Monthly Archives: October 2003
Leg Wamers & Parachute Pants
OK. I got this from Michael at eclecticism, but it’s pretty fun. I didn’t do too bad on the 80′s trivia. Oh yeah. And I never owned leg warmers, but I did have a pair of parachute pants.
Posted in Crazy Stuff
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Republicans For Dean
I just stumbled upon Republicans For Dean. Now, that’s cool.
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Where Do You Stand?
Hope has a link posted to the online Political Compass test. Take it and find out where you stand. Me? I’m Economic Left/Right: -7.00, Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49, which puts me in the same quadrant as Ghandi and the Dalai Lama. Good … Continue reading
Bear Baiting Gone Bad
A co-worker told me about this story this morning, and I found it hard to believe until I looked it up myself. Bear hunters are apparently using sweets to lure bears and get them so “high” that they’re much easier … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
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Number Crunching and Body Bags
Is the Bush administration playing a numbers game when it comes to the deaths of U.S. Servicemembers in Iraq.
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What Not to Wear this Halloween
Being Daddy has a great post about the Top Ten Inappropriate Children’s Halloween Costumes of 2003. There’s one in particular that’s particularly frightening, since it really is a children’s Halloween costume you can buy.
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The Rest of the News
The Left Coaster has a great post about the stories that got drowned out while Bush was enjoying the best economic news of his presidency, suggesting that there are three stories that will have a longer life that yesterdays financial … Continue reading
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It’s Not Just Me
I’m not the only one who questioned the wisdom Elizabeth Smart’s parents exercised in bringing home a homeless person to work on their house, around their children. Dudeblog had this to say: I’m sure her parents are really good people, … Continue reading
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Kitty Cats Could Kill You
Apparently they, along with ferrets, can get SARS. According to one scientist, “If it’s been shown that the virus can transmit from cat to cat, it doesn’t take much of a leap of faith that it will transmit to humans.”
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Crazed Killers for God
Religious Liberal Blog has a post this morning about the insanity going on over gay issues in various christian denominations. The most shocking? Gene Robinson, the Anglican Church’s first openly gay bishop is now under 24 hour FBI guard due … Continue reading
Posted in Gay Rights, Religion
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Kids Say the Darndest Things
I saw a posting on Yoga Blog that’s already made my day first thing this morning. It’s a complilation of what various four to eight year old children have to say about what love is. Some of my favorites: When … Continue reading
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Call Me a Link Whore
It’s worth a shot. Yesterday, I learned what TrackBack can do to one’s blog hits when I linked back to this post on Eclecticism. Apparently it was a popular post on a popular site and I got more than 600 … Continue reading
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Town to Phelps: Forget it
The statue proposed by Fred Phelps was rejected by the Casper, Wyoming city council. Phelps has file suit claiming that because the town allowed a 10 commandments monument on public grounds, his scripture-based monument must be allowed too. The city … Continue reading
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