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Countries & Languages

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Countries & Languages

For those of us who do not have the country-language matrix of the world memorized, this site is quite helpful: Ethnologue country index I came across it while researching a work-related question, but definitely a handy site for more reasons than to do my job better.

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Mere Degrees from the Columbia Astronauts

Thursday, February 6th, 2003 · 2 Comments

As the world knows all too well by now, Saturday morning brought a great tragedy: The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. After my initial sorrow and compassion for the families left behind by the astronauts, my first reaction was along the lines of: Isn’t it about time we learned our lesson that humans aren’t […]

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Passionate Discourse

Friday, January 31st, 2003 · 1 Comment

My post yesterday about Mandela’s comments on Bush raised quite the controversial dialogue. While I’m offline for at least a couple days during the move, please have a read, browse the comments, or join the discourse. I must say I’m really psyched that my blog has spurred such dialogue, as I believe it’s incredibly important. […]

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Listen to Mandela, Bush

Thursday, January 30th, 2003 · 9 Comments

According to former South African President Nelson Mandela, “All Bush wants is Iraqi oil, because Iraq produces 64 percent of oil and he wants to get hold of it.” You couldn’t have said it better, my friend. Here’s another great quote from Mandela on the United States: One power with a president who can’t think […]

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness

Wednesday, January 29th, 2003 · 1 Comment

This is so gross I don’t know what else to say about it. Apparently you can climb through this giant colon as if it were one of those tube slides at a playground. No thank you. I won’t be going to see this on its San Francisco stop. National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2003 Colossal […]

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“Raiders rule. Fuck the police.”

Monday, January 27th, 2003 · 6 Comments

It was anarchy on the streets of East Oakland last night following the Radiers’ 48-21 Super Bowl slaughtering by the Buccaneers. As Jen and I watched the TV news coverage of the riots last night, we couldn’t help but laugh our asses off as Raiders-obsessed fans marched through the streets of Oakland, trashing neighborhood businesses […]

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UnumProvident v. Dr. Randall Chapman

Monday, January 27th, 2003 · 7 Comments

A friend of mine was a member of the jury on this trial, which ended last week. I’m having lunch with said friend tomorrow, so it will be interesting to hear the real story, unspun by the media. Marin IJ – Jury awards $31.7 million to Novato surgeon In the 60 Minutes coverage of the […]

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World Politics: A Quick Review

Friday, January 24th, 2003 · Comments Off on World Politics: A Quick Review

For a 176-word recap of the world events of the past year or so and of Bush’s war-obsessed ways, check out this great post: bit.ch :: The World Comedy

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Karma

Friday, January 24th, 2003 · 3 Comments

The headline says it all. I will say one word: Karma. OK, how about a 2nd word: Good. Man accidentally shot to death while using gun to beat dog; had told wife he planned to kill pooch

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Bush Slipping in Polls

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003 · 2 Comments

It’s about time American people realize that Bush is up to no good. I just wonder why it took so long for his ratings to slide. Yahoo! News – Poll: Most Don’t Back Bush Stimulus Plan

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