Author Archives: Allen

The Song of the Crickets and Cicadas

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Allen

I’m sitting on my back patio with my laptop untethered from its normal AC converter. I have one of those battery-sucking laptops that go from 100% capacity to 10% capacity in the time it takes to load up a website … Continue reading →

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But it sounded like it would sting.

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Allen

Michael Bates over at BatesLine writes: Oklahoma! OK, but Discoveryland could use a spruce-up. We have this great gift — a groundbreaking Broadway musical, packed with unforgettable tunes, choreography, and characters, and it’s named after our state (although it nearly wasn’t). … Continue reading →

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All Your Base Are Belong to Us

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Allen

For those of you who are not uber-cyber-aware, the US government has put together a group that is supposed to protect government IT infrastructure (and possibly civilian infrastructure as well). Given recent news about IT infrastructure attacks, this is a … Continue reading →

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And what’s with the mustaches?

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Allen

Pretty cool (in a definitely econ-geeky way) video about the difference between Keynesian and Austrian (Hayek) economics. I don’t think it will win any MTV awards, however.

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Yeah, well…

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Allen

Question for my fellow Christians… Do you remember feeling “persecuted” in high school or college because of your beliefs?

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Unenlightened Liberals

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Allen

As I have noted on my Facebook page and in the pages of this website, I consider myself, by and large, to be a Classical Liberal (PDF). Others of this class of political thought are the Founding Fathers, Thomas Sowell … Continue reading →

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Fatal Embolism

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Allen

So I really, really don’t understand this whole thing with the vuvuzela.

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Like, do We All Have a Demo Switch?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Allen

Just saw Toy Story 3 in 3D at the Warren Theatre in Moore. I loved the part about Mr. Potato Head “disassembling” himself and using his components to fashion a new body. Which got me to thinking… what part of … Continue reading →

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Where is the snooze button?

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Allen

Click on U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time to get some sobering statistics on how fast our debt is growing. And in the meantime, many of our political overlords have only one question…

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Addicted to Civilization