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Cool New Site for Siri Fans

Andrew — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:09:35 +0000

Found this cool new site it’s called Stuff You Can Say to Siri. Long title I know but it has a lot of examples of things you can do with siri.

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Andrew — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:35:33 +0000

Life Is Good

Andrew — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:22:44 +0000

That’s all

Cheap Labor

Andrew — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:17:22 +0000

Isn’t it weird that the people who rail against illegal immigrants “stealing their jobs” don’t get mad at the capitalists who actually hire the illegals instead of citizens? Nah, it’s just the Mexican’s fault, never mind those American bosses who choose to hire cheap illegal labor instead of American labor. Nope, they’re not to blame at all. It’s the damn Mexicans. I mean, they’re capitalists, they can’t help but be despicable pieces of shit.

A Good Leader

Andrew — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:08:28 +0000

A good leader, or perhaps I should say a real leader, gets people to follow him or her. A good leader doesn’t pander to the other side, they convince the other side’s voting base to switch sides. Thus, a good leader is not necessarily a centrist. A good leader can use their powers of persuasion to convince people that their idea’s are the best ideas. A good leader listens, but they don’t pander. They elevate people, they change minds, and they gets things done not by force or coercion, but by getting people to follow them willingly.

Bush commands, he doesn’t lead.

Hillary panders.

Barack leads.

Can you love people and lead them
without imposing your will?

leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.

If you want to govern the people,
you must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead the people,
you must learn how to follow them.

By not dominating, the Master leads.

Romo Lampkin is a Badass

Andrew — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:38:04 +0000

He was handcuffed with a gun to his back, and he killed his captor with a pen, by stabbing him repeatedly in the neck.

’nuff said

The unnameable

Andrew — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:10:28 +0000

Love is the source of all goodness
Bask in it’s glow
You are a mirror whether you like it or not
Reflect

Beer For Breakfast, Pot For Lunch

Andrew — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:11:37 +0000

A typical menu for me as of late…let’s not get into it.

War Waste

Andrew — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:15:46 +0000

If advances in technology mean that we can get the same economic output with increasingly less human labor input, why do we have to keep working as much as we do? Oh, maybe it’s because we waste over half a trillion dollars a year on “defense.”

Some crude numbers: $500 billion divided by 300 million US citizens equals $1666 per citizen per year. Divide that by the federal minimum wage of $5.85 and you get 284 hours, or 35 8-hour days per person per year that could paid for by defense spending. Instead of getting those 35 days, you actually work them in order to pay for the spending. We could be using our increased productivity to buy ourselves leisure time, or we could use it to build bombs that kill people. As if the choice isn’t obvious already, I’ll leave you with some words from the Tao:

When a country is in harmony with the Tao,
the factories make trucks and tractors.
When a country goes counter to the Tao,
warheads are stockpiled outside the cities.
There is no greater illusion than fear,
no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself,
no greater misfortune than having an enemy.
Whoever can see through all fear
will always be safe.

Protected: Wasting Time At Work

Andrew — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:34:35 +0000