Archive for February, 2003
Thursday, February 27th, 2003
why didn’t we think of this before!
CNN was willing to print this. Consider; twelve years ago, CNN was on 24 hours a day in the Pentagon. Now, it’s something to flip to during commercials while you’re watching Loony Tunes. Though I suppose that these days, that doesn’t preclude it being on non-stop in the Pentagon.
Bush: Ending Saddam’s regime will bring stability [...]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
homeland security parody
Ready.gov provides useful warnings for citizens.
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If a chemical weapon follows you home, try to act casual.
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
obgeek
I *am* a geek, you know. Two things:
First, HubZilla is a 4-port FireWire hub with “menacingly fast 400 Mbps data transfers” and posable arms, legs and tail, as well as eyes that glow red when your FireWire bus powers up.
Second, rumor sayeth there is a (new) Volkswagen Beetle in the area with a custom license [...]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
The nervous tic of a generation
When I Was Cruel
by Elvis Costello
Costello has released what he describes as his “first LOUD album since 199?”. Critics everywhere are hailing it as the return of ‘the nervous tic of a generation’ and a glorious revisit of his punk rock glory.
There are a few great songs worth special mention. The first is “45″, a [...]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
Israel: return from the holy land
The Dome of the Rock. This is what the fuss is about. Abraham was going to kill Isaac here, and the Ark of the Covenant with God is buried underneath. The wall visible there is the remaining wall of the Temple Mount, aka The Wailing Wall. The stairs where Christ railed at the money changers [...]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
Trickster ditches class
Trickster Makes this World
by Lewis Hyde
I wanted to love this book. I have always been a fan of the trickster tales-Loki, Raven, Legba and other characters who operate on the borderline of humanity and deity. I recently read “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” in which Pirsig examines (among other things) the role [...]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2003
degustibus non est disputandum
I know this is a horrible, horrible thing to say. . . but . . . well, I mean, they _were_ listening to Great White. On purpose.
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Sunday, February 16th, 2003
Israel: 1 - Flight to Tel Aviv
My firm intent to avoid prejudice on my trip to Israel was dashed before I was within a thousand miles of Ben Gurion airport, when I was seated next to my own personal Zionist movement on the flight out of Warsaw.
I was aware that I didn’t have enough information to make a solid judgement [...]
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Friday, February 14th, 2003
wilhelm! they got wilhelm!
There’s no particular reason for you to have noticed him. People have been hearing him and not catching on for more than fifty years, back almost into the golden age of cinema.
The most recent appearance of Wilhelm that I know of is in The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers. Near the beginning of [...]
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2003
honorary soul
I have an official hip-hop name now. It was given to me by none other than DJ Suave Smooth, the Def Body-Rock Sure-Shot MC, so it’s the real thing. I am now “Josh’U’Rock”. What do you think of that, mom?
