Mitch's Blog

Nov 22, 2024 ↓

The Sol Reader is an ebook reader built into glasses frames. The epaper fits where the lenses of the glasses go. Not gonna lie — I am tempted by these silly things, but the price tag is high — $400.

Nov 22, 2024 ↓

I am about to fill out the passport renewal application form for the third time today because the process keeps glitching. I may instead climb into the wheel well of a jetliner and smuggle myself out of the country. It would be easier.

Nov 22, 2024 ↓

I'm about to fill out my passport application form for the fifth time. I made two errors the first time, had computer problems the next two, and made another error the fourth.

The most recent error: My legal name is Mitchell. The form asks for other names used. I put down "Mitch," which is of course the name I go by everywhere but on legal documents. Turns out other names are only supposed to be legal names.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

Nov 23, 2024 ↓

"Gödel's Loophole is a supposed 'inner contradiction' in the Constitution of the United States which Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and analytic philosopher Kurt Gödel postulated in 1947. The loophole would permit the American democracy to be legally turned into a dictatorship."

Gödel never revealed the nature of the loophole, and it's never been discovered, though there are theories.

My guess: It's the Presidential pardon.