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Dear Secretary Powell:

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

Dear Secretary Powell: When I last saw you in Kabul in January, 2002 you arrived to officially open the US Embassy that I had helped reestablish in December, 2001 as the first political officer. At that time I could not have imagined that I would be writing a year later to resign from the Foreign Service because of US policies.

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You know, all the CSS for dsandler.org is really screwed up.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

You know, all the CSS for dsandler.org is really screwed up. (Notice that the “dS” glyph underlying the menu at right, well, it’s just not there anymore.)

And you know what? I’m just not interested in fixing it at this point. I have a few redesigns for the site sitting on the shelf, anyway, and at some point I’ll deploy one, along with my new weblog infrastructure (very exciting!). But there’s just no time now, between scheduling movers, filing taxes, repairing my car, oh, and my day job. So you’ll simply have to wait. Désolé.

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Well, there goes the neighborhood.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

Well, there goes the neighborhood. Ambrosia is starting to port their games to Windows. (seen on /.)

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Have you been keeping up with Get Your War On?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

Have you been keeping up with Get Your War On? You should!

Woman: Why does George W. Bush get everything he wants? Is it because he prays for it?

Man: What are you talking about? Didn’t you see the press conference? He prays for peace, my anonymous clip-art co-worker, he prays for peace—and he’s sure not getting that.

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As a rule, I try to stay away from Fark.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

As a rule, I try to stay away from Fark. But occasionally, their Photoshop contests are hilarious, like this one on what movies we’d see if the MPAA forced each one to pass a “G” rating. Look for “High Plains Mister” (Fred Rogers, drifting into town), “BOO-BOOFACE” (starring Al Pacino and a super-soaker), “S.W.” (original title: “S.F.W.”), and “A Crayon Orange”. Oh, also, “Forgiven” (isn’t that sweet!) and “G” (starring Vin Diesel).

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If you’re not already reading the BBC reporters’ weblog, you must.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

If you’re not already reading the BBC reporters’ weblog, you must.

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