Jason Snell @jsnell:
My children, Dark Phoenix and the Ninja. (Cc @hotdogsladies) pic.twitter.com/ijJIn4ch

@jsnell @hotdogsladies Careful, she’s famous for saying, “I’m hungry, this Snell should do nicely.”

John C. Welch @bynkii:
right now, I’d not pay for VMware were it to come with a week of blowjobs from movies stars on the yacht they gave me in fucking Bali

@bynkii in that case, shit, I’ll buy a license for you.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
Apple: “We have more money than God” Wall Street: “But do you have more money than Super God?”

@Angry_Drunk Why does God need money? To buy a spaceship.

rik panganiban @rikomatic:
Reason #16 why folding bikes rock: throwing my #brompton under my shopping cart while shopping. pic.twitter.com/MhL50wl2

@rikomatic As a highly mobile non-driver, I’d love to rent bikes. But I can’t get around the “injury to myself or my gadgets” issue.

Bad cough and achy. Suspecting @glennf of kissing me on the way to Dulles last week.

Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson:
@jeffporten @glennf @jsnell So now “Glenning” has a darker meaning.

@jeffcarlson @jsnell Or a lighter one. @glennf is kinda cute.

Kevin van Haaren @kvanh:
Whoa, i accomplished something today. A first for this week.

@kvanh That’s what I like about putting on socks. It’s an easy thing to check off.

John C. Welch @bynkii:
every time I see “this country was founded by people seeking religious freedom” I smile at the child-like innocence & ignorance displayed.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@bynkii But that sounds so much better than “This country was founded (in part) by a bunch of fundy zealots who got thrown out of England.”

John C. Welch @bynkii:
@Angry_Drunk yeah. people like dey fairy tayles, what can you do.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@bynkii It’s like the dolts who think that the Battle of Thermopylae was about “FREEEEDOM!!”

@Angry_Drunk @bynkii I thought the Battle of Thermopylae was for the liberty to practice homoeroticism with 300 guys in the mountains.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
Yesterday: strep kicking my ass. Today: Antibiotics kicking my ass.

Guy English @gte:
@GlennF ugh. Hope you didn’t pick it up from your visit. Get well soon! And good luck tomorrow night in the past.

Jason Snell @jsnell:
@gte @GlennF Oh awesome, I’ve got a sore throat too!

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jsnell @gte I swear I didn’t kiss you. Not that I remember. That was a lot of wine poured on Saturday night.

Safe bet that if there were a picture of @GlennF & @jsnell kissing, a rumor site would have claimed that the iPhone 5 affects Kinsey scale.

rik panganiban @rikomatic:
Drinking the first “real” cup of coffee I’ve had in a week (I.e.made by me). I feel superhuman! #fb

@rikomatic Let me guess: caffeine grip and jitter action? #JeffPortenActionDoll

rik panganiban @rikomatic:
@jeffporten more like did 75 kettle bell reps and then 18 pull ups.

@rikomatic Jeez. If caffeine had the same effect on me, I’d look like Jack LaLanne.

Jason Snell @jsnell:
Counterfeit Apple Store mention!!! Unreal.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
~@jsnell Why aren’t you moderating this?

@GlennF @jsnell Would love to see a “Defend the Indefensible” segment. Oh, wait, I already have.

@RyanLizza: CNN clock now has Obama getting a full 5 more mins than Romney so far.” // very surprised, thought Romney was the dick.

Control freaks and infantilization

I don’t agree with the premise that society is built around these principles, but some interesting ideas here, and it certainly some areas of society that I find baffling.

Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate?

Alfie Kohn, in Punished by Rewards (1993), documents with copious research how behavior modification works best on dependent, powerless, infantilized, bored, and institutionalized people. And so for authorities who get a buzz from controlling others, this creates a terrifying incentive to construct a society that creates dependent, powerless, infantilized, bored, and institutionalized people.

Krugman on debt

On the Non-Burden of Debt

Another thing I don’t like about the “future generations” conceptual construct… it presumes that they won’t be benefiting from whatever it is we’re buying with that credit. Easy assumption and likely correct when we’re blowing money on tax cuts and wars in Iraq, but probably incorrect for infrastructure and education.