Month: September 2006

For lack of a better way of looking at it, if I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, “That guy is worthless! He’s sitting on a rock, jumping up like a frog, coming up with weird concepts and ideas, making faces, and combing his hair into a giant pastry.” It’s a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.

“It helps public perception to have biometrics deployed on a widespread basis,” said Joseph Campbell, the former chairman of the Biometrics Consortium. “The more people use biometrics, the more people are comfortable with it.”

Yes, and the more privacy and basic liberties people give up, the less they expect to have.

Happy Labor Day weekend:

1. Each one is a setting sun
   “Jesus, Etc.” by Wilco
2. Our star shines anyway
   “Genocide” by the Offspring, guessed by Kim
3. I don’t want to go ’til I’ve found it all out
   “NSU” by Cream
4. The night sets softly with the hush of falling leaves
   “Patterns” by Simon and Garfunkel, guessed by Thud
5. Why do you stay in jail when the door’s wide open?
   “Everything is Music” by Kris Delmhorst
6. They’ve come to do the jerk
   “Clubland” by Elvis Costello
7. When I still thought I was a thorn trying to find a side
   “MacGillycuddy’s Reeks” by Warren Zevon
8. You’ll think of me and wonder where I am these days
   “End of the Line” by the Traveling Wilburys, guessed by Kim
9. Nowadays you can’t be too sentimental
   “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel, guessed by Kim
10. But these mama’s boys just don’t know when to quit
    “Time” by Tori Amos (or Tom Waits)

Guess the lyric, win no prize — good fun! Good luck!