politics

America the Corrupt

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Today, Porter Goss, the head of the CIA, resigned suddently or abruptly quit (depending on how you view it) for no apparant reason. News sources are saying it might be because his role and importance have been diminished in the post 9/11 restructuring (as now the head of the CIA answers to the National Intelligence […]

music

Living With War

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Neil Young’s new album Living With War is available on the ‘Net right now. Even if you aren’t a huge Neil fan (I’m not), the songs and especially the lyrics are powerful enough for you to pull up the album, turn on your speakers or plug in some headphone and lisen to them. “After the […]

science

Little Mermaid Update

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Milagros Cerron, Peru’s very own little mermaid, turned 2 and to that I say “mazel tov!”. She is basically doing fine – all things considered – and literally is a walking miracle (milagros means miracle in spanish and she has taken her first steps). I know a number of readers, especially for some reason teenage […]

ramblings

I've Got Nothing I Tell You – Nothing!

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David Copperfield was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday night but “despite being possessed of a large amount of cash, the illusionist showed nothing but empty pockets to armed gunmen who targeted him and two female companions Sunday night in West Palm Beach, Florida, police said.” What would have been even better is if he made […]

ramblings

Chevy Tahoe: Die Hippies Die!

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Chevy recently ran a promotion with “The Apprentice” where people got to make their “own” Tahoe commercial by piecing together video clips of the Tahoe provided by GM and adding their own copy to that new montage. While there were a lot of the expected anti-SUV pro-environment entries, the one titled “Die Hippies Die” is […]

tech

Dot Net Nuke

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My friend Sam told me about DotNetNuke, a fully customizable and scalable open source web platform that I deem cool enough to share. It is exactly what I was looking for as I have been trying to figure out how to help my friend Steven take his Democratic Lawyer Council org to the proverbial next […]

ramblings

JetBlue Easter Egg

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An easter egg has been discovered on JetBlue’s web site. If you go to their route map page, select a route, hold down the “control” and type the letters p-b-j you get a “Family Guy” clip where Brian is doing the “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” dance. There is a debate going on in my office […]

politics

Military Officiers Starting to Revolt?

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An article on Slate talks about how high ranking officials and former generals are fed up with Donald Rumsfeld and how their voices are starting to echo and gather weight behind them. You’ve got to love an article, and the state of our country, our military and our foreign policy, when said article starts with […]

sports

1986 WS Game 6 Reborn in NES

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This game featured one of the all-time classic NY sports moments – the famous Bill Buckner error (though everyone seems to forget that 3 singles and a wild pitch proceeded that momentous event). To pay homage to it, somebody reenacted the bottom of the 10th inning of the 1986 World Series using the classic NES […]