tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280185dsgooddsgooddsgood2013-12-29T22:44:33Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:280185:135563dsgood @ 2013-12-29T16:43:002013-12-29T22:44:33Z2013-12-29T22:44:33Zpublic0Saturday December 21, 2013 Mnstf at Scott and Irene Raun's. (And celebration of Scott's birthday.)<br /><br />Average age of attendees was lower than usual, thanks to two of Irene's grandchildren.<br /><br />On hosts' bookshelves: Virginia Frankel, What Your House Tells About You (1972.) The details are outdated, not to mention condescending attitudes toward gays and lesbians; but worth reading. (The author was an interior decorator -- a profession stereotypically attractive to gay men, at least in the US.)<br /><br />Which prompted me to confirm my guess that one attendee had grown up in the country. (Clue: tendency to save things which Might Be Useful Someday.)<br /><br />Sunday December 22, 2013 Late Saturday night thoughts: Assume government does everything badly. The logical way to fight crime is to turn it over to the government. Statist incompetence won't abolish crime; but will ensure that socialized murder (for example) is almost always unsuccessful.<br /><br />And a story attacked me.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dsgood&ditemid=135563" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments