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Entries from February 2003

Wedding Cake Finalist

Friday, February 28th, 2003 · 7 Comments

The wedding cake selection committee has entered the final rounds of deliberation and needs your input. Below is one of the top designs being considered for the cake. Cast your vote now! (Hmm…I’m not quite sure if that looks enough like me, though.)

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Tags: wedding

“I’ll Be Back When the Day is New”

Thursday, February 27th, 2003 · 1 Comment

It’s such a good feeling to know you’re alive. It’s such a happy feeling: You’re growing inside. And when you wake up ready to say, “I think I’ll make a snappy new day.” It’s such a good feeling, a very good feeling. The feeling you know that I’ll be back when the day is new […]

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Tags: the world

Lessons in Evil

Thursday, February 27th, 2003 · Comments Off on Lessons in Evil

Watch out: I embed one image in my blog and the floodgates are released! Here are more embedded images that I find hilarious and so very true in these times of evil warlords preparing to do battle:

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Tags: comedy

World Trade Center II

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · Comments Off on World Trade Center II

The design for the new building at the site of the World Trade Center was chosen today: World Trade Center plan chosen At 1,776 feet, the new spire will surpass what are currently the tallest buildings in the world, the 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. As are most other people, I am also torn […]

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Tags: the world

The Hipness of the Guestbook

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · 3 Comments

I’m beginning to wonder if Web site guestbooks aren’t as popular as they once were. Since launching my own guestbook on 1.15.03, only a handful of folks have signed it — and they’re all friends and family whom I encouraged to sign. So what’s up with that? I ask. Why not sign my guestbook? Or […]

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Tags: site features

CNN Story on Virtual March

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · Comments Off on CNN Story on Virtual March

Here’s the CNN story about today’s Virtual March: CNN.com – Activists hold ‘virtual march’ on Washington – Feb. 26, 2003 And here’s a powerful quote from Feinstein (I tried to call her, but was only able to get through to Tom Lantos): “I’ve learned when they get up over 30,000 to 40,000 from California, then […]

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Tags: the world

City Life

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · Comments Off on City Life

City life is great. I’m working from home today and went for a walk to run some errands at lunch time. All within about 30 minutes, I went to the post office to mail nearly 200 save-the-date cards for the wedding; I weighed my tax packet with all my tax-related documents in it ($2.41 required […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Rep. Tom Lantos

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · 3 Comments

The only representative whose switchboard was not busy was that of The Honorable Tom Lantos: Information on Representative Tom Lantos of California After some initial stumbling of my words just now, I managed to express my disapproval of a move toward war against Iraq. I urge you (much more eloquently in text than I did […]

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Tags: the world

Democracy in Action

Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 · Comments Off on Democracy in Action

As I mentioned on Monday, today is the Virtual March on Washington. And it appears to be a huge success: There are so many people calling that many others, including me, cannot even get through to my senators. This real-time “antiwar room” is very cool: MoveOn: Demoacracy in Action

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Tags: the world

Hearken Back to the Web of 1995

Tuesday, February 25th, 2003 · Comments Off on Hearken Back to the Web of 1995

Lots of additions today to my archives section, including these classics: the (original) gabe zone (1995) the gabe zone (1996) Vassar Computer Store (1996) Jewett House (1996) Gabe’s HTML Credentials (1997) Capitol Enquiry, Inc. (1997) Vassar Class of 1999 T-Shirt (1998) What befuddles me is that it’s been 8 years since I put my very […]

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Tags: site features