Monthly Archives: March 2005
We Have a Winner
And—surprise, surprise!—it’s me. Engadget had a contest for the best Mac mini review a while back, and I submitted a revised version of the one-week-with-the-mini review I posted here. Well, thanks to a comment from Brad, I just found out … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mac, Tech Stuff
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Ask Me Anything
Since I’ve reponded to one meme, I figure I ought to advance another one. I’ve done this one before, or one like it. I came across it via blackgriot while checking to see what’s happening with some folks on my … Continue reading
Posted in Memes
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Bookish
I’ve seen this meme around, but didn’t tackle it until John pointed it in my direction. I dodged it the first time because it’s one of those impossible things for me to ever really answer. I mean, c’mon. You’re asking … Continue reading
Has Jesse Lost His Way?
When Jesse Jackson and Randall Terry end up fighting on the same side, you know we’ve just about gone through the looking glass. What Jackson is doing, or what he thinks he’s doing, inserting himself into the Schiavo case is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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Morally Straight?
This is rich. The Boy Scouts—the organization so concerned with protecting its practice of discriminating against gays that it went to the Supreme Court to do so—has been so busy keeping gays out that a pedophile got in under their … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights
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And the Parents Shall Profit?
If you’re eating lunch, or just finished, you might want to wait a while to read any further than this. From the Left Coaster comes news that Terri Schiavo’s parents may be turning a profit from all the hub-bub. The … Continue reading
The Schiavo Autopsy
This just in, Michael Schiavo and his wife’s parents—the Shindlers—finally agree on something: an autopsy. Michael Schiavo, who says his wife did not want to be kept alive artificially, wants the examination to uncover the extent of her brain damage. … Continue reading
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A Comment
I meant to point this out yesterday, but Democratic Veteran has posted a comment he got from a registered Republican on the Terri Schiavo case. I have become ashamed of being a registered Republican. I am probably more accurately a … Continue reading
Posted in Gay Rights
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Blogger Goes Boom
Wow. It’s amazing what you miss on the blogs when you push yourself away from the computer at night and go to bed. I don’t know how I missed the big dust-up between Gay Patriot, BlogActive, and AmericaBlog. It started … Continue reading
Posted in Gay Rights, Politics
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Ray
And now for something compeltely different. A movie review. I’d wanted to see Ray basically from the moment I heard it was being made. Ray Charles was a big part of my musical education when I was growing up, mainly … Continue reading
Funeral Fuss
The latest in the Schiavo saga? The parents are now fighting with the husband over the funeral. THE legal fight to keep brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive appeared to be over last night, but a new row erupted between her husband … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, General
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Different for Gays
Bill makes a good point about the Schiavo case as relates to gay couples, citing this Newsday article, which cites the Sharon Kowalski case from years ago as an example that gay and lesbian couples struggled down this path long … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights
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Mozilla No Mo’
Change is hard. I’ve been a pretty faithful user of the full Mozilla suite on my home system. I liked the idea of having my browser and email application in the same package, rather than two different applications. Plus, having … Continue reading
Posted in General, Web/Tech
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