Cap'n Arbyte's BlogProcapitalist blogging with a swashbuckling sense of humor.Wrong Way Hearing- May 26, 2008 Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee called upon many oil industry executives to defend themselves on the matter of high oil prices: "You have to sense what you're doing to us — we're on the precipice here, about to fall into recession," said Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. "Does it trouble any one of you — the costs you're imposing on families, on small businesses, on truckers" It's good to know that I can always depend on my elected representatives to get things completely...http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/05/Wrong_Way_Hearing.html Primary Thoughts- May 14, 2008 The nonpartisan ballot for the Oregon primary doesn't offer many things to vote on. Ten judges but only one race with a competitor, plus three state measures. Hard to get excited. But I'll try. At first blush I thought the judicial race between Andy Erwin and (incumbent) Keith Rogers would be difficult to find information for, but then I found this story about the race that makes me believe it's rather heated. My eyebrows go up a little reading the comments about peoples' yard signs being...http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/05/Primary_Thoughts.html Comparative Driving Redux- May 12, 2008 This is an update to a post made almost a year ago about a friend who also kept a lot of data about gasoline purchases. I made pretty graphs, because everyone loves pretty graphs. My friend sent me some fresh data for the past year's driving, so here are some shiny new pretty graphs: …http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/05/Comparative_Driving_Redux.html Back to This Blogging Thing- May 12, 2008 Hi. I hope you remember me. I realize I haven't been so communicative lately… and it's not because I don't care, it's just that I've been so busy. Priorities. I hope you understand. Anyway, I'm back. Let's catch up a little. My vacation was great. Mother, sister, and friend are all doing well, and apparently driving each other only a little crazy. I've spent long periods of time with each of them and emerged mostly unharmed (although that is the subject of some debate) so I look...http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/05/Blogging_Thing.html Name That Bloom- May 4, 2008 My sister has a vine in her aviary that blooms this time of year. The flowers don't last very long — only a day or two — but are unlike anything I've seen before. Does anyone know what this plant is called (Click the pictures for larger versions.) …http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2008/05/Name_That_Bloom.html |