Recent content by Iain Aschendale

As JLT said, the whole "Know Nothing" bit was more about opsec than proud ignorance. Not that I consider them to be a model to emulate, but there were some... issues at my job a few years ago, and someone organized an online group with the name: "XXX Company Employees Against Issue YYYY." Of...

American Caesar? That was in my dad's bookshelf but I never got to it.

Ten years to the day after Ambassador Bowie was recalled, Erich von Däniken has "died." Yeah...

I finished grading my final essays. For the most part, they went well. The students absorbed and implemented what I taught them, woo-hoo!

Yes, but really I think it is good to  know the rules, outdated though they might be, if,  if, dressing nicely is important to you. And I don't look down on those for whom it isn't. I spend a lot of money and time when all my job really requires is khakis and a polo shirt to meet student and...

I spent fifteen months listening to sea lions and other incomprehensibles at that school on the top of the hill. Monterey is indeed a chilly place to be.

"Everything looks like a conspiracy theory if you don't know what the fuck you're talking about." -Nic, the Fat Electrician

Well, not today, but recently I learned that one should never wear a necktie with a button-down collar. Button-down collars have the buttons to keep the collar down (duh), hence are indicative of some sort of physical activity like sport or horseback riding, which aren't things to which one...

i was invited to join a class action against a shoe company once. I assumed it was on the same level as my win in the Irish Sweepstakes, all of which I was going to forward to that Nigerian prince. Turns out it was a real suit and the plaintiffs won. Don't think I would have gotten much, but I...

The Ninth Circle of Hell has a new resident. Aldrich Ames has gone to his reward.

It's 2026 here. Get out while you can.

Just found out my oldest (and one of my best) friends has spinal cancer. Happy new year?

Diogenes' favorite software

I use OpenOffice because I'm poor. Had very few issues with it, and found workarounds for most of them. It's the full OS level Linux that attracts and scares me.

I believe I've had it, but diagnosed by a corpsman not an MD. It wasn't nice. Worse than salmonella, better than White Castle.