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Entries from March 2003

Here Come the Brownies

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 · 2 Comments

Bill Maher and Woody Harrelson smoking from a bong… Maher: “First they come for the bongs, then the pipes, then the papers. Then what are we going to do?” Woman carrying a dessert tray… “The brownies are ready!” This is from the episode of Real Time with Bill Maher that first aired Friday night, March […]

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Tags: television

Democrazy

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Democrazy

America: Home of the free(dom fries), land of the brave, and international stripper of human rights. Detainees not entitled to a hearing / Guantanamo prisoners have no Constitutional rights, court rules “In times of war, the president must be able to protect our nation from enemies who seek to harm innocent Americans,” Attorney General John […]

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Tags: rants

Public Privacy

Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Public Privacy

After submitting my blog to the Google Web Directory quite some time ago (weeks? months?), my blog is finally listed. It’s currently number 11 in its category based on PageRank. Not too shabby. Online Writing > Journals > Personal > A” href=”http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Online_Writing/Journals/Personal/A/?il=1″>Google Directory – Arts > Online Writing > Journals > Personal > A The […]

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Tags: web stuff

Freedom Fries

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 · 9 Comments

French Fries Get New Name in Congress This is so ridiculous I’ve categorized it as comedy. It’s like a 4th-grader saying, “Oh yeah, well my Daddy makes more money than your Daddy.” Can’t you just picture these Stupid White Men sitting on Capitol Hill saying, “I know: We’ll rename French fries and French toast. That’ll […]

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Tags: comedy

Gangs of New York

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 · 2 Comments

My post last week about the father and son who were arrested in Albany, NY generated a lot of discussion. Continuing with the topic, here is indisputable proof that Upstate New York is a different animal than its city counterpart: “No War” Shirt? No problem Here’s my favorite part of this excellent commentary and social […]

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Tags: the world

It’s It & MisterSF.com

Monday, March 10th, 2003 · 1 Comment

In searching the Web for It’s It (the original San Francisco oatmeal cookie and ice cream delight since 1928), I stumbled across a quality site with tons of great content, photos, and writing about our precious city, MisterSF.com. So in looking for something to link to about the chocolate It’s It I ate tonight — […]

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Tags: web stuff

Invitation Marathon

Monday, March 10th, 2003 · 2 Comments

Wedding planning has moved into high gear as Jen and I spent the weekend working on the registry Friday and Saturday, and picking what we thought was going to be our final invitation design Sunday night. We had already been to Just for Fun Scribble Doodles in Noe Valley a handful of times and knew […]

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Tags: wedding

Wild Wedding Idea

Monday, March 10th, 2003 · Comments Off on Wild Wedding Idea

I wonder if Vassar has a clause against wild animals being present in the Chapel? If not, perhaps Jen and I should consider something like this for our wedding: The Sacramento Bee — sacbee.com — Tigers serve as best man, maid of honor at Indiana wedding (Thanks, Dad, for the link.)

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Tags: wedding

Paid to Blog

Monday, March 10th, 2003 · Comments Off on Paid to Blog

Dave Winer, whose claim to fame is one of the earliest blogs on the Web, soon begins his fellowship at Harvard: `Blog’ expert sets sights on Harvard: Postings could break barriers What a gig: Paid to blog and to research blogging. Gotta love it.

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Tags: blogging

QBert Back in Action

Monday, March 10th, 2003 · 3 Comments

My old, new QBert Watch arrived this past week and I wore it out for the first time tonight over to Ben and Jess’ house to watch the second episode of the third season of Six Feet Under, the best show on television. The watch proved to be good entertainment on the N Judah. It’s […]

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Tags: anecdotes