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“He was only a grad student.

Thursday, 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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Wet weather + Bay Area traffic == total disaster.

Thursday, 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.)

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“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…

Thursday, 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.”

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OK, if you’re surprised that it may not be safe to blog about your job, you’re a fool.

Thursday, 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.)

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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…

Thursday, 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).

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Salon:

Thursday, 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!)

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It’s Salon Premium, so you may or may not be able to read it, but this article on the U.S.

Thursday, 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.”

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