“He was only a grad student.
December 19th, 2002
“He was only a grad student. Still, the paperwork to get a replacement
was hideous.” Praesodymium.
(Yes, this came up in conversation today.)
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Archive for December, 2002
Wet weather + Bay Area traffic == total disaster.
December 19th, 2002
Wet weather + Bay Area traffic == total disaster. (In the clipped
image from bayinsider.com, red
dots mean slow or stopped traffic, and blue exclamation-mark triangles
mean accidents.)
“In deciding to announce the plan today, the administration is essentially short-circuiting the debate over whether the systems works, just as withdrawing from the treaty…
December 19th, 2002
“In deciding to announce the plan today, the administration is
essentially short-circuiting the debate over whether the systems works,
just as withdrawing from the treaty skirted the question of whether the
United States could legally do so. Putting the system in place would
also allow Mr. Bush to fulfill his campaign pledge to field the
beginnings of antimissile system by the end of his first term.”
OK, if you’re surprised that it may not be safe to blog about your job, you’re a fool.
December 19th, 2002
OK, if you’re surprised that it
may not be safe to blog about your job, you’re a fool. (You’ll note
that I only post references to published press releases around here.)
By the way, if you’re interested in putting together a short run of an album, the Internet can help (courtesy The Walkingbirds, which I discovered…
December 19th, 2002
By the way, if you’re interested in putting together a short run of an
album, the Internet
can help (courtesy The
Walkingbirds, which I discovered thanks to the Fray‘s Fray Day 5 CD info).
Salon:
December 19th, 2002
Salon: The
shelf goes ever on and on. “Please, we beg of you, don’t allow
yourself to be tempted into the hideous netherworld of collectible
figurines.” (Codswallop!)
It’s Salon Premium, so you may or may not be able to read it, but this article on the U.S.
December 19th, 2002
It’s Salon Premium, so you may or may not be able to read it, but this
article on the U.S. international posture on family planning is
arresting. “when the U.S. demanded that even the phrase ‘reproductive
health’ be struck from the proposal in order to protect unborn children,
critics — even those from highly religious countries like the
Philippines and Iran — suggested that U.S. foreign policy had been
hijacked by the religious right.”