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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Getty Gasoline... A Drop of Fresh Air!
This is an actual sign hanging at a gas station in my town.
I'm not sure what the hell this sign is supposed to tell me. Do they literally mean that gasoline is good to breathe? That there is nothing in gasoline that shouldn't be in the air? I don't know. Any clues would be welcome. In the meantime, I'm glad that Getty is at least setting out a reminder for all of us, that everything we put into our gas tanks winds up in the air eventually.
This is an actual sign hanging at a gas station in my town.
I'm not sure what the hell this sign is supposed to tell me. Do they literally mean that gasoline is good to breathe? That there is nothing in gasoline that shouldn't be in the air? I don't know. Any clues would be welcome. In the meantime, I'm glad that Getty is at least setting out a reminder for all of us, that everything we put into our gas tanks winds up in the air eventually.