Your week in Quickies
Jan 02 2006, 11:30 EST
13 Things That Do Not Make Sense [bobsalive] Jan 02 2006, 11:30 EST I found most of this list pretty interesting.
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The Iraqi Election Results: A quick note
Dec 21 2005, 00:36 EST [updated Dec 21 2005, 00:37 EST]
They aren't in yet but rumors of the final count are flying around. Rumors were flying since before they could have possibly been founded in reality. I am hopeful but the rumors seem built around the idea that if the actual vote counts don't favor X the
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The definition of Delusional
Dec 20 2005, 21:57 EST [updated Dec 21 2005, 18:21 EST]
I listen to NPR in the car (go figure). I don't find it too lefty as to be unbearable. I get my chuckles when someone states a fact without a followup (a cause without an effect) on why it is good or bad. Its goodness/badness is assumed to be so obvious
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Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves
Dec 16 2005, 14:36 EST
(Note: if you abhor the thought of violence for any reason by any person, do not read this.) I've been thinking about doing a post on a reference article at Blackfive, entitiled I only hang with sheepdogs. I'm still not sure exactly what I think about
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The Bay State moves closer to a padded cell (1 image)
Dec 16 2005, 00:55 EST [updated Dec 16 2005, 01:19 EST]
You can be forgiven if you don't know what that is. It is a helmet. A helmet for Soccer. It is a Soccer Helmet (I had to repeat that a bunch more times before it sunk in). If this law passes it will be mandatory for all youth players in Massachusett
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RIP Babs, 1903-2005
Dec 11 2005, 11:28 EST [updated Dec 11 2005, 21:37 EST]
My great aunt, Beatrice McKinley, has passed. There are few people that have lived or will live such a full life. She acquired a masters degree from NYU in an era when women were secretaries. She roared in the roaring 20s. She flew to Cuba (pre Castro
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Your week in Quickies
Dec 09 2005, 09:59 EST
Hardware Pr0n [bobsalive] Dec 07 2005, 19:47 EST Girls with network equipment.
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Deady Business Sins
Dec 08 2005, 16:06 EST
The Wall Street Journal Online has reposted an article from Oct 21, 1993 by Peter Drucker, entitled "The Five Deadly Business Sins". #3 is the most interesting from an Austrian Economics perspective. It is "The third deadly sin is cost-driven pricing."
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PBS wants my money
Dec 07 2005, 00:00 EST [updated Dec 07 2005, 00:35 EST]
The pledge drive is on and I just watched a nice behind-the-scenes of Fawlty Towers. Not to date myself but I bought the "Fawlty Towers" box set in VHS. The PBS schtick is that viewer contributions enable Americans to support and see the best of British
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