Larry’s Log

Rubber bands have been banned from Young Middle Magnet School of Mathematics, Science & Technology in Tampa, Florida. It seems some kids have been hurt by the projectiles kids with rubber bands naturally set loose. I can commiserate the problems the school must be facing what with lawsuits over the slightest of injuries and [...]

Between getting some things done at work last week and holiday traveling this week I’ve been a little preoccupied. However I did want to say “Merry Christmas” to all of you out there.

Bruce Schneier wrote an interesting article on behavioral assessment, a method of profiling on behavior rather than race or sex. Basically it’s that feeling you get when something just feels “hinky”. You know, it isn’t just one big thing that’s wrong, it’s a bunch of little things that don’t seem right when taken all together.
I [...]

A Gainesville, Florida man has been arrested for biting his Jack Russell terrier as punishment. Punishment for what the article didn’t say but it did mention that he had a 200 pound bull mastiff that he used to keep police at bay when they came to try to arrest him.
I would place money on it [...]

I’m hoping that one of my Bay Area friends can shed some light on the Cupertino school banning the Declaration of Independence. There has to be more to this than is being reported.

It appears that the soldiers question to Donald Rumsfield may have been staged by an embedded reporter.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.

A Florida tomato grower decided to breed his tomatoes for taste instead of looks. Now he’s having to fight a state marketing committee for the right to sell his tasty but misshappened fruit out of state.
I love tomatoes but I’ve given up eating them between mid-December and March because the ones I get then, while [...]

A co-worker just sent this picture to me. Since my driveway is almost but not quite as steep as this one it gave me a chuckle. It also reminded me of a gripe that I have with new home design. It seems that what folks will do with vehicles is always an afterthought.
I’ve seen a [...]

Okay, what do you call Jell-O shots with no alcohol?
The answer is “Jell-O”.
In Jefferson Parish, Louisiana an 8-year-old gets suspended for bringing Jell-O to school. She brought enough for the entire class so it wasn’t because she didn’t bring enough to share because she brought thirty individual containers of the snack. No, the reason [...]

While I like the idea of privitizing Social Security this plan sounds an awful lot like this plan.