Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 57
November 9, 2016
Congratulations, and condolences
To those whose candidate won; congratulations. To those whose candidate lost, condolences.
November 2, 2016
Voting Nobody in 2016
You want an election where Nobody is worth voting for? You’ve got it.
November 1, 2016
Tomato-cucumber sandwich on sweet bread
To celebrate National Sandwich Day, this toasted sandwich is a nice change of pace from loaded Dagwood and cheesy layered concoctions. I enjoy the hell out of them, but sometimes I want something simpler.
October 28, 2016
Round Rock extends dangerously low speed limits on Highway 79?
Are accidents along Highway 79 in Round Rock the result of speed limits that are too high, or are they the result of speed limits too far below the 85th percentile?
October 27, 2016
Texas and Round Rock
News from Texas, and especially Round Rock/Austin.
October 26, 2016
Two lessons for the price of one, for the Republican Party
The Republican Party needs to stop trying to make it easy for the press to derail their primary process.
October 19, 2016
The candidate we deserve
Do we deserve these two candidates? Well, we voted for them, and we listened to the media that pushed them on us.
October 12, 2016
Why government-funded cancer research is dangerously unlike the Manhattan Project
A “Manhattan Project” for cancer is likely to delay cancer cures, and make what cancer cures we find more expensive—like the Epipen. And kill people, like the original Manhattan Project.
October 11, 2016
Verbatim Bluetooth Folding Keyboard
The Verbatim is a sturdy portable keyboard with the ability—and the requirement—of changing batteries when they go bad: it uses two AA batteries. Except for a slight annoyance with the right SHIFT key, it’s a very nice traveling keyboard for the iPad.
October 5, 2016
Economic misterminology: recessions that never end
When we remove causes and effects from our descriptions of economic events, such as recessions, we lose our ability to change for the better.
