http://snowedin.net/blog Erik Pukinskis Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:45:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a letter I just sent to my two Senators and my Representative.  You can find forms to email yours here. Dear So-and-so, I am a Democrat and I think bailing out Ford, GM and Chrysler is a terrible idea. * We should reward companies who are innovating and changing to fit ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/21/letter-to-my-representatives/ For anyone internet stalking me, I've been posting a lot on my code-oriented blog Erik On Rails. I'm also still posting every now and then on Blip and Twitter. http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/19/stalker-update/ A blogging in three parts... Part 1: Good old Joe Joe Lieberman, an independent Senator from Connecticut who votes with the Democratic caucus campaigned for several Republicans this election cycle.  Notably: John McCain. Senate Democrats basically voted today on whether to punish him for his sins by taking away his position as chairman ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/18/lieberman-and-the-mythical-number-60/ Sometimes I type a pithy thing into Twitter, only to find that I'm way over the 140 character limit.  Thus ensues a rapid succession of edits, attempting to pare my tweet down to the allotted space.  Here's the revision history for my last tweet. Numbers in parentheses are how many characters ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/18/twediting/ My friend Grantiago posted this essay written by Al Gore.  I'm passing it along.  The last two paragraphs gave Grant chills.  Three of the major issues facing America today are: 1) Our costly wars in the Middle East 2) Increasing unemployment and an economic recession 3) The destruction of our natural resources A massive ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/17/read-this-and-help-make-it-happen-in-our-new-congress-and-white-house/ If you put 15 pennies in the DOW Jones Industrial Index in 1908, and then sold your shares in 2008, you'd get $88.35. If you put 15 pennies in a box in 1908, and then sold your pennies in 2008, you'd get $11.25. ... If you put $1 in the DOW Jones Industrial ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/14/deep-thoughts/ I just knew something good was going to happen, and I waited. And then I turned the corner, and it was wrong. And I was like "ohh!! it's wrong!" but then I was like "wait, it can't be wrong" but THEN I was like "oh my god but it is!" and then I was like waugh But then ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/14/poem-2/ I don't care about "cultural relativism," bullfighting is disgusting and wrong. Doing it, watching it, and paying for it to be done should be illegal in every country.  Taking enjoyment in the torture of animals is sick. Paying money to have an animal tortured while you watch is ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/12/bullfighting/ When someone criticizes me--suggesting that I was mean, or I reacted badly to something--I often start focusing not on what they're calling to my attention, but on whether what I did wrong is really that bad.  I start thinking about what they've done wrong, so I can shift the focus ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/11/why-i-argue/ I'm getting kind of sick of hearing white people declare how Barack Obama's presidency is historic.  It's one thing for Sherri Shepherd to tear up about it, because for her, a black president is a small but very significant crack in the brutally and systematically racist society that she has ... http://snowedin.net/blog/2008/11/08/historic-moments/