July 2003
Betting on Terrorist Attacks
How much stock do you put in a story you read in the New York Times? If they tell you…
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07/31/03
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Who do YOU wear?
i was looking at an online designer discussion blog (lots of big names on this), www.underconsideration.com (scroll down a ways…
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07/31/03
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The Exaggeration Game
It pains me to add another category, but I think you’ll all agree that we need this one. The game…
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Games •
07/29/03
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Ian Frazier on Iraq
Remember Dad’s entry on Iraq and the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction? I sure do. Today I read an article/humor…
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07/29/03
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Gripes about the French
There’s an online version of a WWII-era GI handbook called 112 Gripes about the French. It’s kind of funny stuff….
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07/28/03
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RPS: Believe It or Not
I stumbled across a web page for the World Rock Paper Scissors Society today. They’re insane. They have a world…
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07/27/03
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Golf
I played golf today. First, I got up at 5:00 a.m. to pick up Kathleen at Newark after her red-eye…
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07/24/03
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Equal Rights?
Before heading out the ND for the reunion and moving Dan, I thought I’d make an interesting post. I had…
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07/24/03
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Kansas and the World
Today, I read a little blurb in the Star Ledger that summarized a Reuters News item that reported on a…
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Ideas •
07/22/03
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Hi and Lois and Apple
Some recent revelations, connections in my brain of things that have been there all along, one independent, one read: After…
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07/22/03
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Cheese wiz of bad fiction
I was amused by this article, and reproduce it here for your enjoyment. You may wish to comment on it,…
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07/20/03
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Race and Sports
The Wall Street Journal has another interesting article that ties into the debate about race and characteristics. This one mediates…
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Ideas •
07/20/03
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National Do Not Call Registry
Maybe you all there in the USA know about this already? Sign up to get your phone removed from telemarketers’…
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07/20/03
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Will Ferrell at Harvard
I did not know until today that Will Ferrell gave the Class Day (apparently not the real graduation day or…
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07/20/03
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Test Your 80s Knowledge
Think you know the 80s? Try this quiz to find out. I got a 69 (I missed a lot of…
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07/19/03
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Why Kenny G is Bad
I always have a hard time justifying my opinion that certain bands or musicians are bad while others are good….
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07/19/03
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A Word a Day
Today I found a site that I’m interested in, and I thought others of us might like it too. It’s…
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07/19/03
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Martin Sheen Interview
Those of you who like Martin Sheen (Dave? Mom?) might be interested in an interview with him in this month’s…
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07/18/03
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Attention Windows Users
I found out through zeldman.com that there’s a huge hole in Windows that could allow hackers to severely mess with…
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07/17/03
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Synchronic Workings of the Intelligence
Writing about Charles Darwin’s view of the people of Tierra del Fuego (“he lapsed into that common failing of naturalists:…
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07/16/03
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Is Race Real?
Dad sent me an email with a New York Times article called Is Race Real?. He should have posted it…
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07/15/03
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Fun with Words
There’s a very interesting article at the Guardian (UK) online about the origins of some fairly common words and phrases….
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07/14/03
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Fire in the Sky
I tried to make this a comment on David’s splendid entry, Illuminating Fireworks, but I got an error message trying…
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07/12/03
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Illuminating Fireworks
It’s during this time each year when, with patriotic gusto, we can all honestly say - God Bless America and…
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07/09/03
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New Episode
After a several-week hiatus, I’ve posted a new episode on the Fulbright portion of LosMadden. It’s not so great, but…
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07/08/03
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How to Write
While I’m at it, Kevin Guilfoile’s co-writer on that My First Presidentiary book is John Warner, a professor at Virginia…
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07/07/03
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Utilitarian Ethics
I’m trying to get Dan to get a job at Coudal Associates, a design company in Chicago where works one…
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07/07/03
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Custom 404 Error Page
You know how when you follow a broken link you get a page that says “Error 404: File Not Found”?…
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07/03/03
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Email Links in Comments
are now turned completely off, as promised. This action is retroactive, therefore nobody’s email can be harvested, not even by…
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07/02/03
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Fantastic Art Online
I don’t even remember how I got to this site, but it’s full of beautiful Japanese woodcuts (by a variety…
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07/01/03
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Google, Searches, Justice
A while back, Dad emailed me about people suing Google because their search-engine rankings fell and they lost business. Often…
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07/01/03
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