Just read some interesting stories about McCain. He was involved in the loss of five jets while in the Navy. Here are the stories....they are from an anti-McCain site, so assume that they got the details wrong. Still a good story. I'm surprised the guy is still alive ( Read more... )

Well, I started to make it friends-only, but it was being difficult, so I decided to forget about it for now. The saving grace is that I never use last names (and rarely first names, other than "Daniel" which is not exactly a unique name) so this blog is unlikely to come up in a casual search.

Also, there is this:

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http://seattle.craigslist.org/edu/Read more... )

Applications Completed ( Read more... )

1) I just got my Columbia University and UW Law school apps sent off. There were some technical hitches, but it's basically done. (UW makes me also send some stuff via snail mail and get a letter from my dean....which is silly, because UW of all schools should know that in modern large colleges, Deans don't know their students ( Read more... )

Part two: when I first went though security, they pulled me aside immediately after the baggage x-ray. In this process, they separated my wallet and cellphone from the rest of my baggage. Then, assuming that the wallet was lost, they turned it over to the Tampa police ( Read more... )

Tampa has free wireless. Way to go, Tampa ( Read more... )

I'm blimped out. Headed home tomorrow.

Look forward to it.

-Daniel

Have you ever seen someone with a "Rudy" sticker or button on, and just feel tremendous empathy for how afraid they must be?

-Daniel

1) I'm sick. This makes me not very useful.
2) http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19845/page1/ is a great article. At least, the first 4 pages are...after that it drags. But it does a decent job explaining a good part of the reason why I'm not a journalist.-