Via KTVQ: The city government of Billings, Montana has its own incinerator; it’s mostly used for disposing of animal carcasses, […]
Tag Archive for ‘Folly’
Cluster-WTF: Texas bail enforcement edition
A story from Texas popped up in one of my social feeds the other day, which started with a guy […]
“Global mail carriers suspend US deliveries…”
Is anyone surprised that a government that was in such a hurry to pretend to do something about federal deficit […]
In a way, we can still predict a disaster
Shot (CBS News): Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were confused and dispirited on Monday after the acting head […]
Penny wise and pound foolish
The reported annual savings for taxpayers from the government’s stopping production of the penny: $56 million. The annual cost to […]
The CVE/MITRE thing
Here’s what CVE is, via The Register: The 25-year-old CVE program plays a huge role in vulnerability management. It is […]
19. Upsales suck, and this company keeps the stupidest secrets
This morning, shortly after opening and after the usual exchange of is-everyone-actually-ready and are-we-out-of-anything, and after the first large order, […]
Gary the phone scammer, and other idiots
Sometimes it isn’t customers or coworkers making my job harder or damaging my calm. Sometimes it’s phone scammers. The one […]
It’s the little things: a ream of BS
I’ve mentioned the register counter as a paperwork and memo display point before, but one day recently it saw slightly […]
It’s the little things: policy changes
Here’s how a company run by sensible people could have reacted to the recent change in the federal smoking age: […]
Ray of Infamy 