Monthly Archives: March 2009

The talk about the new cigarette tax (which I’m having an amazingly difficult time finding a story on) has me thinking about vice taxes. The general rationalization is that you put a tax on naughty behavior, that you can’t outlaw, in … Continue reading →

Vatican backs abortion row bishop A 9 year old girl is raped by her step-father, becomes pregnant with twins, and then has an abortion. I don’t care where you stand on abortion, there is no way a 9 year old … Continue reading →

I think I recognize about 50 kanji. Half way to JLPT 4. Neat!

I’d just like to inform everyone that I now own 6 more pairs of socks. This is after running out of black socks three days in to the week.