Archive for February, 2008

Yes We Can

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

I was deeply struck when I first saw Barack Obama say “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for” in his speech. I just found out now that it’s from part of a Hopi saying, and the full thing is even more incredible and appropriate:
The Hopi Elders Speak
We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting […]

Epoch Fail!

Monday, February 4th, 2008

I opened up Amazon.com this morning to track a recent order, and saw the following:

I couldn’t help but to be reminded of a recent XKCD comic.

It Had To Happen Sooner Or Later

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Today, I speak in links:
http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1201907861000&chddm=1955&cmpto=NASDAQ:YHOO&q=NASDAQ:GOOG
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+irony