Monthly Archives: July 2008
Falafel Day is July 30th
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I Love This Illustration…
I think I saw this guy while driving to work this morning…
To A Good Place, A Familiar Place
Ed and Nathalie will be returning to McGill and Montreal. He has taken a position as a Professional Associate with McGill’s School of Information Studies, something he has considered his dream job. That is fantastic, Ed! Congratulations.
More FISA
Here’s Glenn Greenwald on today’s events: Rather, the insultingly false claims about this bill — it brings the FISA court back into eavesdropping! it actually improves civil liberties! Obama will now go after the telecoms criminally! Government spying and lawbreaking … Continue reading
Nuts
I really don’t know what to say here. My Representative (Shelly Berkley, D-NV) voted for it, while and both one of my Senators Harry Reid (D), voted against it and the other, John “Haircut McWedgeshot” Ensign (R), all voted for … Continue reading
Maize May Have Been Domesticated In Mexico As Early As 10,000 Years Ago
Things just keep getting pushed back… Maize (Corn) May Have Been Domesticated In Mexico As Early As 10,000 Years Ago [Science Daily] The ancestors of maize originally grew wild in Mexico and were radically different from the plant that is … Continue reading
FISA — Fifth Time’s a Charm
One of the few things I care vehemently about in this stupor and fatigue-inducing election cycle is the reauthorizing FISA and the issue of retroactive immunity from prosecution for telecos that illegally cooperated with warrentless spying on the American citizenry. … Continue reading
Today Was My 35th High School Reunion
Today was my 35th High School reunion — which I did not attend. My home town had a population of only 2,000 and there were 70-some in my graduating class (1973 for those wondering), so I knew/know everyone. I hope … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day! [US]
Using my amazing math skills this makes this 4th of July the 232rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. We have no big plans to go anywhere, like most everyone else paying >$4.gallon for gas, we can’t afford to drive … Continue reading
