Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Santa

    Santa teaches the connection between desire, intention and magic – he was by-far the most important pagan god in my childhood.  He delivered.Via twitter from @BarefootTed, 2013-12-25, 11:06

  • We’re off

    to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  We have tickets for the show at the Ordway tonight.  Hope it’s as good as the reviews have been saying it is.

  • Why laws for robots are doomed to fail

    Governments have recognised that fully autonomous weapons raise serious legal and ethical concerns, and that urgent action is needed.Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch via Robots of death, robots of love: The reality of android soldiers and why laws for robots are doomed to failure at Tech Republic

  • The Check-up

    Great Weight Watchers motivation.Rhymes with Orangevia Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2013-12-7

  • Merry Christmas

    Gift of the MagiIn the tiny apartment on the Lower East Side,The beautiful Della combed her long hair,And thought about Christmas and bitterly cried,For they had no money, no money to spare.So little money, and Christmas was near,And Jim worked so hard and for so little pay.He’d grown discouraged, her darling, her dearShe must give…

  • Wonderful

    Just weighed in today, and I’m at 184.6, total loss of 67.2 and a total of 10.6 to go to my goal weight of 174.  This comic has been traveling around in my WW book since it was in the paper, and I decided I needed a more permanent copy.The Argyle Sweater via Minneapolis Star-Tribune,…

  • Christmas Eve

    A nice quiet commute into the mostly dead office today.  Of course the -14F temperature probably helps some too.