This is Part One (of four) of a report of my recent trip to California. I’ll write about the trip in stages because it was a very long trip. I saw a lot and want to recall as much as possible for my own gratification in these entries. Eventually I’ll add pictures and links, and it will be [...]
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The Failures of the Drug War, As Told By Television
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Links, Movies/TV
Here is a great article about the drug war, written as an op-ed for Time magazine by the writers of The Wire. When you say, “What? They’re television writers, Abbie,” I will know that you don’t watch The Wire, and you don’t know that the writers of the show were real-life newspaper writers, police officers, public [...]
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Giggling
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Links
I thought that this would be my all-time favorite Amazon review (it’s the top one), but then this popped up. I have to share it. How do you feel about your Bic pen? (My favorite was the reference to the ubiquity of the Property of the US Government pens in the NSA ghettos, somewhere halfway down [...]
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More Missouri in the News
February 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Links, News
Another article about Missouri in the New York Times today, this time about the primary results. It’s complete with photos and graphics! I really like the map breakdown- somebody spent some time on that. There are maps that show county-by-county breakdown of votes, and then if you click on the Margin of Victory tab, you [...]
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Articles from the New York Times, My Personal Reaction to
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Links, News
Here’s a great article from the New York Times about our current consumption of meat and how it’s destroying the planet. It’s not written by a vegetarian, the byline hastens to point out to everyone, and the article itself is not an indictment of carnivores in general, but it does make many good points that [...]
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Not Organic and Green
October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Links, Rants/Raves
Thinking about the products that we use around the house that are green (or, at least, sorta green) made me think about the products that we tried that didn’t work out for us, or the stuff we just haven’t tried yet. And since Stephanie had her un-green confession in her blog yesterday, here’s mine: Deodorant. [...]
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Organic and Green
October 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Links
Yesterday, the New York Times printed a useful article that listed off five easy ways to go organic. Read it here, and then here’s the website they sourced, which makes it clear that there’s actually a list of 10 easy ways to go organic, but the NYT decided to pare it down. Anyway. Good stuff. [...]
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Gefeliciteerd: U Heeft alle drie de rijen goed gernaakt
August 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Links, Photography
I liked this set of fun color games. My “cirkels” are also goed gernaakt. And my “driehoeken” too. I have no idea what that means. I’m just guessing from the syntax. From the Online Photographer.
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Hello, Gorgeous
August 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Links, Photography
What an amazing day this will be for you! You will look at pictures of beautiful, skinny, rich, famous celebrities, AND you will also feel better about yourself. How about that, huh? Go here, and click on Portfolio. Then click on any of the photos and a larger size will come up. Move your mouse [...]
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Why I Will Someday Be an Angry, Bitter Person
July 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Links
Interesting article yesterday in the NY Times about emoticons. Coincidentally, I used one today for the first time in months and months, possibly even years. I don’t know why. I was trying to convey a certain feeling, and felt like it worked in the context without overthinking it. I stopped using them when I realized [...]
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