James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Favorite Albums I Discovered in 2011

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I've been seeing a lot of "Best of" lists in recent days, and been thinking about my own favorite music discoveries of the yea...
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Sunday, December 25, 2011

The War on Christmas

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First, as an atheist, I'd like to apologize for the behavior of some of my brethren this season. Specifically, I'm talking about the...
Saturday, December 03, 2011

Through the Looking Glass

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This week produced one of those moments in politics where I felt, once more, that I lived in a Looking Glass universe. The heart of the weir...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A few honeymoon highlights

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Harvest Marriage

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Harvest Marriage Lights danced below as the Ferris wheel lifted us above the county fair toward a crescent October moon. In the calm above t...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Doing our best to stimulate the economy

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So, anyway, I'm getting married this Friday. 11-11-11. If the economic picture of the US has improved recently, I suspect economists wil...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

1% is amazing if you stop to think about it

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I saw a magazine cover reporting on the Occupy Wall Street protests with the words, "We are the 99%." These words have been kickin...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

A Dream of Greg

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Last night I had a dream that felt like it unfolded over hours. I was supposed to meet my best friend Greg for lunch at some hamburger place...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Are things getting better, or worse? 2011 edition

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I feel like I'm having a hard time thinking about the news of late. I consider myself a informed member of society, who cares about resp...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A few questions about living longer

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I watched a show on Discovery the other night about prolonging human life. The show laid out a semi-plausible scenario by which a middle age...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Further musings on the economy

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I've been thinking further about my concerns that 401ks may be having the perverse effect of ruining people's savings by creating bu...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Are 401ks dangerous?

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For years, I've been a cheerleader for 401ks where I work. I personally have helped at least a dozen people get set up over the years. T...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Did 9-11 change the world forever?

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Did 9-11 change the world forever? Perhaps, but what day doesn't? The terrorist attacks of 9-11 created a lot of hub bub, but I would sa...
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Saturday, September 03, 2011

Are there holes in the theory of evolution?

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A few weeks ago, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry referred to evolution as "a theory that's out there." There is nothing in...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Crying Wolf in American Politics

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Michelle Bachmann's best day of her political life and her worst day were probably one in the same. She rose to the very top of the pack...
Sunday, August 07, 2011

Worse than Racist

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So, last week, it was announced that in the Ultimate Spiderman comic, Peter Parker is being killed off and replaced by a half-black/half-lat...
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Beach Pics

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Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here's 8000 words about my beach trip.
Monday, July 25, 2011

Be careful what you wish for...

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I've been watching the debate about raising the debt ceiling with morbid fascination. For most of my life, I've disliked politicians...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

The Moral Hazard of Credit

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Used properly, credit is one of the most powerful tools of capitalism. It makes it possible for individuals to purchase items that would req...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

When Push Comes to Shove

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I saw this ad on World Net Daily this morning and it caught my attention, since it looked to me like a little girl about to push her brothe...
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