Monthly Archives: May 2006

New Laptop!

W00t! Today I got my new MacBook delivered to my doorstep. It’s quite nice and a heckuva lot quicker than my old laptop (which I bought off of Joe Testa and is now almost 10 years old) Love the Mac … Continue reading

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Decoration Day

It’s Decoration Day. And I’ve a mind to roll a stone on his grave. But what would he say. “Keeping me down, boy, won’t keep me away”. It’s Decoration Day. And I knew the Hill Boys would put us away, … Continue reading

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Presidential Pardon In 5…4…3…

The Enron guys got what was coming to them. Good for them America.

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Quote of the Day

No-one can be temperate if he’s told what to do. Clarence Darrow during the “Scopes Monkey Trial” I’m watching The History Channel’s “10 Days That Changed America,” “Scopes, the battle that changed America’s soul.” It’s quite interesting, as with most … Continue reading

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Hilariously scary

It’s not often I get to use a phrase like “hilariously scary,” but I do hope you enjoy (at least, enjoy in part) the ACLU’s new video about privacy and pizza pie.

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Axis und Allies ber alles!

This weekend I played one of my favorite board games with Marcus and Dave. Neither Marcus nor Dave had any experience with the game before. It was a blast.

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Happy Day!

I got great news for a Friday afternoon–gainful employment! Administrative Information Systems has decided to transfer my position be my new home. Quite fun. I will be keeping my existing projects too, which is pretty sweet. Today I met with … Continue reading

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Read Faster By Reading More!

Wait, that’s not the moral of this anecdote from O’Reilly Radar…

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Faster Than Light Light

The University of Rochester has research displaying light travelling backwards–at a speed faster than light. Crazy stuff. The writeup says that Einstein’s tenet that information cannot travel faster than light seems a bit misguided. Maybe I’ve been reading too much … Continue reading

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America Continues Its Insanity

How the hell does our government honestly propose bills like this with a straight face? I still don’t know why my country thinks it has the jurisdiction to police the world’s tools of destruction. Should our country come under attack … Continue reading

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