Recent Comments

1. 6 days ago on The Other Coast

   If we so much as touch our vacuum, our cat runs and hides. Absolutely terrified of it. He’s a rescue cat so we always wonder what experience made him so afraid of them.

2. 12 days ago on Lio

   Not if he shakes a martini. Not to mention an even number of olives, that’s bad luck.

3. 23 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I learned from an old sociology prof to stand at the front of the elevator, turn around to face everyone else, and make eye contact. Possibly even strike up a conversation. Generally violate all the unspoken rules of elevator etiquette.

4. about 1 month ago on Overboard

   We’re getting a snowstorm tonight so I guess Louie’s request worked.

5. about 1 month ago on FoxTrot Classics

   I do sometimes find legitimate (and even important) emails in my junk folder sometimes, the filters aren’t perfect.

6. about 2 months ago on The Other Coast

   Yeah I have two of those, they have been working so long as they are far enough away from tree branches that a squirrel can’t hang on one branch and reach across to it.

7. 2 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I think the pharmaceutical system is fundamentally broken, globally not just in the US. Currently the costs to sufficiently test a new drug are in the billions of dollars, and many don’t “pass.” With private for-profit companies doing this, they need to then recoup not only the billions spent on the drug in question, but the billions spent on failed drugs, and get a high enough shareholder return that investors will be happy with their investment (no one is doing high risk investments for a low return). Drugs with a small market then end up costing a fortune even if the actual cost to manufacture is small. But I don’t see a lot of appetite to move away from a for-profit system, particularly when the companies involved are quite profitable.

8. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I used to find them OK to reach, but recently I had to contact them because the shipment I received was just an empty shipping envelope (which isn’t one of the options their help systems can handle). I spent probably an hour going through circular menus and unhelpful AI before I could get to a person. Once I did reach a person however they sorted the situation out quickly.

9. 3 months ago on Overboard

   We’ve discovered a rabbit living under our shed this winter that has resisted any efforts to relocate it. I suspect I’ll be sympathizing with Charlie this spring.

10. 4 months ago on FoxTrot Classics

    They didn’t get much bigger than that then (for home computers), that was a top of the line rig especially having 2 monitors.