Monthly Archives: January 2005

A proposal

Rude Pundit, will you marry me?

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IMDB Bottom 100 Meme

Kuff passes on a meme that I can’t pass up. List the movies on IMDB’s Bottom 100 that you’ve seen. Here goes: Giant Spider Invasion – I saw this in the theater. I was 4. What were my parents thinking? … Continue reading

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Reality-based

I’m not passing any judgements. I wasn’t there. But when we’re debating about Iraq and the reasons for being there, let’s not forget incidents like this.

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3 years

Today’s my three year blogaversary. I switched to this format on January 19, 2002 and started posting some stuff. Some things have stayed the same. We’re still in the same house. I’m still at the same job. We still have … Continue reading

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Good News, Bad News

The good news is that we finished having the entire exterior of our house re-painted. The bad news is that I have to go withdraw the money to pay for it and hand it over today. Oh well, it’s just … Continue reading

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Bookshelf meme

“Copy the list from the last person in the chain, delete the names of the authors you don’t have on your home library shelves and replace them with names of authors you do have. Bold the replacements.” from Sean Bonner. … Continue reading

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Cassini-Huygens

I haven’t been paying much attention, but the Huygens probe is set to land on Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, early tomorrow morning. The JPL site has all kinds of cool stuff. I can’t wait to see the images. I need … Continue reading

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Rude and social

I posted a couple of months ago about my new love for Rude Pundit. Check out some of the musings on Social Security. If only we could combine Krugman’s arguments with those of Rude Pundit and deliver it Rude Pundit-style … Continue reading

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Personal account of tsunami clean-up efforts in Phuket

Fellow Metblogger Paul from Bangkok has been volunteering in the cleanup efforts in Phuket, Thailand since New Year’s Eve. His accounts are fairly graphic, but they put a little more humanity into what’s going on over there than the 3 … Continue reading

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Round up

A few highlights of my morning news read and e-mail inbox check. Krugman continues his case against the Bush Social Security push. Rollins continues his non-stop work schedule.

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