virtual to-be-read pile assigned me this Sue Grafton novel less than two weeks after I'd read the previous one; such are the whims of the underlying random number generator. That's OK, they're fun... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/26/1280188800 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:00:00 -0400 [2.5 stars] [IMDB Rating: 7.6] [Tomatometer: 100%] Yet another movie that I didn't like quite as much as I probably should have. But it's interesting as a picture of early-1950's England, and what they thought was funny back then. ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/26/1280187000 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:30:00 -0400 This was entry number three in Robert B. Parker's western series featuring hero partners Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Sometimes you can come into the middle of a series and not miss much; that's not the case here. You really should... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/23/1279929600 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:00 -0400 … In my mind I've seen it all: * Should we trust Senators Cornyn or McConnell on spending cuts? Find out in Kevin Williamson's NRO article, "Do Not Trust Cornyn ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/20/1279666800 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0400 [3.5 stars] [IMDB Rating: 7.4] [Tomatometer: NA] "Gosh," I said. "I really haven't seen any Bulgarian movies lately. Or, come to think of it, ever." And this came up with a decent predicted rating at Netflix, so… The protagonist,... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/20/1279665000 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:30:00 -0400 Here's what became painfully obvious to me while reading this book. This blogger, and just about any blogger, could significantly increase blog quality by buying a whole bunch of Thomas Sowell books. Then, daily: 1. Pick a... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/20/1279663200 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400 … tonight we sail, on a radio song: * Whoa. Sarah likes Kelly. It probably goes without saying that this gives Kelly Ayotte some conservative street cred that she was ... http://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2010/07/19/1279578600 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:30:00 -0400