Our Grudge Experience
Saturday night, Lay and I decided we were for a little horror, so we went to see the movie, "The
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This is the default category used as the catch-all. If couldn’t think of any other classification for the post, I will classify it as “general.”
Caught On Tape Doesn’t Seem to Matter
Yesterday on the campaign trail, President Bush and Vice President Cheney “unmoved by the evidence” continued to push the theory that 380 tons of munitions had been moved from the Al Qaqaa facility prior to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Read moreWho Is Percy Spencer?
In 1945, Dr. Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation, was touring a company laboratory that was involved in a radar-related research project . . . and noticed something very unusual when he stopped in front of a magnetron. The chocolate bar in his pocket had begun to melt.
Read moreExpensive Boob Job
It appears the FCC has fined CBS $550,000 for the shot of Janet Jackson’s boob during the Super Bowl. That’s an awfully expensive boob job.
Read moreMy Spiderman Adventure
I had an interesting beginning to the week. Apparently I was the victim of a spider bite Sunday. I had gathered up a load of laundry to put in the washing machine. I felt a prickly sensation like one gets when messing around with fiberglass.
Read moreHow Drunk Do You Have to Be?
Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Read moreStorm Weary
As you may have noted, I have not posted on the blog in a while. This is because I was cleaning up from Frances and preparing for Ivan, and dealing with some (probably) unrelated problems around the house over the previous week.
Read moreAdministration Squelches Media Coverage of Iraq Death Toll
Journalist Josh Marshall points out how quick the Bush administration was in trying to squelch media coverage of the fact that 1,000 Americans have now been killed in Iraq. At 4:27 eastern time, AP put a story on its wire with the headline, “U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000 mark.” Just 13 minutes later, a new AP headline read “Ridge: Terrorists hope to disrupt election” after a press conference by the Homeland Security secretary.
Read moreHurricane Watch III-Will It Ever End
The hurricanes seem to keep coming, friends needed a place to stay, and my vacation has now been officially ruined in its entirety thanks to Ivan.
Read moreWeekend Roundup-August 30, 2004
A recap of what I did for the weekend Aug. 28 and 29, 2004.
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