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- Well, I was right about the World Series going to six games. Unfortunately not the way I wanted it to.... |
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- <center><b>The Arabian Nights< |
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- I read a plaque that described how one couple lost an infant daughter to a scorpion. |
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- Back at Home After nearly 24 hours of travelling, I'm home again. The flights were uneventful, other than for minor but persistent turbulence and I got a bit of sleep. We'll see how long it takes me to adjust. |
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- String Theory: Trying to Visualize Many, Many Dimensions of Weirdness. "The Elegant Universe," starring the Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, is billed as the biggest project "Nova" has ever done. By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: |
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- I decided that I needed to start making excursions to visit the famous landmarks of Tennessee. Today I made... |
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- Sara Winge is the one responsible for a lot of the organizing of the Foo Camp Conference/Party. Tim gave her all of the credit in his interview (not posted yet -- will be linked to from here when I post it). So you can blame the whole wonderful event on her! Thanks Sara! This is from October 12, 2003. |
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- Sara Winge is the one responsible for a lot of the organizing of the Foo Camp Conference/Party. Tim gave her all of the credit in his interview (not posted yet -- will be linked to from here when I post it). So you can blame the whole wonderful event on her! Thanks Sara! This is from October 12, 2003. |
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- Pour l'Halloween, sauvez une citrouille, découpez un SUV!!!... |
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- I'm cleaning off the ol' flash card, and here's some crap I found: Little Puffy Clouds... (inspired by an ancient post on the 2Blowhards) Texas Sunrise (inspired by ditto) This branch broke off one of my oldest pecan trees. It was hollowed out by rainwater, pretty much. I parked Big Red behind it for scale. |
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- I am very happy that the Marlins won the World Serious, for one* reason and one reason only: the best catcher ever to play the game, Pudge Rodriguez, gets a ring. I'm very, very happy for the kid I saw come to the majors years ago. He deserves it. Don't tell me to tap the brakes on Pudge, either. |
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- I had already read the book (or books, depending on the version you get) by Stephen King and thought the story was great -- one of King's best. I had put off watching the movie since usually the movie adaptations fall well short of the original ... |
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- A Foreign-Policy Emergency "A small clique with a preconceived blueprint took advantage of a national emergency and a callow president, blowing a containable threat into war while dismissing more ominous menaces. … The Bush policy is not just arrogant and isolating. It also makes America a less safe place." |
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- House Leaders Are Pushing to Cut Corporate Taxes House Republican leaders are nearing agreement on a bill to give nearly $60 billion in additional tax breaks to corporations. — Obscene! Call Rep. Bill Thomas and tell him NO! Our people need help, in the cities and states of this nation, there are great needs. |
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Yankees 9th (Oct 26 2003 03:52 GMT) - Williams flys out to Cabrera in left, who almost misjudges the ball. Two outs to go. Update: Matsui flies to left also. Up to Posada.... |
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- I think my days (at least for a while) of manual labor are over. Today when "Jax proofing" J-Low's fence, I decided that my right index finger didn't look good like it was, so I took my drill gun and... |
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- (US) Source: Runner Harrison Flunked Drug Test [$drug_related(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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- (US) Was accused of failing to pay thousands of dollars in bills and taxes.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(95%), $use_is_abuse(95%), $propaganda_theme4(95%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $narcotic(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) There's still a long way to go, but kids are playing in the streets again without us worrying about drug dealers and gun shots," said Ron Snyder, a 43-year resident of Fry. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- Belmont Club has a few observations about the anti-American antics of media outlets like the BBC. I especially liked this passage, since it sums up my own disgust at what the pro-news creatures have been spouting lately: There is something... |
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Bah. (Oct 26 2003 03:51 GMT) - Exhausted, or something. I think my eyes are burningout. This screen is very bright. Going to be hanging out with Dawn tomorrow. I'm amusedthat since I have a female friend Dawn and a malefriend Don that I speak about, I have to specify whichone is which. |
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- Will SF Stand For A Mayor Who Sides With Landlords And Then Scapegoats The Homeless? |
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- "Expelled teen given temporary reprieve": Today's issue of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains this report. A related article is headlined "Students' privacy rights open to debate; No clear standard has been adopted." And in Sunday's newspaper, t |
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- Scotland on Sunday Oct 25 2003 10:12PM ET... |
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- Digital Spy Oct 25 2003 10:07PM ET... |
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- Rivera gets the side in order in the 9th. Pettitte and Rivera have turned in outstanding performances, but not as outstanding as Beckett so far. He'll face Williams, Matsui and Posada in the bottom of the ninth. Three outs away... |
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