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The 4 Craziest Scientific Theories Posed by U.S. Politicians
#2. Joe Barton: Wind Is God's Air-Conditioning
Chair Emeritus of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Subcommittee on Environment and Economy
In proof that he was awarded every position he ever held on Opposite Day, Joe Barton was on the above committees when he apologized to BP for the whole Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
"Next, I'd like to apologize to any terrorists who felt upstaged by what BP managed."
When people pointed out that this was the exact opposite of his job, he replied, "If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect, I want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction." He's just a dictionary jammed in a dialysis machine, taking the piss out of the idea of communication. It's a tactic he continued at a hearing on renewable power:
"Wind is God's way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it's hotter to areas where it's cooler. That's what wind is. Wouldn't it be ironic if in the interest of global warming we mandated massive switches to energy, which is a finite resource, which slows the winds down, which causes the temperature to go up?"
We're just going to use this image to buy our brains a second to recover from that.
Even by its own non-logic, that is dementedly wrong. His claim that wind energy is finite forgets about the sun, and when your arguments miss something that even cavemen included in their daily plans, maybe you shouldn't be in charge of decision making. Wind doesn't operate on a bus schedule, carrying heat from one place to another. Even if you could constantly suck energy out of the system, the temperature would drop. Finally, if eco-power can defeat your god's plans, maybe a deity who can be defeated by Captain Planet isn't one you should be worshiping. Maybe try a pity prayer some Friday night if Zeus isn't answering the phone.
"Sorry, baby, I was off being a swan for Leda, she loves that kinky stuff."
It's not an argument; it's a logical denial of service attack, flooding any functioning brain with so many objections that their time is wasted and they can't do anything. Which is, of course, Barton's entire function at hearings. His very next words were:
"Now, I'm not saying that's going to happen, Mr. Chairman, but that is definitely something on the massive scale. I mean, it does make some sense. You stop something, you can't transfer that heat, and the heat goes up. It's just something to think about."
Translation: "I know I'm bullshitting, exploiting the flaws in both democratic process and scientific discussion, which lets me keep talking until this hearing ends and nothing gets done." At this point, I'd explain how he was a consultant for a major oil company before ever becoming a politician, and has received over a million dollars in oil money since, if I thought it would remotely surprise anyone.
#1. John Shimkus: The Environment Is Indestructible (Until God Kills Everyone)
Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Subcommittee on Environment and Economy
If your speech to the government describes the death of almost every living thing on the planet, twice, you're meant to have entered through the hole you just lasered in the roof with your flying Doom Tank. You shouldn't be on the House Subcommittee on Environment and Economy. John Shimkus talked about a genocide he believes has already happened, another that absolutely will happen and how we should obey the will of the madman responsible for both. Every other government faced with this situation has deployed James Bond. Shimkus instead described how the final death of the world meant that we shouldn't worry about the environment.
If you didn't watch that, and are therefore still reading instead of running directly at Washington to scream "What the hell?" at the House, during his talk on global warming, he starts reading from the Bible, part of Genesis 8:21:
"Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done."
Then he goes on to:
"The Earth will only end when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth, this Earth will not be destroyed by a flood."
That's his way of dismissing climate change.
In a government hearing, there is no legal or technical difference between reading from the Bible and reading your G.I. Joe fan fiction, except that the latter is actually in favor of spending money on cool new technologies. If we've got Bible readings in House committees, we should also have the "Havamal" (Odin can kick the ass of any other god), The Golden Verses of Pythagoras (who at least knew something about science) and the Amduat (because, honestly, Washington could use more pyramids).
And given the average age of our lawmakers, it would be more fitting.
Shimkus left out the start of Genesis 8:21, which reads "The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart, Never again will I MURDER EVERYTHING etc. etc." That "aroma" was the burnt offering on an altar Noah had constructed immediately after landing the Ark. Which means that he had to sacrifice and immolate one of the animals he was carrying just to get his god's attention, and since there were only two of each, that means an entire species was wiped out. Shimkus can't even get through his own Bible without extinctifying something.
Maybe a guy responsible for the environment shouldn't believe that nature is indestructible. That's like hiring Superman as a crash test dummy. Except then we'd have someone who'd be able to stop a giant invisible being in the sky who's decided to kill everyone on the planet.
Luke also watches Resident Evil: Damnation, a movie fans of the game will actually like, and Buzz Aldrin punching out an idiot. (It's the second best landing his fist has been involved in.)
For more madmen of science, check out The 6 Most Badass Stunts Ever Pulled in the Name of Science and 7 Ridiculous Things People Believe About the "God Particle."


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Morning Roundup: Aug. 28, 2009
–Now that school has started this week, that means those Friday night lights will burn brightly at Irving Schools Stadium. Tonight, MacArthur High faces Plano SENIOR High at 7:30. Go Cardinals!
–Seniors in Irving created their own version of the extremely popular American Idol show. Called Senior Idol, the talent fest takes place at 7 tonight at the Heritage Senior Center on Jefferson.
–Just like Plano, Irving has a Nylo Hotel. Just like Houston, Irving is the home of an Element Hotel, set to open in September. And now, Dallas, just like Irving, has an Aloft Hotel. The 193-room, $35 million Aloft in Dallas will open next week. Read about it here. Irving's Aloft opened in 2008 at O'Connor and Carpenter Freeway. The Dallas Aloft is across from the Dallas Convention Center. The Irving Aloft is near the airport and the Irving Convention Center, set to open late next year. Advantage, Irving!


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For traditional recipes from the Mysore region and food from all over, with ramblings about life and kids thrown in the mix.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Aambode with Dill Leaves
Thanks to my mom's cooking, you'll see more traditional recipes here in the coming days. Here is one such recipe for aambode, which is a chana dal vada usually made without onions on festival days but prepared here as an evening snack with onions and dill leaves.
1 cup chana dal
2 bunches dill leaves, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped fine
1 tbsp rice flour
3 green chilies (or to taste)
1 tsp ghee
salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Soak chana dal for 2 hours. Drain and grind coarsely with the green chilies (with no water) and pour into a mixing bowl.
To this ground dal, add the chopped dill leaves, onion, hing and salt to taste. Mix the rice flour with ghee and add to the mixture (this helps maintain the crisp texture) Mix well. Make small balls of the mixture.
Heat oil. Once it is hot, flatten each of the balls and drop into the oil and fry until browned and crispy.
This makes about 15-18 aambodes.
Below is a quick look at some of the good stuff (from the few times when I remembered to carry my camera) I had while I was at Pune. In the picture are chicken tikkas, tandoori chicken, misal pav and the best thalipeeth I've had so far!
We also tried bhakri and pitla as part of a thali lunch. It had bharli vangi too but I liked Khaugiri's version a lot better.
Bendekayi (okra) Gojju and rasavangi coming up soon!
33 comments:
- Asha said...
I probably wouldn't remember the names as well but I do remember the faces. I met a few of mine in Bangalore, some pretend that they don't know you but I see in their eyes they do! ;D
Glad you got the house, congratulations. Moving time again but this time forever! YAY! Wish I was in your shoes, moving back to to India. Sigh...!!!
Good luck with M's school, I know it could be a hassle there but you can do it. I have a 6yr old nephew who goes to school there near (Rajarajeshwarinagar or something) Kengeri satellite town, looks like palace, forgot the name. Pretty expensive.
Sappsige vade!! Slurp!!
- January 12, 2010 at 8:04:00 AM EST
- indosungod said...
Oh the vade looks so good. I can mom' hand there :)
Are dill leaves a new thing now or they have always been there? I have seen those in TN.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:17:00 AM EST
- Happy cook said...
Happy and safe moving. Vada looks crunchy delcious.
- January 12, 2010 at 8:36:00 AM EST
- Bong Mom said...
Hey Vani
Good that you haven't moved yet 'coz then you get to enjoy all Mom's great food :) Are you moving near to her place ?
The vada looks lovely, dill leaves would be a nice flavor. See I always associate dill with B'lore and its true
- January 12, 2010 at 9:34:00 AM EST
- Vanamala Hebbar said...
hi vani.. ambode looks super. have to make for shankranti
- January 12, 2010 at 9:58:00 AM EST
- Jayashree said...
Good luck with the move and with M's school. Hope you find one that she likes.
- January 12, 2010 at 10:09:00 AM EST
- Shama Nagarajan said...
yummy recipe...nice post
- January 12, 2010 at 11:29:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Asha - it is so good to see u back! The house is a rental , so maybe one more move but not for sometime! :) M's school- not decided yet. Hope to get that done soon! You met school/collegemates? Isn't that the coolest?! It was so nice seeing everyone after years and catching up.
ISG - totally mom's right now! :) Dill is pretty common in Kannadiga cooking. I think I even have a dill kootu on my blog, which is just fab! (mom's recipe again!)
HC - thanks!! :)
San - nope, mom will be a good 2.5 hours away soon :( but that's better than 24 and jetlag, right? :) totally enjoying the pampering right now :)
Vanamala - perfect for shankranthi! :)
Jay - really hoping that I find the right school for M. I'd hate to have to change her school again after enrolling her. Fingers crossed!
Shama - thanks! :)
- January 12, 2010 at 11:45:00 AM EST
- Jaya said...
hope you settle well there and a nice school near your vicinity will be even better ...
these look so mouth-watering.
hugs and smiles
- January 12, 2010 at 1:08:00 PM EST
- Priya said...
Glad to see u back Vani, hope everything is ok at ur end, aambode looks crispy and prefect evening snacks..
- January 12, 2010 at 1:20:00 PM EST
- Cham said...
Glad u got a house to move, I heard it is the biggest problem in B'galore!
Mom's cooking, gosh u re vada make me drool here! Hope u re having a great time with ur family & friends!
- January 12, 2010 at 1:32:00 PM EST
- Mangala Bhat said...
It looks too good ! nice falovur from the dil ..i just love it !
- January 12, 2010 at 1:43:00 PM EST
- Madhu said...
Amobode looks yumm.. bet you are enjoying good food and good times with fam and friends.. Good luck.Hugs to little M.
- January 12, 2010 at 1:46:00 PM EST
- Rashmi said...
Wow yummy ambodes. But never knew abt this dill ambodes. We get those dill leaves loads of them here but didnt know what to do with them - bari delivery adamele tinno soppu antha gotithu or maybe delivery adamele yeshtu tindidini adinna andre yucks ansakke shuru aagogido yeno. But this looks interesting will definitely make it sometime now :)
- January 12, 2010 at 3:55:00 PM EST
- Divya Rao said...
Ooooh look at all the food! I miss India :(
- January 12, 2010 at 4:25:00 PM EST
- chakhlere said...
omg I miss all that from Pune....I am so madly drooling hare right now!!!
Vadas looks lovely too!!
- January 12, 2010 at 6:10:00 PM EST
- Prathibha said...
Lovely vade's with those dill leaves inside..very crispy..
- January 13, 2010 at 1:17:00 AM EST
- Uj said...
I guess this is one of regular fare in Bangalore.. during our recent visit to Bangalore my hubby's aunt made these for us. It was simply yummy though I had made a mantal note f this recipe I never tried to make it by my own. Looks yummy..
Congratulations on your move and your second baby. My SIL vouches by The Cradle. Hope you have a safe delivery and a wonderful year ahead.
- January 13, 2010 at 1:27:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Jaya - I really hope that will happen - a good school within walking distance! :)
Priya - thanks! All going pretty smooth so far. Hope it continues that way :)
Cham - yeah, enjoying mom's cooking and special dishes that I normally would not make much.
Mangala - I love the flavor of dill too. Great in this aambode!
- January 13, 2010 at 2:27:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Madhu - thanks so much :)
Rashmi - can totally understand developing an aversion to something after eating it everyday! You may like it in a fried snack version though :)
Divya - I hear you! Despite all the Indian restaurants, they still don't have the variety and tend t serve the same old fare.
Chakhlere- yeah, the Puneri fare was good! :)
Pratibha - thanks :)
Uj - Dunno about being common in Bangalore but dill does make a nice addition to aambode. Good to know about your cousin and thanks so much for your wishes, Uj :)
- January 13, 2010 at 2:36:00 AM EST
- Smitha said...
Happy Sankranti..Looks like it is fun time back in India.. meeting old friends is always fun. Looking forward to more recipes. Ambode looks fantastic. .I wish I could grab a few right away. BTW we r moving to Edison in the next two week :)
- January 13, 2010 at 9:31:00 PM EST
- LG said...
Mane siktalla bidi..ade dodda vishya. Amele ambode mastagi kantha ide..how I wish I could take some from the picture and eat them right away! slurrp..even the imagination makes me more hungry! Happy Sankranti to you and family.
- January 13, 2010 at 10:44:00 PM EST
- radha said...
The ambode looks delicious. Mom's are the best.
- January 14, 2010 at 3:53:00 AM EST
- Sonia said...
Happy Sankranti to you and yours!
Glad that you found your home-sweet-home finally. :)
Ambode name is new to me...but vada looks so crispy and perfect with tea/coffee. :)
- January 14, 2010 at 6:34:00 AM EST
- Jagruti said...
Hey Vani
First time here..those vada looks great..nice space..
- January 14, 2010 at 10:44:00 AM EST
- Sush said...
Which area did you finally choose? it is nice knowing your updates. Ambode looks great. Wish I could take a bite.
- January 15, 2010 at 5:48:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Smitha - hope you ahve a safe move to Edison! WIsh I was still in NJ so we could meet (we were about 30 mins away).
LG - thanks! hope u had a good Sankranthi!
Radha - true, that mom's touch is special, rght?
Sonia - thanks! yeah, great with tea or coffee :)
Jagruti - thanks for stoppig by! heading over to check your blog :)
Sush - chose South BLR.Lots of good restaurants there :)
- January 15, 2010 at 11:12:00 AM EST
- shanthi said...
The vadai is so crispy . Pass on the plate to me
- January 20, 2010 at 10:13:00 AM EST
- shanthi said...
Please do visit my blog when time permits http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.com/
- January 20, 2010 at 10:13:00 AM EST
- AshKuku said...
I hit a jackpot today... bumping next next over source kannada blogs.... I feel so happy... came here following the blogs from paakashaale.... Ella thumba yummy yaagide.....
I'm not so aware of that huggi u posted , but these ambade with sabsige soppu.... is simply yummy, not just that simply mind boggling!!!! I feel kinda filled..now.... just gazing at it.... I can not resist myself from joining u.... Gr8 going!!! Happy Blogging!!!! & moreover u are a principal to us in this school of blogging.... YUM!!!!!
- January 21, 2010 at 4:38:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Shanti and Asha - welcome to my blog! thanks for your lovely comments!
- January 30, 2010 at 1:07:00 AM EST
- Rumana Rawat said...
I love this vada:)
- October 14, 2010 at 9:01:00 AM EDT
- Famidha Ashraf said...
Hi Vani, I used to live in Bangalore and I was craving for this vadai and was looking for the recipe.. but never got it... and again after 8 months now.. I got the craving.. and i searched google and bang! your perfect blog.. What I was served by my Paying guest owner was the vada in a curry.. do you know that? She used to make the vada with dill leaves.. and then drop them in a curry.. and the aroma was heavenly.. I cant reach out to her and I am dying to have it..
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O'Flahrity Promoted to Genetics Program Manager
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Queen Latifah has babies on the brain.
The Ice Age: Continental Drift star, 42, is set on the plan she's had for years to adopt a child, she said on Wednesday's The View.
"I'm actually kind of working on that," Latifah told co-host Barbara Walters when, according to ET, she was asked if it's something she seriously considers. "I just always wanted to bring a child home."
While a rep for the star tells PEOPLE there's "nothing new to report" in Latifah's apparent adoption process, the aspiring mom tells Walters, "I'm totally serious, so if you got a kid that you don't ... just give me a year – let me set up camp and send me the kid. But no, no [I'm] totally [serious about adopting]."
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Jefferson Co. looks to replace Bobby Shirley
January 15, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — After handing in his resignation Friday afternoon, Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Shirley left his newly re-elected position vacant....
At work today we talked about the whole party issue. most all felt like a party should longer matter. they felt the voters had been deceived. Mickey made a call to make sure he stay on the ballot,the party backed him 100%. The county commission new without a doubt what was going on,along with the county prosecutors. they all basically lied to the public.Everyone agreed that they had known since it happened in 2010.We felt the election should be null and void for frauding the public.
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Someone said Ballenger got over 10,000 votes from the Jefferson County people in the election. I would rather have him appointed Sheriff than someone who will only get 5 votes. Ballenger all ready went through an interview for this job and 10,000 of his bosses voted for him. Who would you rather have someone that impressed 10,000 voters or someone that just gets 5 votes from the County Commission.
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It pays 50k + a % of deliquent taxes
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'Magistates issue emergency protective orders in case involving domestic violence. Immediately entering domestic violence petitions into the Domestic Violence Database and Registry is an important part of their work.'
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'There are 158 magistrates in West Virginia. There are at least two magistrates in every county, and ten in the largest county, Kanawha.'
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I was never comfortable with the idea of having a Boober as magistrate and her husband as sheriff. Seems like a major conflict of interest to me. Having one family that can charge an individual with a crime and a spouse who can send an individual to jail. What protections are in place be protect the public from potential abuse.
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All this hoopla about a job that probably doesn't pay $25/hour and anybody in their right mind wouldn't want. Woohoo
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Jefferson County residents are priceless. OK, it was a mistake for you to vote in Shirley, now go to the candidate that you thought Shirley was superior to..........lol
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I was so, so wrong! I have never been more wrong. I completely screwed up backing Shirley. I am completely ashamed of my misjudgement to go on an on about Shirley being innocent when he has made me look so foolish by giving up so easily before going to trial. I realize I look stupid. I will stop now and shut up because I now realize that I was wrong... Majortorian
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Shirley has put this departments reputation in the sewer
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Mike Dodson. He's tired of issuing pooper scooper violations in Shepherdstwon.
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"Many believe that these County offices such as Sheriff, Clerk, etc. should be non-partisan."
Amen. Judges too.
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"Shirley was a Democrat? Priceless "
Major, you keep trying to drag party politics into this fiasco and it isn't working. Give it a rest.
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For Immediate Release January 13, 2013
Charles Town, WV – The Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee commends Jefferson County Sheriff Bobby Shirley on his decision to step down in light of new evidence in his Federal Civil Rights case. We believe that Sheriff Shirley is acting in what he believes to be the best interests of the county and of the Sheriff's Department, and we agree.
We hope that the Jefferson County Democrat Executive Committee will be fair and open-minded when submitting to the County Commission their nominees for his replacement, bearing in mind that Sheriff Shirley won his November election by less than 400 votes out of more than 21,000 cast over his Republican opponent, Earl Ballenger, after winning the primary by a 64% to 36% margin over fellow Democrat Ed Boober.
We again laud Sheriff Shirley for his admirable decision and wish him well in his future endeavors.
Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee
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Mr. Ballenger should crertainly be considered, even if he doesn't change his registrataion. This would be a good test of the Code requirement that the replacement be from the same Party. Many believe that these County offices such as Sheriff, Clerk, etc. should be non-partisan. Mr. Ballenger was basically independent and only registered as a Republican in order to be able to run (he believed that the Department that he served for many years deserved better). The GOP Executive Committee, at its meeting on Saturday voted to send out a press release on the matter. The reference in the Journal article paraphases the release out of context. I will print the entire release in another comment. Chair, Jeff. Co. GOP
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Wordsofathena Mr Ballenger needs to go to the clerks office and register as a Democrat now and them see what happens.I bet he don't get it but if he would at best it will be a new start for the dept. right now until 2014.
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Then somebody needs to go tell Ballenger to go change his political party to the Democratic party. He would not be the first person to do it.
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MR. Ballenger ran a good, clean and decent campaign. this man has always been professional,honest,an above all he will always do right by everyone.All officers who know him an have worked with him, no he would never harm or hurt another soul to do it. Earls nickname has always been smiley, he's quiet, soft spoken,and most important he listens. He's one of a kind left,he should be a keeper. This man had 10,216 votes. he even had more than Boober in the primary. The people have spoken,we need to do the right thing.
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Isn't Ballenger a Republican? If so, then he is not eligible per policy guidelines. The article states that the replacement must be of the same party as Shirley.
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If you do your history I think you will find Jefferson County has had a female Sheriff. Ballenger should be looked at very hard for this appointment has all the background and experiencne for the job ( CIA,retired from JCSD,USA Army) and is the only Deputy to stand up to Shirley by haveing the back bone to write an offical complaint against Shirley for a crime Shirley committed years ago. Sounds to me like someone thats not affaid to do what is right and that is what this Dept. needs right now.
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"How about a retired NFL place-kicker?"
Now THAT'S funny!LOL
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The word "he" is the only option thought of. Take the time to really look at qualified candidates who even want the job. You caught me. Only lived in WV for 17 years. My former state had many distinguished female police officers, most of them state troopers. Guaranteed they don't flinch once when enforcing the law.
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For those of you who moved to WV, you need to understand that WV follows the old English model. A sheriff in WV is the county treasurer/tax collector as well as the head of county law enforcement.
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A weak case for software patents | Opensource.com
A weak case for software patents
For all the debate and litigation around software patents, I thought that there was at least one point on which all sides could agree: the objective of the U.S. patent system is to stimulate innovation. A recent IP blog takes issue with that premise, and proposes an alternative objective: making money. The blog gives a distorted view of Red Hat's patent portfolio program in support of this argument. The argument is interesting, and suggests that there's still a steep hill to climb to get to a rational patent policy for software.
First off, let me say that I don't see the software patent debate as a matter of good versus evil. It's about establishing and achieving reasonable public policy objectives. Patent policy relates to commerce, markets, and encouraging material improvement. When the government grants a patent, it grants a type of monopoly, and monopolies entail costs. A patent entitles the holder to exclude others from using the invention, and so that holder may use a patent to prevent competition and hinder innovation. But the widely accepted policy justification for patents is that on balance they encourage innovation and progress.
There's abundant evidence, though, that software patents serve this objective poorly. For example, as Bessen and Meurer explain in their book Patent Failure, the cost from litigation based on patents in some industries, including software, is several times the profits from patents. This means that for the software industry as a whole, patent costs exceed their benefits. This fact is still not common knowledge, but it is slowly sinking in, as patent litigation continues to grow.
Patent lawsuits (even meritless ones) can cost millions of dollars to defend. This reality creates an economic opportunity for non-practicing entities (a/k/a patent trolls) whose only purpose is to threaten and bring patent lawsuits. The large costs of defenses drive many defendants to settle by paying patent aggressors substantial sums taht are still less than the cost of defense. Such settlements may make business sense, but they divert resources that could be used for more productive purposes, like innovation.
Not everyone views it this way, of course. Those who are profiting from the existing system generally think that it works rather well. And they have some appealing-sounding arguments. For instance, they argue that patents encourage innovation by allowing lone inventors to pursue their ground-breaking dreams in the face of powerful corporations. This sort of story tends to excite emotions and hinder rational analysis. It ignores the rarity of inventors who work without significant collaboration, of inventions that are ground-breaking, and of patents that ever recover even the cost of the patent application. Dreams of getting a hugely successful patent are about as realistic as dreams of winning the lottery. Still, it's a nice, and understandable, dream.
A recent blog by Gene Quinn of IP Watchdog takes a more materialistic approach. Quinn describes himself as Patent Attorney and President and Founder of IP Watchdog, Inc. He does not mince words. In his view, those who criticize software patents are "ideological buffoons." Quinn has this to say to the buffoons who are concerned that software patents hinder innovation: "WHO CARES?" The reason not to care, in his view, is that the only important issue is whether patents make money. Surely Quinn does not mean that hindering innovation will result in increased societal wealth, so he must be saying that the only thing that matters is individual money making, and not any larger conception of the public interest.
Even accepting this narrow definition of the good, though, Quinn's argument is unconvincing. It rests in part on the idea that investors believe software patents are valuable and therefore pay more for such investments. This argument is based on weak data, and it collapses entirely once the investors get around to reading Bessen and Meurer and learn the true costs of patents. Quinn's other argument is that software companies need patents in order to deter and defend against patent lawsuits. This presupposes, of course, that there is a justification for granting software patents that can be used for aggression, which is the very point under discussion. As a proof in support of the need for software patents, it's circular.
Quinn is not, however, wrong in noting that successful companies assemble patent portfolios for deterrence purposes. Given the reality of patent aggression, continued survival requires consideration of possible defensives, and deterrence is a potential defense. He cites Red Hat as an example of a company that uses this tool, which is fair enough.
It is unfair, though, for him to suggest that this is a basic ingredient to Red Hat's success. That success rests primarily on its adoption of the power of open source – not patents. It's also unfair to discuss Red Hat's portfolio without including an explanation of Red Hat's Patent Promise in which it commits not to use its patents against open source. Red Hat has been a consistent and vigorous critic of software patents, and it is misleading to suggest otherwise.
In the end, Quinn's weak arguments aren't likely to persuade anyone not already inclined to agree with him. But his frank indifference to the public interest is unsettling. Thinking that short-term gain is the only meaningful value is part of what led to the recent financial meltdown, and it may account for some of the difficulty in advancing patent reform. Quinn's narrow view is a reminder that a lot of grassroots educational work needs to be done to arrive at a more reasonable patent system for software.
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Everyone opposed to software patents should read Quinn, because it shows what a challenge we face. He and many lawyers like him are getting rich on the back of the software patents industry, and if lawyers are good at one thing, it's convincing people who aren't expert in the subject area to agree with their views.
Quinn is a little extreme in characterizing those with contrary views as dunces and communists, but it shows the lengths to which people will go when their livelihood is threatened.
when the Framers wrote both to allow inventors to patent their materials and that it should be for a limited time, and that it is for the public good, it isn't necessarily clear whether its the patent/monopoly that is the public good, or if it's the time limitation causing the idea to revert to public domain that is the actual public good.
The "Free Culture" folks (and I'm largely in that camp) would suggest it's the limitation and subsequent public domain status that provides the benefit to society, while people who are in favor of patents in general and software patents in particular would suggest it's the monopoly that is the public good (since it gives people an incentive to invent).
While I'm personally somewhere between those two poles, I definitely lean toward the time limitation and subsequent public domain being the better of the two.
but somehow in all the heated (and not so heated) discussions of patents, this tension is very seldom brought up for discussion. It's as if those doing the discussion see no need to even admit that the opposite concept exists, much less has any validity.
Great write-up.
If eating babies is a modest proposal, then perhaps we would not be going far at all in legalizing state hanging and "Wild West" justice as two more efficient means of stopping those believed to be infringing patents.
Quinn might agree that this would enable some individuals to get even more wealthy than they can under the current system. Quinn might also agree that this will serve as greater motivation (for some) to invent/innovate than serves the current system.
Maybe Oracle's recent lawsuit against Google (for java patent/copyright infringement) demanding injunctive relief will become the SCOTUS case to end most future software patent threats against FOSS. We need to address the "promote the progress" failure of software patents (especially when aimed at FOSS) to end this nonsense.
And while at it, we might as well bring up the abridgment of free speech. Software is communication and expression. Patents are broad so prevent development of ideas, even of ideas independently developed.
freedex, reason and data shows monopolies are not desirable, especially when you turn a significant amount of unlimited good into a very scarce good. The framers weren't universally for monopolies and hence the qualification and criteria "to promote the progress".
Relatively to 1790.. the tremendously improved means of collaboration; the very much improved infrastructure, access to capital, and speed of commerce; the insanely low levels of capital investments required to invent, produce, distribute, etc software; a very large number of inventors being negatively affected by software patents; the high degree of complexity, interdependence, and incremental development nature of software; the informational nature of software (separate from all physical laws and limitations, like literature or math); the very low bar the USPTO places on inventions ("non-obvious" to a PHOSITA rather than "of break-through quality" or "deemed revolutionary by the overwhelming majority of geniuses" -- and note that even the high bar examples would have prevented further revolutionary science and math if applied in those fields); the very broad reach and generality allowed for patents by the USPTO; the nonsense that being second or third or fourth should give you zero for 20 years; the inequity that the many who are contributing ideas and inspiration to the patent authors get zero; the inequity that the many that can't afford the time and/or dollar costs of patenting are third class citizens in the patent game since they have no real leverage, can be blocked from growth, and can have this happen by patents created off inspiration from their works; and the first amendment rights violation allowed by not recognizing independent invention ..should have been reasons for the length of typical software patents today to be but a couple of years if not zero years, zero days, and zero seconds.
Quinn is a patent attorney. The only argument he is concerned about is whether eliminating software patents would be good for him personally. Of course the answer is 'no' because it's one less thing for him to litigate about. Anything else he says is just so much hot air. He's hoping that there really are a lot of "buffoons" out there who will accept what he's saying at face value.
Software patents are fundamentally flawed anyway. Patents are supposed to be on specific implementations of ideas. In software, implementations are already covered by copyright, so patents end up being patents on the ideas themselves. Whitney's patent on the cotton gin was not a patent on the general idea of 'a machine that removes seeds from cotton.' It was a patent on the specific implementation of that idea that he invented and the specific method his machine used to do this. If someone could come up with a better way to remove seeds from cotton, they were free to patent that. Patents are supposed to be about the vehicle, not the destination. Read a few software patents and you will see that they are vague. They are about what is accomplished rather than how it is accomplished (other than it being through software). The specifics are in the code, and that is covered by copyright. (There may be some exceptions to this rule, such as perhaps patents on compression algorithms, but they are few and far between.)
As to what part of patent law was supposed to be about the public good, the answer is both the monopoly and the time limit on that monopoly. The monopoly by itself only serves the inventor's good. It being time-limited changes it to serve the public good.
According to the patent idea (and similarly for copyright), granting a monopoly provides for the public good by creating incentive for people to work toward progress because they can capitalize on their ideas. Making the monopoly temporary assures that all will eventually be able to benefit from that progress. So without the monopoly, there is less progress to benefit from, and without the time limit, the benefit never completely reaches the general public. Both parts of the idea would be considered essential to accomplish what patents were supposed to accomplish.
...as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.
-- Benjamin Franklin, in response to the Governor of Pennsylvania on why he did not want to patent the Franklin Stove.
Gene Quinn is the lawyer who defends patenting everything. During the debate about genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 he argue that is acceptable to let women who can't afford to pay the extortionist price set by Myriad Genetics to die.
Just watch starting at 5 min and 50 sec until 8 min and 30 sec.
Dodo birds of a same feather, it is said, flock together.
We should all be like Dilbert:
and blindly obey the pointed hair man.
After all, a cubicle is a comfy cave to spend the rest of your life in. Why bother having an original thought of your own when you can simply parrot the bird songs of your fellow cubicle dwellers?
Polly no wanna patent. Squawk!
Polly no wanna patent. Squawk!
What? Me think for myself? Squawk!
I'm not sure of your motive for posting that strip, but the strip itself is quite funny (after you've read over a few software patents anyway).
Are you actually trying to claim that anyone who doesn't like software patents hasn't thought the matter through, or simply isn't capable of thinking it through? The people who aren't capable of an original thought aren't even aware of software patents, and couldn't care less about this issue.
If you want to respond to reasoned arguments against the practicality of software patents, then I suggest you actually use reasoned arguments instead of ad hominem attacks by just calling anyone who disagrees with you a "dodo bird" and a "parrot." I know Quinn isn't a very good example, but that's no excuse.
What is sad about Dilbert is that he is a bright Engineer-head who falls time and again for the management antics of CatBird and of the pointy haired (no-name) boss.
That is why Dilbert lives forever in his cubicle, grinding out meaningless equations, useless designs and waiting to be called to the next dreaded meeting where it will all go up in a puff of managerial smoke after first bouncing around a bit between the mind-bending mirrors.
Software developers who fall for the "software patents are bad" line of management are just born-again Dilberts. They don't understand that voting against software patents is voting against their own economic interests. What value is their IP work if it can be freely copied by the big boys? Without patents, you can never leave that cubicle and strike it out on your own. Why are so many of you so blind you can't even see that simple angle?
Dilbert himself is generally correct when he makes an analysis. The problem is that the management ignores him and his advice, which is actually what you are suggesting that we do.
Also, the current system of software patents favors established firms against other practicing entities. Even if you have a revolutionary idea, the 'big boys' will have enough mundane patents to have the upper hand.
By leading Dilbert on into believing his ideas are being "ignored", management is sending a few simple subtexts to Dilbert:
1. Your ideas are worthless
2. You are no more than the sum of your ideas and therefore you are worthless
3. Since you are worthless, you do not deserve a raise
4. You need to keep working harder and harder, faster and faster, to deserve even the meager pay we give you now
5. Because they get more pay than you, management is clearly smarter and has more of a clue than you. You need to go back to your Batboy Cubicle and meditate in the darkness over that until you come into full acceptance of that Nirvana-ic Truth
Before you toss the above aside as being merely a cartoon, pay attention to what is being said here in these very comments:
1. The measly few lines of code you individually produce are insignificant microbes in comparison to the mounds of bloatware your corporate overlords produce (by efforts of their other worthless serfs) and therefore you are worthless
2. Just be glad you have a job and we don't ship yours out to India
3. Never ever think about getting patents because those would ruin our plans to ship your job to India anyway so that we can justify the absurdly large salary your do-nothing corporate overlord (aka CEO) makes.
4. Also, if you start thinking patents might be good, where is that going to lead to? It's a disastrous slippery slope. Next you'll think you can leave the master's feudal castle and start a company of your own and protect your innovative new software with these patent things. This is exactly why patents must be destroyed. And who best to do the destructive deeds than the worthless Dilberts who cannot for the life of them see how the bigger picture is put together?
(It was Catbird's idea to have the Dilberts shoot themselves in their own economic interest toes and he is laughing himself hysterical that they, the "freedom" programmers think they are working on behalf of their "freedom" instead of for their continued serfdom.)
Large corporations where they have 'Dilberts' are in the strongest relative position among practicing entities when software patents are in place, and I'm pretty sure any corporation with any business sense has their employees sign work for hire, assign copyright, a moonlighting clause, and all that jazz to effectively make anything patentable they produce on or off the clock be assigned to the company. So, the startup is at a disadvantage because Path-E-Tech Management Corporation has a nuclear arsenal of patents, and the Dilberts have already signed away their rights. The only party that can get a benefit is a patent troll or their lawyer, they probably don't make money most of the time (okay, the lawyer probably does), and even the catch of the day is chump change compared to what the big boys make. So who exactly are you speaking of that is missing an opportunity if software patents go away?
Let me add that an important compensating lever available to every single small business entity (producer or consumer) is open source. The only real supporters of software patents are those who are among the most desiring of becoming very wealthy. Most creators don't have the desire to follow that path through its many negatives and obstacles. Hence we get to the real purpose of these broad patent monopolies: to allow a small few to become very wealthy at a very real cost to everyone else (who otherwise would have a fair shot at making a decent living based on his/her skills or of enjoying a larger set of quality goods at overall lower prices and higher rate of improvement).
The big boys can outspend you anyway. With software patents they can stop you from even trying. I don't know what your idea of small is. most small businesses don't have the money / time to file , much less defend patents. Maybe that is why literature or math or not patentable. Software patents are just another bubble in the US economic decline. All short term , with no consideration to the larger ecosystem. This lawyer is not even a part of the ecosystem. after the software industry is destroyed he will move on to another host.
he is the best argument FOR communism and the worst of capitalism. And this is why US economy is on a decline. Look no further.
>> The big boys can outspend you anyway.
Isn't it "great" that the big boys can outspend you? Many month's salary to us is a few seconds or minutes cost to them. While they can attempt to patent many many "non-obvious" ideas per year at that rate, we can patent possibly not even one per year. Then we have even larger defense costs to deal with as well.
But weren't patents to protect against "the big bully imitators" and to encourage some small degree of contribution of society by revealing an "invention"? [Note that trade secret is still allowed, so patents can be taken out to stifle competition without any need to reveal the really good secrets.]
>> Maybe that is why literature or math or not patentable.
There are just too many people who would be denied creative output, honest business, learning, progress, and speech if we allowed patents on math and lit. There would be an uproar by the People, as there should be eventually against software patents if these continue to get in the way.
>They don't understand that voting
against software patents is voting against their own economic interests. What
value is their IP work if it can be freely copied by the big boys?
You are 100% wrong here. The economic value of software (as well as the cost) does not come from one or two "non-obvious" ideas among 100,000 lines of code: it comes from the efficient and effective implementation of the 98,000 lines that are not patentable, and would never be patentable even if Mr Quinn had his way. The proof is that the vast majority of useful and effective programs have no patent protection. People buy software because it is useful, not because it is innovative.
In fact, I would advise any developer nowadays to think hard about that remaining 2,000 lines and try and rewrite it in a less innovative way, to remove the risk of being sued. However novel you think it is, the chances are someone else had a similar idea in the past, and they might have patented it. And whatever you do, don't apply for a patent on it: that will only bring yourself to the attention of the patent lawyers working for your competitors. (A friend of mine made this mistake and essentially went out of business as a result.)
But the real point is that software patents are bad because they are not in the public interest. Innovation is in the public interest, and innovation in software works best when innovative developers are constantly leap-frogging each other - taking each others' ideas and improving them. The patent system is designed to prevent that way of making progress.
Two other points: (a) phrases like "they don't understand" are incredibly condescending. Do you really think the people with this view are morons? Some of us have been writing innovative software for 35 years. (b) "voting against their own economic interests" - you're on a forum here where you're probably talking to many people who try to consider the interests of society at large, knowing that they will thrive if the economy thrives.
@Michael Kay
With due respect, I know exactly how they think because I used to be one of you (... before I joined the dark side).
I am not trying to be "condescending". I am trying to slap you silly on your face so that you wake up and smell the Matrix.
For once in your scared-of-it life, take the red pill.
You no doubt applauded when Oracle/Sun said a few years back they would never ever on-their-grandmother's grave, use patents as offensive weapons. Where is your faith in your overlords now? Has it not yet been shaken? If not, under what circumstances will it ever be shaken?
There is a large and vocal class of people out there who believe in their right to carry a gun; to "bear arms". None of them are saying they plan to kill their neighbor tomorrow. But if push comes to shove they "can" and they just may because they have the gun in hand, loaded and ready to use. In a strange (and MAD) way, that helps keep the peace and helps keep everybody respectful of the next guy.
Software patents are sort of like that. They are weapons (usually small power ones) that you can keep loaded at your side or under your pillow. But possession of such a weapon presumes that you hadn't first gone the religious fanatic believer route and had disclaimed all rights to defend yourself (with a patent weapon) and that you didn't blindly throw yourself prostate and in a state of total fidelity at your overlord's feet.
No one says you have to shoot ever, or shoot first when you own a patent weapon. But if you disavow even the idea of ever having such an IP legal weapon, and you convince your trusting brethren to do the same, well then; all the people out there who harbor nothing but the bestest of intentions for you and your brethren, know that they can step on you all and crush you all like bugs should the mere desire to do so ever arise in their heart of hearts. (You know, their corporate hearts. The ones that beat with pure green greed. Makes you feel all kind of warm and humanitarian inside, doesn't it? Keep on believing in "them". Catbird loves you.)
What is your chances with single six-shooter against army with thousand guns in any shape and power?!
Please don't bother to answer. I know you have even more ridiculous answer.
ps. I feel dirty for feeding the troll. Especially the patent troll.
Sal, Sal,
I've sat eyeball to eyeball at the negotiation table with some of these I've-Got-1000-Guns sombrero's.
All I had to say was, You and what army, Amigo?
Then they crumbled.
The reason is that 99.99% of their so-called sharp shooting guns and nuclear bombs are duds.
You can't have it both ways here. Either you say many of those "software patents" out there are just plain silly and will whither under the light of morning sun or not.
And if yes, why are you so frightened of their 1000 guns all filled with dud gunpowder? All you need is one good, well aimed bullet on your side.
But you're telling your software-crafting brethren they shouldn't even think of packing a one bullet pistol under their shirt sleeve, huh? Sound advice.
As I recall it, David had only one pebble and a cheap sling shot. But your take away from that story is that he should have used the sling shot to quickly hang himself on the nearest tree rather than daring to fight back against Goliath.
Let's look at two core problems.
First, most engineers prefer to create things (and society is thankful for this) rather than to live on litigation, which is the business plan you propose. If you want to create, their thousands of "duds", army of lawyers, and billions in the bank stand in the way. They will complicate your life, very possibly pressure you out of the market, and stifle you significantly, as among these "duds" is much that has been granted holy powers by the USPTO. [There is a very low inventiveness bar to being granted holy patent powers over others and a very high bar to the presumed guilty defender to showing that even such a bestowed patent did not pass that low bar. This is a broken and unconstitutional part of our patent system.] We know there are many broad patents difficult to avoid while still producing an engineering top or even competitive product, no matter how creative or otherwise brilliant and hard-working you are.
Second, as Red Hat recently showed with their successful defense, if you opt for the path to litigate and persevere throughout, you can spend a bunch of money and still end up empty-handed or in the red at the end.
[Ie, as Red Hat recently demonstrated to a stubborn attacking patent troll....]
David had a sling, not a slingshot. Nebecanezzer had the patent on slingshots so David had to use the old fashioned sling on which the patent had expired.
Steve Stites
However, a slight fact check problem. David is alleged to have lived 1040–970 BC
While Nebeebee was around 605 to 562 B.C
So Doovid bubbaleh was first to invent and publicly use the shepherd's "sling", thereby invalidating Nebeebee's later-in-time patent.
On the other hand (there's always an other hand in these Talmudic discussions), the patent codes of Hammurabi and Babylon did not recognize technology disclosures written in foreign tongues such as the Hebraic one. Thus the Supreme IP Court of Babylon ruled that David was an abstraction and he had never sling-bladed Goliath down with a mere single pebble. It was a rural legend.
Fact check sources:
Many people who help companies such as Red Hat build defensive patent portfolios have an uneasy feeling at the same time. "What if we get acquired by a company hostile to our ideals and plans about a defensive-only portfolio?"
That appears to be exactly what is happening right now with the situation of Sun patents acquired by Oracle. This article summarizes James Gosling's blog post:
In the original post (http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/quite_the_firestorm ) Gosling reveals that Sun engineers had a contest amongst themselves to make patents out of clearly unpatent worthy processes in order to see who could get the most ridiculous patent through. Gosling points, as an example, to one of his patents that describes an un-novel power switch.
So the engineers were making defensive-only patents in an environment that actually eschewed them, and they unwittingly set up the current situation with Oracle owning a large patent portfolio filled with potentially unwarranted simple-machine software patents and a willingness to use them as business leverage or for straight lawsuits (i.e., offensive instead of defensive.)
If you were in the position of advising a group of open source engineers working at a company such as Red Hat who were concerned about this, what would you recommend they do and think?
Do you think there is any value other than the good story aspect to Gosling revealing that some of the patents currently under litigation might have been intended as jokes instead of representing serious innovation?
Red Hat's patent promise seems like a good place to start, although there may be quite a bit of room for improvement.
"Step back": You're saying, get yourself a gun before someone shoots you. Well, you may or may not be right (I don't think you are). But that's totally irrelevant to the discussion, which is whether software patents should be permitted. You seem to agree that software patents can hurt innocent people, and that would suggest you agree that they are bad policy.
I won't bother replying to the other points you made, where you attributed opinions to me that I don't hold and then refuted them. That's the silliest debating game in town.
All I'm saying is to not wipe all your MAD options off the table before the negotiations even begin. ;-)
step back, I think your best long term play, if you really represent engineer-trolls rather than large corps in disguise or patent attorneys at large, is to seek limits to patent law where certain groups are immune from software patents but others are not. Your proposals here are not profitable or enjoyable to the majority of engineers and hurts consumers. On the other hand, you might garner sympathy and some degree of support if you turn your guns unambiguously at the largest of closed source companies (including, eg, monopolists), as these are the ones less likely to have the population rush to their defense as the points of facts are made known through growing public debate. Support, in the minimum, safe harbor for open source and perhaps as well for the smallest of entities no matter closed or open source be their business dealings.
On second though, being as unreasonable as possible might just work!


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05 June 2005
The Dreaded Book Meme
The Number of Books I Own
If I could do that kind of math, I wouldn't be an English teacher. 3,000 maybe? 4,000? A lot. Too many. I haven't done a major culling for a while. It wasn't until very recently that I could afford to buy many new books, but for many years I suffered a kind of disease where I thought if a book were at a library sale or used bookstore or had been remaindered, then it would DIE if I didn't save it. Much as I feel a bit weighted down by them all, I love looking at them, paging through them, and even reading them now and then. They're a kind of fragmented autobiography. Just within sight at the moment are a copy of The Jungle from my high school American history class, The Clown by Heinrich Boll from a college class in German culture, a Spanish dictionary that was my constant companion in Nicaragua and Mexico, and various Best American Short Stories from the 1990s that I found at The Strand for $1 each years ago when I desperately wanted to write the kinds of stories that would have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories in the 1990s.
The Book I'm Currently Reading
I'm never reading just one. I finished Beasts by John Crowley tonight and am reading around in Nice Big American Baby by Judy Budnitz, Gunning for the Buddha by Michael Jasper, Our Napoleon in Rags by Kirby Gann, An Archeologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks, Lint by Steve Aylett, and John Brown, Abolitionist by David S. Reynolds. I'm planning on reviewing Gunning for the Buddha and Our Napoleon in Rags if I end up liking them, so I'm almost certain to finish those ... the others I'll finish if I happen not to be distracted by other things. (Lint I'm finding to be a one-punchline joke extended over a lot of pages, so probably won't finish that, actually, although it's an amusing enough joke that I might.) I expect to start reading Lucius Shepard's Floater and Viator within the next couple days.
Last Book I Bought
I'm about to start a year-long sabbatical from teaching and go to graduate school, so suddenly I have no disposable income, and haven't bought any books recently. I think the most recent purchase was a copy of Jeff Ford's The Physiognomy, because I'm interviewing him soon and haven't yet read his early books.
Last Book I Read
Gave that away above: Beasts by Crowley. While reading it, I thought I might write an essay of some sort about it and Kate Wilhelm's Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, but I don't think I'm going to. Nonetheless, I found Beasts oddly provocative.
Five Books That Have Meant A Lot To Me
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown -- the sentence "Goodnight mush" is, I think, one of the greatest ever written in English. It still makes me smile to think of it, and yet also retains a weird sadness.
Declarations of Independence by Howard Zinn -- read at an impressionable time, it changed how I thought about politics, history, and compassion.
Chekhov: Four Major Plays translated by Carol Rocamora -- favorite translations of the plays I know and love best.
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner -- the novel I find simultaneously most engrossing and beguiling
Breathturn by Paul Celan, translated by Pierre Joris -- the most visceral experience of reading a book of poetry I've had, and continue to have
As for choosing somebody else ... well, consider yourself chosen.
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Where are you going to grad school?ReplyDelete
I'm headed to Dartmouth to do a masters in Liberal Studies, which is essentially a degree in nothing, but it's useful for me career-wise, because it broadens what (at least on paper) I'm qualified to teach, and makes it more likely I could work at places other than the place I currently do. I like how interdisciplinary the program is, and also that I can do it in about a year.ReplyDelete
Yes, congratulations on the grad school thing, I expect you'll find it a nice change from so much teaching and advising? Good chance to read a lot, anyway.ReplyDelete
But mainly I'm posting to say that I have always been OBSESSED with the line "goodnight mush"! When I was little it would send me into a frenzy....
- Robert Cook6/06/2005 10:39 PM
Congrats on the grad school departure - onwards and upwards is always good. You're in for a treat with 'The Physiognomy' and its companion novels, and I'll be very interested to know what you think of them - I'm trying to write about them at the moment, and other opinions are always good. And I've never heard of 'Goodnight Moon', and so have never read 'Goodnight mush', and so now feel that my life is lacking. So I'm off to the library this lunchtime, though I have no idea if such a book would exist as far as libraries in Canberra are concerned.
Thanks, Rob. I'll probably post some thoughts on Jeff's trilogy once I've finished it, though not a full-fledged review, since we've become friends and pretending to be objective at this point would be silly.ReplyDelete
I do hope you find Goodnight Moon -- in the U.S., at least, it's one of the all-time bestselling children's books. I don't know if it will have the effect on you as an adult that it had on me when I was 5 and younger, but I'll certainly be curious to know!
Hi Matt.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your sabbatical/grad school jaunt in the fall. I've linked to your blog on my site. I've been following your posts for a while and enjoy them.
- Robert Cook6/07/2005 9:00 PM
Matt - it sems Goodnight Moon is indeed available here in the Antipodes, and I have a 5 year old and a 7 month old who can revel in it on my behalf - so I'm sorted, really!ReplyDelete


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Nearly 100 students gathered at Cal State University, Channel Islands, last week, on March 28, to send a clear and united message to community members and legislatures that their generation will be the one to define gay marriage as an unalienable right.
What makes the demonstration at CSU, Channel Islands, so unique is the fact that this cohesive group of students was entirely bipartisan, made up of groups that are often caught in strong opposition. Sharing the microphone and demonstration space were the CI College Republicans, CI College Democrats, the Young American Libertarians, and Spectrum, the gay-straight alliance at CSUCI.
"At a time when our politics are highly polarized, it speaks volumes when Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and people of all political stripes, creeds, colors, and religions can come together around a common goal," said Jordan Ball, 22, a senior political science major and president of the CI College Democrats. "To have Democrats and Republicans unite and embrace marriage equality for gays and lesbians is monumental."
Joining the student groups at the initiative was Ventura County Pride and the Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County. Both community groups expressed great pride in the motivation and potential of the younger generation to generate progress on the front of same-sex marriage.
"I never thought I'd see Republicans and Democrats come together on this in my lifetime. It is so inspiring," said Shawn Terris, 55, president of the Stonewall Democrats.
"[Becoming] aware at a younger age and carrying it with you will make for a better voice overall for this nation," said Eric Matos, 21, a junior at CSUCI and director of events for CI College Republicans. "You can't have one-sided opinions, you've got to look at the whole scheme of things."
Elisa Arcidiacono, 21, a senior political science major and CI College Republicans president, agreed with Matos.
"Usually there is kind of a negative connotation when it comes to Republicans because people don't think we're at all accepting of other ideologies," she said. "[The Republican] party is in need of something of a transformation. Lack of knowledge breeds intolerance. Those days are over."
In the days leading up to the demonstration, students stood outside of buildings on campus and collected signatures in support of same-sex marriage from their peers. By the end of the week, the number of signatures surpassed the goal of 1,000, proving that the student voice is strongly in favor of fair legislation.
Milo Alfarero, 20, a sophomore nursing and communication major and president of the Spectrum club, confirms this overwhelming support from the student population.
"CI has been a very supportive community for towards myself, the Spectrum club, and the community," he said. "We have had so much support not only from our members, but also from the whole CI community."
"I see a new hope. I see our future," said Milo.
In the words of Jordan Ball, "While the naysayers may be loud, we are louder, we are stronger, and we are participating in the civil rights movement of our generation. … We will not achieve LGBT equality by being silent."


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on December 29, 2012 - 12:05 AM
You might call it noteworthy if the top leader at Women & Children's Hospital was a graduate of the hospital's own maternity ward.
What about that fact – times four?
The top four leaders at the Buffalo hospital specializing in infant, childhood and maternity care – Cheryl Klass, Debianne Peterman, Allegra Jaros and Dr. Margaret W. Paroski – were all born at the Bryant Street facility.
Three of these four executives also delivered their babies at the hospital – seven children in all.
It makes for an unprecedented situation at the 120-year-old hospital, which, according to many people's recollections, has never had four women in the top leadership positions before, let alone four women with Buffalo roots and ties to Children's.
"We were laying there in the bassinets, thinking, 'We're going to take over someday....' " joked Klass, president of the hospital, when the four leaders gathered to talk about their roles.
On a serious note, the women said they do believe it makes a difference to the hospital to have leaders with such personal ties to the institution.
"Childbirth is still deemed a women's prerogative," said Paroski, chief medical officer for Kaleida Health and the hospital's executive vice president and chief medical officer. She smiled.
"Frankly, since men don't give birth to children," she added, "I think we have a great connection to the women we serve."
Together, the women said they are particularly excited to be leading the hospital into a new – and vastly different – future. Over the next few years, Women & Children's Hospital will move from its longtime home in the Elmwood Avenue neighborhood of the city to a new building next to Buffalo General Hospital, in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus area.
The new hospital, at the corner of Ellicott and High streets, has an estimated price tag of about $200 million and likely will open at the end of 2015, the administrators said. They see it as a chance to put a new face on Children's for the first time in generations.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Klass.
"It's huge. It's historic," concurred Jaros. "It's an awesome responsibility."
With their individual histories at Children's combined, the four top women represent a cumulative 50 years' worth of experience at the hospital.
Peterman is the newest addition to the staff, after working in Atlanta and Nashville. She heads up nursing operations.
With her arrival, the top staff looks like this:
• Cheryl Klass is president of Women & Children's and senior vice president for operations at Buffalo General Medical Center. A Hamburg native, she was born at Children's in 1955 – the same year as Paroski and Peterman.
Klass graduated from Immaculata Academy in Hamburg, then Niagara University. She received an MBA from Northwestern University's School of Management in 1997. She has worked at the hospital for 24 years in all, eight as part of her most recent stint as an administrator at the facility.
She delivered her three children at Children's and said that her experience as a mom and patient at the hospital gives her a perspective that makes her a better leader.
"Having children and grandchildren in our community, it's sharpened our focus," Klass said, of herself and the other members of her administrative team.
She and the others want to make sure "if something happens to those children and grandchildren, those services and specialists are here."
Klass noted that she and other leaders at the hospital have brought the hospital from a point of vulnerability, a few years back, to its current position of strength and viability – and the potential for growth.
Hard decisions and lots of planning and communication went into those changes, she said.
"In the last eight years, we've brought the hospital from a very difficult point," Klass said. "We've come out of that. The hospital is viable and strong."
"The challenge now is the declining population of Western New York," she said.
• Dr. Margaret W. Paroski is executive vice president and chief medical officer at Children's as well as chief medical officer for Kaleida Health. A Buffalo native who lives in the city – "I've lived in two square miles my whole life," she joked – she graduated from Nardin Academy, then Canisius College. She earned her medical degree from the University at Buffalo in 1980.
In her role as head medical officer for both Children's and Kaleida, Paroski oversees the medical end of the hospital and health care system's operations.
Paroski comes from a background with an emphasis on pediatric care – her father was a pediatrician, as was her first husband, who died at an early age. She said she sees her role and that of the others on the administrative team as moving the hospital into forward-gear toward the future.
"I sort of feel like we are the 'reality team,' " said Paroski, who has two children who were born at Children's, as well as a stepchild from her second marriage. "Some people see only the hospital that used to be."
• Allegra Jaros is chief operating officer at Women & Children's. A Williamsville native, she was born at Children's in 1970. She graduated from Williamsville North High School and Canisius College, and received her MBA from Canisius in 1996.
As chief operating officer, Jaros' role is to steer the hospital's day-to-day operations.
She said that her inspiration in deciding to work in health care was her mother, Jacqueline Thompson, a former faculty member in nursing at UB and an advocate for work in the health professions. She died last year.
"She was a significant impact on me," said Jaros, whose two children were both born at Children's. "She asked me what purpose I was going to have in life, with a finance background."
Her role at the hospital is a way to fulfill her mother's hopes for her, Jaros said.
"That's one of the nice things about the health care industry," she said.
• Debianne Peterman is chief nursing officer at Women & Children's and vice president at Kaleida. A Snyder native, she is the only one of the four women to have worked away from Western New York for much of her career.
She moved to Atlanta with her family when she was 16, and later earned degrees from Georgia State and a master's degree in nursing from Emory University. She received her doctorate in nursing from Georgia State in 2005.
She said her decision to make a career in the health care field was spurred by an experience she had when one of her three children was ill, and she was not allowed to be near him when he was in the hospital.
"It made me realize there's a need to have someone advocating for mothers and babies," Peterman said.
Peterman returned to Western New York this fall to take the position at Children's, where she heads up nursing operations. She said she always longed to return to this area, which she considers her home.
"I have been a huge believer in Buffalo, and have always talked about Buffalo to anyone who would listen," Peterman said. "I want to do something here that could make a difference for moms and babies. I knew my heart was here."
When she returned to the hospital where she was born, this time as an employee and leader, it felt just right.
"The minute I walked in the door," Peterman said, "I felt I was home."
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A rotten day for the Curve, who lost twice, was at least memorable for four players as they were named All-Stars on Wednesday.
Pitchers Jameson Taillon and Casey Sadler and second baseman Jarek Cunningham were selected to play in the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 10 in New Britain. Outfielder Gregory Polanco was chosen to play in the MLB All-Star Futures Game on July 14 at Citi Field in New York.
The players found out the good news after a bad day for their team as the Curve were swept by New Britain at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona lost the completion of Tuesday night's rainout, 9-2, then gave up six runs in the first inning of game two before falling, 6-3, before 3,245 fans.
The Curve have followed up their eight-game winning streak by losing six out of seven. Poor pitching and poor defense doomed the club Wednesday.
"A few plays that we don't make there, we put ourself in harm's way, and that's what happens," manager Carlos Garcia said.
Of the players selected as All-Stars, Sadler might be the one name fans haven't paid much attention to this season. Taillon is a superstar prospect, Polanco also is very highly regarded and Cunningham is second in the EL with 14 homers.
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Next stop
Tonight: Altoona at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Pitchers: Curve RHP Jameson Taillon (3-5, 2.93) vs. Aeros RHP Toru Murata (3-3, 3.03)
Record: 34-43
Curve All-Stars
Three Curve players were selected to play in the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 10 at New Britain, and one was chosen to play in the MLB All-Star Futures Game on July 14 at Citi Field in New York.
EL All-Stars
RHP Jameson Taillon
Season highlights: Ranks sixth in EL in ERA and in strikeouts; has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of his 14 starts; struck out career-high 10 on two occasions; 1.69 ERA in three June starts; holding hitters to .247 batting average
RHP Casey Sadler
Season highlights: Tied for second in EL in wins; ranks second in league in innings pitched and 11th in ERA; leads team in starts; has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 12 of his 16 starts; holding hitters to a .251 batting average
2B Jarek Cunningham
Season highlights: Tied for second in EL in homers and fifth in league in home run to at-bat ratio (one every 18.07 ABs); leads team in at-bats and is second in slugging percentage (.470); hitting .266 with a .936 OPS in June
MLB All-Star Futures Game
OF Gregory Polanco
Season highlights: Recently joined Curve from Single-A Bradenton, where he hit .312 with six homers, 30 RBIs and 24 steals in 57 games; had .836 OPS and 17 doubles at Bradenton; was eighth in Florida State League in hitting and second in steals
-- Compiled by Cory Giger
Sadler doesn't get anywhere near the kind of recognition Taillon does, but he deserves more than he receives.
"When you see him pitch, you definitely see a big leaguer," Taillon said of his teammate.
Sadler (7-5) is tied for second in the EL with seven wins -- although he took the loss in the suspended game -- and ranks 11th in ERA at 3.28. He doesn't have overpowering stuff, but he understands how to use his repertoire effectively.
"He's one of the guys that he ain't going to get a lot of notoriety, but he's going to go out there every five days and get the job done," Garcia said.
Sadler doesn't see it necessarily as he's pitching in Taillon's shadow on the Curve, although he doesn't mind being under the radar.
"There's always going to be guys on teams who are high prospects or high-money guys, but I don't think anybody's in anyone's shadow," Sadler said. "I think we all stand out in our own ways, and each person has a job to do on the team.
"[Taillon's] job is a little different than my job. He's going to be that guy who has a lot of strikeouts, is going to throw the ball really hard, and people love to see that. I'm that guy that goes out, throws the ball down, gets a lot of groundballs."
Sadler leads the Curve in starts (16) and innings pitched (96) and has allowed only 89 hits, plus he has an outstanding WHIP of 1.19. He's impressed with how Taillon handles all the attention he receives, and if Sadler keeps putting up the kind of numbers he has this season, the notoriety is bound to come for him, as well.
"It is nice to get noticed for what you've done like an All-Star nomination, but I don't have a problem flying under the radar," Sadler said. "It kind of gives you a little something to work for."
Notes: Polanco missed his fifth straight game after suffering a minor shoulder injury Saturday but will take batting practice tonight at Akron and is expected to play if all goes well. Kenn Kasparek (3-2) allowed six runs in the first inning of the second game to take the loss for the Curve. Tom Stuifbergen (2-1) won for New Britain. Nick Kingham looked sharp in relief of Sadler in the first game, allowing two runs on only two hits in six innings. Reliever Bobby Lanigan (3-1) won for the Rock Cats. 3B Miguel Sano had a big day for New Britain with a double and triple in the second game and homer in the first.
SUBHD: Doubleheader recap
Key players: DH Curt Smith went 3-for-4 in the first game, and 3B Miguel Sano had a double and triple in the second game for the Rock Cats.
Key plays: Smith's three-run homer in the second inning of the first game gave New Britain control, and the Rock Cats pounded RHP Kenn Kasparek for six runs in the first inning of game two.
Key stat: The Curve have lost six of seven after winning eight in a row.
SUBHD: How they scored
First game
Bottom 2nd: Pinto doubled, Sano walked, both scored on Smith three-run homer (0-3).
Bottom 4th: Santos walked, scored on Dickerson double play groundout (1-3).
Top 8th: Smith singled, Rosario walked, both scored on Hanson triple (1-5).
Top 9th: Sano solo homer (1-6); Ortiz tripled, scored on Smith single (1-7); Pettersen singled, scored along with Smith on Tejeda error (1-9).
Bottom 9th: Dickerson reached on Pettersen error, scored on Paulino error (2-9).
Second game
Top 1st: Santana walked, scored on Pinto single (0-1); Rosario bunt single, scored along with Pinto on Ortiz triple (0-3); Sano triple scored Ortiz (0-4); Parraz two-run homer scored Sano (0-6).
Bottom 3rd: Tejeda singled, scored on Santos groundout (1-6); Vasquez doubled, scored on Cutler single (2-6).
Bottom 5th: Santos solo homer (3-6).


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Last week, we took in our first small load of grain, organic spelt and oats grown by Henry Perkins of Bullridge Farm in Albion. For being the first farmer to... Read more
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Twenty-nine days ago, my beloved college roommate and rowing pal, Jennifer Barefoot was the first to pledge to my Kickstarter project.... Read more
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EAST LIVERPOOL - The Beavers took down the Potters.
The Beaver Local wrestling team won nine weight classes en route to a 50-25 victory Thursday night over local-rival East Liverpool.
"Our kids performed well," Beaver Local head coach Jordan?Williams said. "The local rivalry made for a good atmosphere."
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East Liverpool's Cody Oiler (126 pounds) takes down Beaver Local's Dustin?Martsolf during their match Thursday night at Potter Fieldhouse. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Joe Savage)
The Beavers won seven wrestled matches, and Beaver Local also picked up a pair of wins via forfeit.
For the Beavers, Josh Henderson (113 pounds), Ron Foster (138), Tyler Kelly (170), Cody Riddle (195) and Cody Martsolf (285) all won by pinfall. Henderson pinned Tim Sarge, Foster pinned Nate Miller, Kelly pinned Jaden Rogers, Riddle pinned Jimmy Lisk and Martsolf pinned Cole Hamilton.
"I was excited for some of our kids and their performances," Williams said. "Tyler Kelly moved up a weight class and got a big time pin for us."
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Beaver Local 50, East Liverpool 25
106: Alex Potts (EL) dec Jack Dawson (BL), 5-1
113: Josh Henderson (BL) fall Tim Sarge (EL), :28
120: Clay Davis (BL) TF Joel Cunningham (EL), 18-1
126: Cody Oiler (EL) fall Dustin Martsof (BL), 2:43
132: Frankie Williams (EL) forfeit
138: Ron Foster (BL) fall Nate Miller (EL), 1:15
145: Josh Barber (BL) dec Kris Bailey (EL), 3-1
152: Mack Miller (EL) dec Colton McKenzie (BL), 9-1
160: Morley Marsdon (BL) forfeit
170: Tyler Kelly (BL) fall Jaden Rogers (EL), 1:16
182: Dan Lattanzio (BL) forfeit
195: Cody Riddle (BL) fall Jimmy Lisk (EL), 2:32
220: John Miscuk (EL) fall Cody Green (BL), 1:05
285: Cody Martsolf (BL) fall Cole Hamilton (EL), 5:07
Also for Beaver Local, Morley Marsden (160) and Daniel Lattanzio (170) each won by forfeit.
"It always feels good to beat a rival, but tomorrow is a new day with different opponents and we have to continue to work and get bettre to reach our goals," Williams said.
Finally, Clay Davis defeated Joel Cunningham by tech fall, 18-1, and Josh Barber (145) defeated Kris Bailey by decision, 3-1.
"Cody Riddle wrestled strong and smart," Williams said. "He was consistent in his approach, and he got a huge pin for us."
The Potters picked up two victories via pinfall and by decision, and they won one by forfeit.
Cody Oiler (126) and John Miscuk (220) each won matches by pinfall. Oiler pinned Dustin Martsolf, and Miscuk pinned Cody Green.
Also for East Liverpool, Alex Potts (106) defeated Jack Dawson, 5-1, and Mack Miller defeated Colton McKenzie, 9-1.
Finally, Frankie Williams won via forfeit.
"I felt we were prepared coming into the match," Williams said. "Our coaches have put in a lot of work to prepare these guys for big matches, and it is paying off."
Beaver Local wrestles again at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Meadowbrook Duals. Then, Beaver Local will wrestle at 6 p.m. Wednesday night at home against local-rival Oak Glen on Senior Night at the Beaver Dome.


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The country charm (closed from "Coulée verte") and tranquility in the heart of PARIS !!!
There are two separated rooms : one is the bedroom with a bed for 2 adults and the other one is the lounge & diner room with a sofa bed.
TV and CD/DVD reader available is this lounge.
Internet Wi-Fi (PC not included)
USA & Canada adapter converter (on request)
Bathroom with a shower
Kitchen fully furnished (oven, microwave, refrigerator with deep freeze, coffee machine,...)
Separate toilets.
Linen and bath towels are provided.
I make a point of honor to provide you with impeccable accommodation on its cleanliness and its bedding.
OPTION 1: First breakfast (coffee/tea or milk or chocolate with croissant and orange juice) can be provided on request (extra (5€ per person).
OPTION 2: Cinema at home: Possibilty to see 3 DVD movies maximum during your stay on request (extra 5€ per DVD) (if booking request done one week before your arrival).
OPTION 3: Go on anexcursion on Paris and/or Château de Versailles by car (on request) (week-end only)
Apartment is located on the First Floor (US) or Ground Floor (GB). No lift.
You have a Franprix supermarket down the building open 7 days / 7 until 8:30 p.m.
Located in the heart of Paris (twelfth district) , closed from all the public transports (bus, metro/RER and train) at Gare de Lyon station.
You are only at 10mn by tube from the Champs-Elysées and from any famous Paris monuments (Le Louvre museum , Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sacré-Coeur Basilica, ...). One hour by RER from castle of Versailles.
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Parties are forbidden.
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You are fully responsible for the premises during your stay.
The arrival time will be made by mutual agreement (arrival time limit : 10 p.m.)
The departure of the apartment will have to be made before 10:00 am.
Animals (cat, dog, ...) are NOT welcome !!!
Rules of the apartment would be given you the day of your arrival.
These rules should be respected scrupulously.
Security deposit: 200€ cash.
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"If he goes to a bar with his friends, a tabloid is going to report about it. Same goes for me. Trust is what it is," the singer tells Redbook magazine.
"Either you trust someone or you don't. And I've never trusted anyone more than I trust Mike," she says.
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"You know how you feel when you get full? Well, I don't get full," she says. "I can eat a lot. Mike and I were in Italy for 10 days and I put on 8 pounds. So in real life, I have to make sure I'm not eating just to eat."
The Grammy winner, who's starring in NBC's live production of The Sound of Music on Dec. 5, admits that she was prompted to slim down after winning American Idol in 2005.
"I put on a lot of weight [during the show] because we were locked in a room all day with a craft service table. I was bored, so I was just eating," she says. "I was never overweight, but I feel better with myself now."