It's funny what we come across on the Internet and how we got there.  Likening it to "surfing" is pretty accurate as far as it goes, but when you surf you can't "restart" the very same wave and ride in a different manner or direction.  I can have a single starting point branch out into several different "rides", all worthwhile for humor, intelligence, insight, or a host of other reasons.  Some will "peter out" as the wave collapses and some will keep going... morphing as I travel from site to site.

I told you that so I could tell you this... I just had one of the wilder rides in my recent memory.  I strongly encourage you visit the following links to get the full effect, but if you want to "skip to the end", going here is the entire point of this post.

I started, as I often do, at Patterico's.  I follow several threads there at a time because he's always got good stuff and the comments are generally reasoned and thought-provoking.  Anyway, this thread about jury nullification has been interesting because I started following this thread about Radley Balko saying that making jurors take an oath before serving is a "perjury trap" (it's not, but that's Balko).

Near the end of the jury nullification thread, I noticed that some very good comments about addiction were made by EW1(SG) and that he has a website.  As I often do, I clicked over to see what kind so that putting his comments into context would be easier.  This is actually similar to how I found S. Weasel the other day and decided to add that site to the blogroll.  In looking through some of the older posts I saw one which talked about "The Prisoner's Dilemma", In that, I saw a link to this site (Eject!Eject!Eject!, which I've seen referenced but never visited before), and then this article, which prompted this entire post.  It's not often that I feel humbled by something that isn't smarmy... but it blew me away.

So, that was one of the rides I took today and I'm exhausted.  I'm done because I've got too much to think about to post effectively.  If you took the whole ride, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.  If you bailed out and went to the end, that's ok too.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 18:13:26 | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 I haven't taken the whole ride yet but I think Bill Whittle is one of the best essayists on the web.  Anything that ends there is a good ride.

Posted by: DRJ at 14 March 2008@18:50:09 (wE7Og)

2 Oh dear! Much of the last year has been devoted to me dealing with major abdominal surgery and addiction, so I haven't really had time to a) keep my own site updated, or b) hang out at some of my other favorite places on the web (like Weasel's den, be sure to tell her I said "Hey!"; and of course, Patterico and Beldar's.) But thanks for the plug and kind words. (Synchronicity...I got here by an entirely different route... Cue TWZ theme...)

Posted by: EW1(SG) at 15 March 2008@00:06:16 (YcNsA)

3 DRJ, If you're already familiar with Bill Whittle, you understand what I'm talking about. That is one smart fellow.

EW1, I still have never talked/chatted/commented (you know what I mean, lol) with S. Weasel so you'll "see" her before I do. You've got some good stuff in your archives. I'll keep stopping by once in a while to see if you've started updating again.

Synchronicity and Serendipity... a pleasant way to spend a day any time. Be well, one day at a time.

Posted by: Stashiu3 at 15 March 2008@02:09:53 (Q5ggV)

4 Thanks for the encouragement...it's always easier to write for an audience, so I'' come up with something soon. One day at a time.

Posted by: EW1(SG) at 15 March 2008@03:25:19 (YcNsA)

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