Is this really affimative action?
The Army promotes, as I understand it, on merit. Ask Colin Powell if he reached the Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs because he was a black man, or because he earned it.
What the United States Army Teaches us About Affirmative Action. The United States Army has achieved affirmative action in its purest, most elemental form by calling it what it is: common-sense fairness. By Brent Staples. [New York Times: Opinion]
I suppose next to be outlawed is the concept of “Cowboys and Indians” or “Good Guys and Bad Guys?”.
Don’t let the Massachusetts Legislature learn about this, or they’ll be next..
Proposed Toy-gun Ban Proves Crime Does Not play’. New York Post Jan 6 2003 2:09AM ET [Moreover – Crime and punishment news]
Dorothy Parker. “I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more.” [Quotes of the Day]
I just installed iCal last night, not long before heading off to bed.. we’ll see how it does.
I’d really like to look into syncing my iPaq with the G4 as well as with the laptop at work, but only time will tell if that’s a sane solution or not. Microsoft Entourage X also looks interesting.
iCal Updated Again [MacSlash] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Kevin Macmichael, guitarist for the Cutting Crew, died Tuesday after battling lung cancer. He was 51 [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Megnut: “It’s no wonder we’re seeing an increase in unemployment, people seem to have no idea how to apply for a job these days.” [Scripting News]
Becoming An Alpha Male — Lesson One: Getting It.
I guess I’d have to say the number one thing all alpha males have and they have it in spades, is that they look like they’re getting it. Now, I’ll discuss later whether in fact this has anything to do with whether they actually ARE getting it, but that happens to be secondary to LOOKING like you are getting it.
So if you are ever hope to climb up the ladder of the Greek alphabet to Alphadom, all the way from the sad, overpopulated backwaters of Omegaland — you have to start looking like you are getting it. And what does that mean?
Well, let’s start with Pierce Brosnan, or any actor who ever played James Bond, in fact. Guys who look like they are getting it actually look a little post-coital — hair a little messy, eyes a little tired. They look rather casual about it, even disinterested — which is why they DO get it — because they don’t look like they’re begging for it. And women always go for that — it’s the guy who looks like he doesn’t care much if he gets it or not and also looks like he can get it whenever and whereever he wants, that gets you all stirred up — he’s a big arrogant, he makes you slow down and take a second look. You think, “Well, who the hell does he think he is?” And once a woman’s thought that, well, guys you are most decidedly in the drivers seat. She’s going to have that burning need to find out about you.
So think of Bond again. He looks like he’s got something better to do — save the world, hang from a helicopter by one shoe lace, use his remote-control BMW to flatten terrorists — and since he looks like he really doesn’t have time for it, he actually manages to LOOK like he’s getting it big time — and in fact, he DOES get it, whenever he wants. Get it? [Halley’s Comment]