Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and your stock will be depleted. Then, you’ll starve.
The Strategic Retreat
If You Don’t Know How To Pronounce A Word, Say It Loud!
My thinking about this website has been very uptight. Instead of a full cathartic release I was hung up on the final product and the reaction of others. That’s not what this site is about. Never was, never will be. I haven’t been actively posting in 2 years and yet I was concerned. Fuck that.
My desire to say what I wanted to say conflicted with my want to play it safe and get positive feedback. This resulted in no output rather than deciding to take things one way or the other.
This situation quite reminded me… Read the rest
Terrorist Tries To Splode Me
So, I had mostly finished up an article about the TSA’s new search procedures, which I had planned on posting today. Yesterday a guy named Mohamed Mohamud allegedly attempted to set off a bomb at SW 6th and Yamhill, in Portland, at around 5:45.
Seeing as how I’m usually at SW 6th and Yamhill at 5:45 I’m putting off snide comments until I get back from Thanksgiving at my folks’ place. Cynical Zervas will return on Monday.
Public Service Message: Consolidate Your Student Loans, Now
I read a fair amount of mainstream media. It tends to piss me off but I need to keep up with what my culture takes for “news”. Basically, I’m cool with not recognizing Justin Bieber but not Ben Bernanke. In my readings I’ve noticed a glaring omission: NO mention of how to save thousands on your old student loans. Because of this I’m going to spit some truth at you, as I feel it’s my duty.
For some reason the interest rates for loans, made prior to 2006, are based off of the 91-day T-bill.… Read the rest