mushin no shin

Goldni and Aunt B have some thoughtful posts about the omnipresent sexism (if not outright misogyny) in last night’s superbowl ads.
I don’t have anything to add really, but did have a minor disagreement with Aunt B on one tangential item:

I mean, I thought the Google ad was cute, but it seemed like a masterpiece because [...]

Where ya been, guy? Well, anyway good to have you back.

Basically, it’s 140 to 1, and he mops the floor with them all, including local favorite nitwit Marsha. Basically, don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, and don’t use “truthy” talking points to attack a guy who actually knows what the fuck he’s talking about.

Well I’ve been taking it slow, just doing a few things each weekend, trying to ease my way back in, not forcing it. There’s been some waiting as I’ve had to get a few things — the new midi controller, new monitors, a new stand, a new power supply. And I’ve still got a lot [...]

there’s a small set of ‘em

It’s probably too soon to write much about it, but it would suck to miss the chance to make the first entry on this date (yeah I know it’s the 3rd already, but I’m sure it’s still legally the 1st until sometime tomorrow morning).
Well, I got the upstairs unpacked. Many species of disc and tape [...]

so here we go;
sorry I haven’t written much here lately. I have no greater excuse than simply not having been in the right frame of mind.
Well. Don’t know when I’ll be back, but I’m here. And it’s Saturday night, after Christmas. It’s been a decent one. Thursday with the dad, brother, and brother’s family, at [...]

I haven’t had much time to pontificate here lately, and haven’t said much about the health care bill, despite it being the only thing anyone’s really talking about.
Anyway, Kevin Carson nails a few key things:

[...] The point, Welch said, is not that a socialized system is better than a private system. The point is [...]

I got glasses when I was 14 or so, and I hate Hate HATED them. I got contacts after about a month, and haven’t owned or wore a pair of glasses in the 20+ years since.
Well, now I’m finally getting my eyes zapped this month. Because contacts still suck, even though they suck considerably less, [...]

I can’t link directly to it, because of the Tennessean’s god-awful web design, but on this article about the fairgrounds hubub, commenter Jablonski suggests:

Proposal: State Fairgrounds should be converted to a park for the under-parked Neighborhoods of South Nashville. Revenues to compensate for NOT putting the property on tax rolls as HCA’s new HQ, would [...]

Commenter njmccune nails it on the fairgrounds controversy:

If this place had been maintained properly and attention had been paid to landscaping and maintenance it would be a local icon and would continue to operate.
If it was making lots of money and still looked as bad as it does it would be a local icon and [...]