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Entries from March 2003

Phew!

Wednesday, March 19th, 2003 · Comments Off on Phew!

Good news in these dismal times as we sit poised to strike Iraq: Senate kills Alaskan wildlife refuge drill plans

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Tags: the world

Obviously Oil

Wednesday, March 19th, 2003 · Comments Off on Obviously Oil

Dennis Kucinich, a Democratic hopeful for the 2004 presidency and Congressman from Ohio, wrote this excellent commentary that the Washington Post refused to print (who says big business, whch pays the government and the media, aren’t in bed?): A snippet from the commentary: What commodity accounts for 83 percent of total exports from the Persian […]

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Tags: the world

Google’s 2-Minute Political Stance

Wednesday, March 19th, 2003 · Comments Off on Google’s 2-Minute Political Stance

However Google’s logo showed up like this for 2 minutes yesterday seems to be a mystery. It’s just too bad that they’re not in the business of making political statements. I wish the logo were still like that. Then maybe their millions of users would get the picture of what the war that will inevitably […]

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Tags: web stuff

Pretzels for Bush

Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 · 3 Comments

This is great: The French are retaliating against the Freedom Fries bullshit by collecting thousands of Peace Pretzels to send to Bush: bit.ch :: society :: Eat this! Sign me up!

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Tags: comedy

20, 20, 24 Hours to Go

Tuesday, March 18th, 2003 · Comments Off on 20, 20, 24 Hours to Go

Buried in Bush’s speech last night, during which he gave Saddam Hussein and his sons Dumb and Dumber a 48-hour ultimatum to leave Iraq, was this line: “Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people.” What Bush was really saying: “Do not destroy oil wells, a source of […]

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Tags: rants

Hugo Boss Tuxedo

Monday, March 17th, 2003 · 4 Comments

One of the big wedding-related accomplishments this weekend was the purchase of my tuxedo — a Hugo Boss 3-piece from Black Tie Tuxedo in San Francisco. I never thought I’d own my own tux, but soon I shall. I went through lots of different emotions while wearing the tux in the store — woah, this […]

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Tags: wedding

Me: Useless Groom

Friday, March 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Me: Useless Groom

Jen just shared with me a brilliant article by Dave Barry, which helps put a lot of our recent planning in perspective: The Miami Herald | 03/02/2003 | It’s no wonder brides often turn into Frankenstein Here’s my favorite part: And don’t tell me that the groom can help. Please. The groom is useless. Statistically […]

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Tags: wedding

Bad Happy Dingo

Friday, March 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Bad Happy Dingo

Yesterday I carpooled to work with a coworker in his car (today was my turn to drive). Happy stayed at home with Stella yesterday. I put the big dog bed (where Stella sleeps and Happy tries to conquer all other times) in the closet so he wouldn’t eat it, as he tends to do when […]

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Tags: dogs

fhqwhgads

Thursday, March 13th, 2003 · 2 Comments

fhqwhgads…everybody come on fhqwhgads…everybody’s gonna fhqwhgads…i see you jockin’ me…fhqwhgads… Everybody to the Limit I’ve seen Mexican wrestling live and in the flesh. Have you? [via WIL WHEATON DOT NET]

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Tags: comedy

Light is Shed

Thursday, March 13th, 2003 · Comments Off on Light is Shed

Study Explains How Car Fans Recognize Their Loves Ever since cars were invented, women have complained that their husbands recognize the latest Ford more quickly than they do their in-laws. A study published on Sunday may help explain why. Jen has always given me a hard time about my inability to keep her extended family […]

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Tags: wrx