The Grump must confess that he has not followed the Valerie Plame/Libby Lewis leak story in detail. But one thing the Grump recalls firmly is the absolutely unequivocal statement by George Bush shortly after the row started, to the effect that leaks were wrong and that if someone in his administration leaked something, well then he was going to bring the hammer down on them. Now we hear the President’s […]
This has been the longest, most gloomy winter I’ve experienced since moving to California … holy crud, it’s almost 19 years now! Here’s pretty much what it’s been like all the time: Want a bigger view of gloom? Click here. No wonder the Grump is grumpy. He’s wondering why he ever left Seattle.
My friend the Grumpy Moderate has had too hard a time figuring out how to use his own blog (he’s been very busy lately besides), so I have generously offered to let him share the SSSBLOG for the time being. Whether someone as incredibly upbeat and optimistic as SSS can bear sharing space wtih someone as, how do I say this, well … as grumpy as the Grump remains to […]
Basketball season ended on Saturday, with Andrew’s fifth grade school team going down to a tough defeat in a hard-fought game at St. Francis in Sonoma. Poor kid got knocked down twice, with no foul ever called, but he played great defense and scored 2 points. He has 19 kids on his team, so no one gets a lot of playing time. Full size picture here.
Following heated debate over the Kinnick Stadium’s pink visiting locker rooms, UI President David Skorton abruptly ended the university’s involvement and said the school will not further investigate the issue. For now, it appears, the locker room will keep its pink walls. Skorton on Thursday announced his decision to take no action toward investigating alleged sexism and homophobia in the locker room’s hue, after meeting with the University Steering Committee […]
There weren’t many readers before, I suspect, and not posting for three weeks won’t increase their numbers. But boy do I have excuses … the kids, their homework, my work, French classes, bills, chores, etc. So, some updates: Regarding this post, sure enough, there has been a ton of heartbreak among Hawkeye fans. A painful 23-3 loss to in-state rival Iowa State (aka Moo U), followed by a crushing 31-6 […]
Those of you who know me know that I’m a bit of a computer nerd, or maybe more appropriately a computer nerd wannabe. As further evidence, I discovered the other day that it is possible to download and burn a bootable CD that will run the free Linux operating system on your computer. It takes a little bit of work (the download is over 650 MB and I had to […]
For those of you who enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy this proof of God’s existence, sent in response to the post via e-mail from my mother: “Your Mother believes in God, therefore He exists.” Hey, those Presbyterians have some fight in them! I will note, though, that I suspect that for a lot of people, this probably is an accurate proof. Thanks, Mom.
This week’s Economist contains an interesting article on a study evaluating the accuracy of published medical research articles. The conclusion: When Dr Ioannidis ran the numbers through his model, he concluded that even a large, well-designed study with little researcher bias has only an 85% chance of being right. An underpowered, poorly performed drug trial with researcher bias has but a 17% chance of producing true conclusions. Overall, more than […]
The SSSBlog apologizes for the lack of recent posts. The adjustment to the first week of school got in the way. But, coming soon are two posts, one about baseball, the other about science. The Grump also has a brief post.