Author: Rick Klau

Thanks to Brad’s glowing review of Barry Eisler, I picked up Rain Fall yesterday and am already engrossed. Eisler’s got an easy style, and speaks with authority on everything from locale (that Eisler lived in Japan for several years is obvious) to tactics (turns out Eisler was a covert operative for the CIA for 4…

This is old news, but I caught it on ESPN last night and it’s worth sharing. Dennis Thomson was a die-hard Red Sox fan, a teenager who was at the 2003 divisional championship when Trot Nixon hit his home run to deep center. Dennis and a bunch of friends were in the stands, and one…

I’ll have more details shortly, but if you’re interested in seeing Paul Curreri perform in my family room on June 16 (a Friday), let me know asap. We’re going to limit the number of attendees, so the earlier you reserve a spot, the better. Tickets won’t be too much (though I’ll encourage you to give…

The president who has railed against leaks almost since the day he took office, we now learn, was the one behind the Plame leaks. That the party of limited government has produced a President with seemingly limitless powers should worry everyone regardless of political affiliation. We are a country founded on the simple premise that…

Over drinks last night, I made this prediction: the Democrat who wins the nomination for the 2008 presidential election will be the Democrat who vilifies MoveOn.org. (No extra credit for throwing Michael Moore under the bus, that’s too easy a target.) I think that a Democrat who pulls a Sister Souljah moment on MoveOn.org will…

Heather Armstrong: “Can you buy bullets with your $25 gift certificate at Wal-Mart? And if you can do you have any idea how awesome it is to be American?”

It’s been forever since I’ve done an overhaul of this site, and it’s starting to show its age. Things that need to get fixed/updated: Blogroll. I don’t want a laundry list of every site I’ve ever read, but there’s a core group of blogs and sites I read with regularity that I want to point…

Brad Feld recently wrote about the US government’s recent scotching of a merger between Sourcefire and CheckPoint, apparently over concerns about certain technology being owned by an Israeli company. This reminded me of something I wrote a little over four years ago, namely, that 9/11 was used as a cover for the government getting a…

I’m pretty impressed with the ticket ordering system at cubs.com. I wanted to get my brother tickets to a Cubs game so he could bring his girls and I could bring my boys; on the first day that tickets were available, I was put into a virtual waiting room that just queued everyone up. Once…

Ever since I re-acquired an iPod (a much-appreciated Christmas gift), I’ve been able to get back in the habit of listening to (and, increasingly, watching) podcasts. For those of you who are looking for some quality podcasts to add to your playlist, here are the ones I can’t live without: Croncast. (feed) Sure, I’m friends…