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Entries from November 2003

Bloggers for Matt

Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 · Comments Off on Bloggers for Matt

Rene Amini has compiled a list of Bloggers for Matt (Gonzalez). The Guardian this week has a number of Gonzalez stories and op-ed pieces urging San Francisco voters to put him in office. The Guardian suggests that if those of us who voted on November 4 urge at least one friend who didn’t vote that […]

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Tags: politics

Happy the Reindeer

Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 · Comments Off on Happy the Reindeer

Happy is getting an early start to Christmas this year. Photos are from November 6, 2003. Doesn’t he look pleased? 4,879 photos: The number of photos in our Ofoto account from December 30, 2001 through today. (I first started to post this entry a few days ago — on the 14th — but I ran […]

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Tags: dogs

Gonzalez Leads in Poll

Saturday, November 15th, 2003 · Comments Off on Gonzalez Leads in Poll

The Chronicle reports today that Matt Gonzalez has a 49% to 47% lead over Gavin Newsom in the polls: “San Francisco’s race for mayor is too close to call, but Supervisor Matt Gonzalez has a small lead among those most likely to vote Dec. 9, according to a poll released Friday by CBS 5-TV.” This […]

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Tags: politics

Double Standards

Friday, November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Double Standards

Bill Maher: “I’m always rooting for our side, but how come, when we kill them, it’s war, but when they kill us, it’s terrorism? I mean, we’re all shooting at each other over there now, it does seem a little hair-splitting, especially since now it’s soldiers who are mainly under attack. Also, I thought we […]

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Tags: war

Headlines of the Day

Friday, November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Headlines of the Day

Without clicking on (or mousing over) the links, can you guess which is real and which is not? College holding first dance in 143 years: “As many as 1,200 students at Wheaton College will gather in the gym Friday night for the first real dance in the Christian school’s 143-year history. Which explains why students […]

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Tags: comedy

Being John Tailgater

Friday, November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Being John Tailgater

I’m trying to get through Web Traffic School to remove from my driving record the speeding ticket I got earlier this year, fought, got the fine reduced, but still lost the challenge. In the freeway driving section is this paragraph, which really cracks me up: “If you see anyone driving too slow for present conditions, […]

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Tags: comedy

Media Manipulation

Friday, November 14th, 2003 · Comments Off on Media Manipulation

Alexandra Trustman explains in The Brown Daily Herald that CNN producers put her up to the Mac or PC question in last week’s Rock the Vote debate: “I’m writing in response to the Daily Jolt forums, the student dialogue and The Herald representation of me and my question at CNN’s Rock the Vote. I’m extremely […]

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Tags: politics

Vassar Girls

Thursday, November 13th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Seen today in an SF Vassar Club email: “If all the girls at Vassar were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be surprised.” – Dorothy Parker

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Tags: vassar

Let the Packing Begin

Wednesday, November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Let the Packing Begin

Last night marked the official start of our packing up for our cross-country move. It was exciting and helped to make it all seem a bit more real. We started by boxing up all our books, which we plan to ship to my in-laws’ house since we’ve been informed by two separate moving companies that […]

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Tags: relocating

Time Travel

Wednesday, November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off on Time Travel

I must be from the future. This is certainly news to me. I just logged onto the Web site of the credit union where I hold one of my accounts and was greeted with the following message: “You last visited us on Monday August 26, 2019” That’s the text I see, yet when I simply […]

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Tags: comedy