Archives for the 'Philosophical' Category
The things you can learn from ESPN…
“Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.”
Jean Vanier
(yes, you can learn a lot from retrospectives about Brett Favre’s football career…)
Sick
I’m not really getting any better, and my breathing has a raspy, wheezy sound when I exhale.. but I’ve been living with that symptom since Thursday afternoon. That said, tomorrow is going to start with an unscheduled visit to the doctor’s office, where I’ll likely be waiting alongside other sickies.
Here’s hoping I didn’t fuck [...]
Three Trillion Years from Now, the Vikings and Bills Will Meet in the Super Bowl and One of Them Will Have to Win
There’s a occassional snippet in TMQ (Tuesday Morning Quarterback) that goes beyond the realm of sports in to the realm of philosophy, science, or all of the above. Here’s one that gave me lolz, mainly because it picks at painful scabs of Vikings and Bills fans who have both suffered through multiple Super Bowl [...]
…and this is why I call identity theft bullshit. :-)
Suddenly, the idea of paying to monitor your credit report so that banks don’t need to implement proper security measures to prevent identity theft seems pretty silly, doesn’t it? This is really a continuation of my earlier rant on the topic…
Identity Theft
After watching yet another FreeCreditReport.com ad with the catchy slacker jingle, I had a minor revelation.
When did it become my responsibility to make sure that when a bank is loaning someone money, or when a credit card company is activating a credit card, that their security measures don’t allow someone to impersonate me?
It’s time for [...]
