If you know a vet (particularly a Vietnam or Vietnam-era vet as I was) who’s wondering which candidate to support in November, point him over to this post by Billmon. I read the same quotation he cites, but I didn’t make the logical jump he does. He points to a remark by some Bush spokesperson …
Forget all that terrorism stuff; on the eve of The Players Championship, the most important question of the day is: Has engagement ruined Tiger Woods? Look at the record: only five wins last year, and no major championships! To (mis)quote Mars Blackmon, “It’s gotta be the girl!”
In the Administration’s efforts to discredit Richard Clarke’s accusations about terrorism pre-September 11, they say some odd stuff. Cheney on Limbaugh today: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, I wasn’t directly involved in that decision. He was moved out of the counterterrorism business over to the cyber security side of things, that is he was given a …
In case you missed what the domestic audience is talking about today around the water cooler, here’s a link to the main CBS 60 Minutes page with the pertinent information about Richard Clarke’s charge that President Bush, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and others ignored his warnings about al-Qaeda before 9/11. Here’s part one of …
I threw a couple of sponges into the wash while doing laundry this weekend, and I got back one and a half sponges. Half of one of them has disappeared without a trace. Checked the lint trap; zero green residue. Checked the washer’s tub; zip fragments. Checked the entire dryer compartment; nada. Checked all the …
The other day I mentioned I had bathroom tile issues; we’ve had a couple of guys come out to the house to look at the job. We replaced the tub about six years ago, and in the process the bottom row of tiles had to be removed in order to squeeze the new one into …
Now this is interesting. A guy at MIT did a survey of bloggers. Here we report the findings from an online survey conducted between January 14th and January 21st, 2004. During that time, 486 respondents answered questions about their blogging practices and their expectations of privacy and accountability for the entries they publish online The …
Who were these folks? Heinrich Schliemann Howard Carter Louis Leakey George Hull Hiram Bingham Answers below.
As part of PBS’ local pledge drive, American Masters showed a rerun of an April 2003 program last night; it was a profile of Joni Mitchell (those of you saying, “but she’s Canadian!” are quite right…I wondered how she qualified too). I missed some of the gossip back in ’69-’70; I had no idea she …
Are you ready for a Swiss Army pocket knife with a USB Memory card? I don’t currently have a USB port, but I want one of these when I get one! Do all those pharma ads work? “In the week following the Super Bowl, 34 percent of new patients requested Cialis compared with 21 percent …