Linky Friday #45
Linky Friday makes an appearance! On the docket: Energy, hysteria, culture, government, and work.
Monthly Archive: November 2013
Actualities, Actually.
Having only just renounced any claims to being either a filmmaker or writer, let me now tell you about what’s going on with my writing and filmmaking.
It’s not that kind of catamaran.
Earlier this evening I removed “filmmaker” and “writer” from my twitter bio, and as I was doing so the events related in this post came to mind.
A Risk Manager’s Take on the Richie Incognito Scandal
Is the NFL’s hazing culture legal? If not, would changing that culture be the end of the NFL, as so many are now claiming? Tod Kelly puts on his risk manager hat and looks at the Richie Incognito debacle.
The Awful Advice of “Marriage Isn’t for You”
The advice given in that “Marriage Isn’t for You” article going around is terrible. Yes, selfishness isn’t good for marriage, but then neither is self-neglect.
Close To Home
It likely didn’t dominate the national news because there were no victims save for the shooter himself, but a gunman recently opened fire at a large mall just a few minutes from where I...
Walk Straight or Face The Consequences
A man stopped on a routine traffic violation ended up getting an anal probe in search for drugs that weren’t there.
No Babel Tower For Me: Upzoning and the Manhattan Problem
Andrew Sullivan has declared New York a nice place to visit but a terrible place to live. New Dealer disagrees.
A Dubious Book Club
Patheos is featuring my book, “Living by Faith, Dwelling in Doubt,” in its book club this month. Guest post! Q&A! Cookies! Please stop by if you’re so inclined.
There It Is — Take It
Burt Likko celebrates the history of a city that seems all too frequently to act as though it had none, on the centennial anniversary of an important, oft-overlooked event. In the beginning was a ditch…
Babylonia!
KatherineMW goes out with a bang. She breaks down Babylon Five’s Season One Season Finale: Chrysalis
Monday Trivia #138 – Burt Likko Wins!
Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Tom Petty, Everlast, Toots Hibbert. Â This is a partial list only.
Philanthropy Plates: A Decade In Retrospect
Roger imagines a better and more libertarian way to structure license plate giving programs.
