Derek Scruggs

Seen this morning during my bike ride to work: a fox! It was in this little park near a very busy street that it tried to cross a couple times. I hope it made it across because this side of the street is basically nothing but the CU campus, houses and small parks. The other […]

Fans of Waking Life will recognize the technique, though I'm sure it had been done before that movie. Memories of Fantasies Forgotten from Dovely on Vimeo.

I’m watching the last 15 minutes of the US vs. North Korea in the Women’s World Cup am reminded once again that soccer is the best women’s team sport. Why? Because there is essentially no difference between the men’s and women’s game. In basketball, for example, it’s very obvious that you’re watching a very different […]

Seen in Gmail web snippets today:

[Sorry to bore you all with this, but I had such an awful experience that I want to make sure the whole world knows NOT to go to Comfort Dental on McCaslin Blvd. in Louisville. This is review is also posted at that link.]
First of all, when my wife scheduled the appointment, she specifically asked […]

Last Tuesday evening, June 19, 2007, I learned from my father that my mom had suddenly died from a heart attack earlier that evening. She was 75. There was a front page article about her in the local newspaper, which I’ve reproduced below so I’ll have a permanent archive. The article summarizes her life nicely, […]

Apropos of nothing, here’s a funny cartoon that illustrates the difference between Italy and the rest of Europe. It makes me think that China and Italy have more in common than a love of noodles.
Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of classical music at work. Though I’m an unrepentant fan of sports talk radio, I find that I when trying to solve a hard programming problem it’s easier not to have chatter about Barry Bond and Pacman Jones in the background. Today I’m listening to Henryk Górecki’s Symphony […]

Day 5: Gandhi went to prison. So did Martin Luther King Jr. So did Robert Downey Jr. and Martha Stewart Jr. and I think Nelson Mandela Jr. Mandela was imprisoned for, like, 50 years or something for being black and also for driving an uninsured vehicle, if I’m reading Wikipedia correctly. Nicky often mentions me […]

No, it’s the Washington Post:
A majority of members of Iraq’s parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels.

Doubtless the work of the Defeatocrats. Somehow Nancy Pelosi is involved. Or maybe Bill Clinton.