Monthly Archives: August 2006

That about sums it up.

The Mariners have just finished being swept by every divisional rival in the AL West. They’re on an 11 game losing streak, with 19 straight losses against Texas, Oakland, and AnaheimLos Angeles, good for 10-32. To say I am displeased … Continue reading

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How is this news?!

I’d have a lot less trouble taking journalism seriously if it stopped putting idiotic things in my newspaper: BERLIN (Reuters) — Two German women complaining on office e-mail about their partners’ poor sex drive found the details of their private … Continue reading

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IT'S SO NOT A FASHION ACCESSORY.

If I had to think of a single sentence that summed up my antipathy towards BoingBoing generally and Xeni Jardin in particular, I doubt I could do better than this: Full disclosure: Heck, I have nearly 1,000 old cellphones (some … Continue reading

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Whaa?

Seriously, I mean, huh? Devil rays! IN YOUR FACE!!! Not that I disagree with the sentiments or anything like that, but let’s be honest here — isn’t this a bit like picking on the handicapped kid in school? I’d think … Continue reading

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m4d sk1llz, y0.

This dude frightens me: http://www.youtube.com/v/KeVwBJpRl4g As they say: “Tight.” Updated much later: Stupid YouTube. They took the video down. This was an awesome beatbox.

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That's good/that's bad: Connecticut Democratic Primary edition

So Joe Lieberman went down in flames last night to Ned Lamont, every progressive blogger’s favorite candidate. I don’t know anything about Ned, except that he’s not Joe, and frankly that’s more than enough for me to hope he wins. … Continue reading

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11 hours of travel for 40 hours of bliss, part I

(The first in a series of tales relating to what I did on my European vacation after I stopped having reliable and/or cheap Internet access. Today’s adventures: Getting to Provence.) We left our hideaway in Riomaggiore at 09:00 intent on … Continue reading

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OS garbage

Here’s something I don’t get: You know when, under Windows, you have a crash (an unusual event, I know), and you reboot the machine, and you discover that chkdsk has spawned a bunch of folders containing file fragments of whatever … Continue reading

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