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I have often said that if, instead of taking up arms against America or telling their own people how horrible we are, foreign leaders would simply appeal to the citizens of the USA, we would have an opportunity to hear them, sympathize with them, and influence our government to treat them fairly ( Read more... )

2:45pm. I'd been working hard all day, and had just tracked down an annoying little bug in the scripts I was working on. Feeling like I needed a little break, I got up and wandered down the hall for a quick trip to the bathroom ( Read more... )

The trip, the vacation, the weekend...was insane. But when all was said and done, I accomplished everything I set out to do ( Read more... )

People give away all sorts of things on craigslist. Today, someone offered a coffee table that was obviously once owned by M.C. Escher.


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I don't often make economic predictions.

But back in April, I posted a short article about google, and how they seemed to be launching a horde of new and exciting features. The image I included was a 3-month chart of the stock, which pulls directly from yahoo's servers, allowing readers to see how it's doing at any given time. The implication was ( Read more... )

CNN article

Former Education Secretary William Bennett, who held prominent posts in the administrations of former presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, told a caller to his syndicated radio talk show Wednesday:

"If you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country and ( Read more... )

I am so very amused by this. The parody is on chick tracts, and the references are from H.P. Lovecraft's creations, the Cthulu mythos.


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The Right Thing.

We all know what The Right Thing is. The concept is an integral part of our society.

• If you make a promise, keep it.
• If someone is in trouble, help them.
• Be considerate of others.
• Don't take things that don't belong to you.
• Be honest and forthright.

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