Recent Comments

1. 25 days ago on Back to B.C.

   Gold standard (or any other mechanism that establishes fixed exchange rates between currencies) is a bad idea. Long-term changes in the economic relations between nations inevitably stress the system; speculators exploit the stresses until the system is forced to respond with a step-change in rates. Better to have this happen gradually.

2. 27 days ago on Cleats

   Turkey enchiladas: a standard post-Thanksgiving dish in our house.

3. 28 days ago on Barney & Clyde

   He used a derived unit. Bad dog!

4. about 1 month ago on Stone Soup Classics

   “’Tis the Season for Los Straightjackets” is an OK holiday album if you like surf guitars.

5. 2 months ago on Frazz

   Soul Survivors. Sheesh. See Wikipedia.

6. 3 months ago on Frazz

   saganplanetwalk dot com

7. 3 months ago on Frazz

   The Planet Walk in Ithaca is named for him. >

8. 3 months ago on Frazz

   In any case this is not a scale.

9. 3 months ago on Barney & Clyde

   There’s an alternative^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H variant.

10. 5 months ago on The Norm Classics

    At least the bitcoin ads on the backs of fortunes seem to have abated with the collapse of FTX.