Archive for July, 2009

On Meetings

31st Jul 2009General,

Paul Graham’s recent post Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule, is probably the best I’ve read on the subject and best describes why I detest More »

Sarah Palin’s Resignation Speech by Shatner

28th Jul 2009Politics, , ,

The mockery of Palin’s resignation speech continues, as William Shatner took a beat poet slant on the speech last night on the Tonight More »

Jump up high and bring it down here [Six Small Hands]

27th Jul 2009Family, Parenting

Not sure how many readers of this blog also follow my family blog over at sixsmallhands.com, so I’ll highlight some of my posts over here from time to time. Here is tonight’s post…

I knew he was nuts…

23rd Jul 2009Politics, , , ,

Glenn Beck: I went to the movie this weekend with a gun. And surprise, surprise, I didn’t kill anybody! During a Fox News More »

On French Healthcare

22nd Jul 2009Politics, , ,

Came across this article today: My whopping $32 emergency room visit in the land of socialized medicine AmericaBlog covers his recent visit to More »

Krugman on Sachs

17th Jul 2009Politics, , , , ,

So Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Chase all reported multi-billion dollar profits during the second quarter this week. The NY Times’ Paul Krugman weighed More »

Say “Thanks!” Alaska

7th Jul 2009Politics,

I think Palin did us all a favor by quitting and effectively giving up on a national political career: I think on a More »

Ben Gibbard covering Thriller

6th Jul 2009Music, , , ,

The only time I will ever mention Michael Jackson on this blog… Ben Gibbard (from Death Cab for Cutie) covering Thriller: [mp3_embed playlst="http://www.jasondettbarn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/06-Thriller-Michael-Jackson-Cover.mp3" More »

Palin Resignation

6th Jul 2009Politics,

I’ve been critical of Palin in the past, so I wanted to write something about her recent (surprise) resignation. However, I came across More »