Tag: General nonsense

Some of you have heard this story, but I will reiterate to make a larger point. I had a mysterious voice problem that I accurately diagnosed using Google after several doctors were baffled. I woke up one day thinking my voice problem might be related in some way to my…

I don’t know about you, but I have totally stopped worrying about terrorist attacks. Now I’m only afraid of bankers with new ideas. I’m not joking about either point. Gas is a lot cheaper lately. That doesn’t help you much if you’re unemployed and can’t afford a car, but for…

Experts tell us that a small number of carefully selected stocks – fewer than twenty – would nearly mimic the S&P 500 in terms of diversification and performance. That means you could buy just those stocks and never have to pay a fee for fund management. Avoiding fees is a…

I plan to start hoarding supplies soon. There should be some big riots after the election. Here’s a sequence of events and conditions that would lead to rioting. Do you see anything on the list that isn’t likely? We know the country can get past one suspicious Presidential election, because…

In a few weeks, my 20th anniversary Dilbert book comes out, titled Dilbert 2.0. I’ll tell you more about that later. As part of the promotion for the book, I made a video of how I draw Dilbert on my computer and posted it on Amazon.com. Check it out. http://www.amazon.com/Dilbert-2-0-20-Years/dp/0740777351 The…

I watched the candidates for Vice President debating last night. Sarah Palin said the credit problem was caused by predatory lending. In other words, the evil banks made loans to people who didn’t have good credit. This raises an interesting question: What did the lenders know about the borrowers that…

Once again I have inadvertently created the same comic twice. Call it self-plagiarism if you must. The first one ran 5/25/07: Then on 9/18/08 its fraternal twin appeared. Readers were quick to let me know. In my defense, it isn’t a case of laziness. Drawing is the hard part for…

As regular readers know, I funded a survey of over 500 economists to see which candidate for President of the United States has the most support from economic experts. I will publish the results in a press release and in this blog late next week unless something slows me down,…

I’ve written about this before, but it’s interesting to see the technology coming together to make it feasible. The idea is that people will start living on barge-like boats and slowly motor or sail around the ocean to stay in the best weather. You’d need a number of technologies to…

I spent the past week in Fiji with my wife, on Turtle Island. http://www.turtlefiji.com/, for what was our extremely belated honeymoon. It’s a 500 acre island with about 100 staff and generally no more than 20 guests. At one point last week there were only eight guests, but that was unusual….

I can’t decide if I prefer the candidate for President who says we should consider all the facts before deciding when to withdraw troops from Iraq or the one who says we should consider all the facts before deciding when to withdraw troops from Iraq. On a marginally related note,…

Starting today, this blog is moving to http://dilbert.com/blog/. [no longer available] There you will be able to vote on comments, and the best ones will float to the top. Scott

My jaw dropped when I heard that presidential candidate Clinton dismissed the unified opinion of every economist on the planet and supported the gas tax rebate. The rebate is John McCain’s proposal. I think that proves both of them are unqualified to be president. Obama isn’t much better when it…