Monthly Archives: December 2010

BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-31

Slob type A (maybe 10% of population) does lousy work and is maybe correct. Slob type B makes excuses and looks the other way. 80% of pop. # Tectonic? Civilian deaths in # Iraq lowest since 2003. (BBC News) Maybe … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-30

"$5 gas? What?! Just because I'm a self-centered, greedy, manipulative hypocrit … why should I pay $5 for gas!" # Yuppies … scourge. # Capitalism is so efficient that catastrophically malevolent greed in some instances get legislative scrutiny. *cough* TeaBaggers … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-29

Law&Order is good: "It's like the Yankees and the Red Sox. The Sox won't be there when they need to be, but they have to play all games." # "Band of Brothers" just ended. Watched the whole thing, again. "We … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-28

@ motownmutt A carnie catching your eye constitutes "social contract"? Sorry to read that; easy to de-value language … entropic. in reply to motownmutt # @ motownmutt What I said is that experience is primary. If you've had life-long good … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-27

"Pulp Fiction" was great. "The Big Lebowski" was great fun. But ah, ah, ah … "Lion in Winter" … there's writing for you! # I studied adhidharma, thinking to do some good. I read all of Camus … heh, all … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-26

Reframing "revulsion w/samsara": isn't it just cutting the conventional entailments of "this is thus and so therefor"? # dharma # On pragmatism: To win the world / lose your soul … Jesus was just being silly? Christian doctrine is just … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-25

And on the business side of things: "LastPass Acquires Xmarks!" > http://bit.ly/feHvKI < # I just lost another (yet.another) round to sneering nastiness. It reminded me (yet.again) how people accept mundane poison as the norm. # @ shelisrael Flooding on … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-24

/Very/ refreshing to hear someone (Linda McQuaig) using my sorta vernacular. "Jump, you fat-cat bastards. Jump!" heh # # SocialJustice – Avg CEO has income 200 to 300 times that of workers. In US top 1% get 24% of income. … Continue reading

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-23

# YEG – To all the Albertan yuppies working in the environmental field and drawing major salaries: WTF?! What are you doing?!! FFS … dorks. # Powered by Twitter Tools

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BenTrem tweeted on 2010-12-22

@ _karmadorje He sleeps cuz he's sleepy; he's outside cuz he needs to go out now&again, sometimes goes for long walks, needs to aclimatize. in reply to _karmadorje # @ _karmadorje Also he was traumatized as a kitten and mmmm … Continue reading

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