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Monthly Archives: October 2006
In case you’re wondering how divided this country is…
So about a month ago, I was here at the Indianapolis airport, flying to Denver via Detroit. I was working with the LaptopOfDoom ™, which is covered with a variety of stickers, the most important of which say “This is … Continue reading
Writing, writing, writing…
So research has been a slog the last few weeks. Motivation has been low, and my attempts to massage the data I extracted from a set of case studies into something approaching reasonable analysis is only now starting to come … Continue reading
“Pretty well discredited”, my ass.
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, according to BBC News, estimates that 655,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion. That’s more than half-a-million Iraqis that would still be alive – men, women and children – if this president … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Bush, Middle East, Politics, research, scary stuff
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Half of Metro Denver ballots could be absentee this November
Holy cow… I saw the headline on the front of Rocky Mountain News this afternoon and had to come home and check it out; apparently, officials are saying that half of the vote this November in the Denver metropolitan area … Continue reading
Revenge of the casual gamer…
This one is not really safe for work (there is a moment in there that’s not for kids or bosses… ) – but it is freaking hilarious… For those who’ve tried to be the “casual gamer” amongst a group of … Continue reading
Who needs to write about Los Angeles?
While I lived in L.A., I wasn’t writing much for public consumption because of my job. I figured that once I left, I’d sit down and write a bunch of posts about the place, because it’s truly unbelievable. (And yes, … Continue reading
Zzzzz…
Enough politics for now – I can only take so much before I want to tear my hair out, and that does no one any good. Anyhow… I’ve been back in Denver since last Thursday. My trip home from Indiana … Continue reading
Foley’s Revolting Hypocrisy
I hope this is all I ever have to say about this one, but I thought it was important to share. Via raincoaster: Foley’s disgusting hypocrisy on tape: Listen for the last sentence, as he tells John Walsh how he’d … Continue reading
Take your right to vote seriously. Take your vote seriously.
We watched Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election this evening, a documentary about election irregularities and how the 2000 election progressed. I hate watching these things, in that they depress me about the state of this country so severely, but they … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Bush, Denver, hardware, Politics, security, software
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