Archive for September, 2006

Me and Mike Klein on the 2006 elections

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

On instant messenger today:

Philip Welch: I have a prediction.
Mike Klein: Predict on.
Philip Welch: The Democrats will win the 2006 elections and take control of the House and potentially the Senate.
Mike Klein: What effect will this have on my life?
Philip Welch: The news will become a more reliable source of entertainment.
Mike Klein: Good answer.

The best of Clint Cole, electrical engineering instructor

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“You know what that means? Boolean algebra.”—trying to intimidate us into asking questions at the beginning of class

“You’ve all seen tasers before, it’s what police do for a hobby.”

“Did I get all the requirements? Eh, I’m kind of making it up.”

A free market in booze

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

I’m starting a new political movement. It’s called “Prohibition is over, so give it up, you dorks!”Our goal is the privitization of liquor stores.

Sure, back when Prohibition was the status quo, it seemed like a good compromise. “OK, alcohol is legal, but you can only buy hard alcohol at state owned liquor stores.” I can easily see them doing the same thing now with marijuana—legalizing possession, but requiring you to buy it only from licensed locations or state-owned stores. But today, state liquor stores are just a strange historical artifact. I propose that we preserve one state liquor store in each state as a museum to Prohibition and its historical consequences, set up the rest to operate as private businesses, and allow others to compete with the newly-privatized liquor stores.

My thoughts

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

People tell me I should use this blog to share my thoughts. So here they are:

If I robbed a convenience store, it wouldn’t be for the money. I’d stick a gun in the clerk’s face and say, “BAG OF CHIPS, MOTHERFUCKER!”