Necessary Roughness

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Archive for September, 2005

Thank You Drive-Thru
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

It's not news that employees who work a Drive-Thru of a fast food restaurant chain may not have a real incentive to perform well. Contact time with the customer is measured in seconds, and because the customer doesn't find out his order is wrong until after he sits down and gets ready to eat, [...]

DPRK Says It Will Give Up Nukes…Again
Monday, September 19th, 2005

AP and others report that North Korea has agreed “to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international inspections in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances”.
I’m mixed on this. Kim Jong-Il has admitted to lying about nukes before. In the Cold War we had “trust, but verify.” Now it needs to be just, [...]

Lutheran Carnival VI: VI for VIcar
Sunday, September 18th, 2005

Vicar Charles Lehmann, a.k.a. , serves up the sixth edition of the Carnival. Thanks, Vicar!

And We Were Swingin'
Saturday, September 17th, 2005

Yesterday I took a day's vacation to put together our new swing set. With the exception of a see-saw attachment, it's pretty much the same configuration as the swing set our family had when I was a kid. It was $300 less than the next model up, but I think we paid the [...]

Squawking Under God
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. —Amendment I, U.S. Constitution
My wife and I attended a Michael [...]