If you ever wondered where your tax dollars really go…check out this article on the how the Army and Air farce are “roughing it” overseas.

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Eat here. I guarantee that it’s great.

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This article in the International Herald Tribune talks about Japan’s “shut-in” problem. Apparently, as many as 1,000,000 individuals, mostly males, are living a nocturnal life of microwaveable food, television, Internet surfing and probably a lot of porn.It’s just another story in the long line of “freaky Japan” stories, but this one seems to indicate [...]

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I admit it. I’ve been out of the loop when it comes to hoops. After Jordan entered and crushed everybody, I lost interest. But last weekend, I managed to catch a few games of the NBA playoffs. It sucked.I have never been a devoted professional basketball fan. Being a native [...]

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Navy News & Undersea Technology
May 20, 2002
Pg. 3
Naval Intelligence Briefs
Israeli Navy To Become A Blue Water Force
By Samuel Loring Morison
Earlier this year, the Israeli Navy received approval in principle from the Israeli Defense Force Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz, to draw up a proposal to transform the Israeli Navy from a [...]

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Someone needs to sit George Lucas down and explain to him that he can’t write movie scripts.

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I made a map with a rough sketch of every “planned” rail transportation for Metro Atlanta that I could find. I know there are a couple others, but I didn’t have time to research them.Here’s the map

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This (pop up link) is such a great idea: reuse the abandoned rail lines throughout the city of Atlanta for a mass transit trolley to reintegrate the sections that were cut off by the construction of I-20 and 75/85.The lines would connect, in a loop, South DeKalb, Emory Area, Downtown, Grant Park, the West [...]

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This is an intriguing project, but I think the research design is fatally flawed. Isn’t this going to result in a relatively small network of people forwarding messages around in circles, since you probably wouldn’t sign up to be a “target” unless you received an e-mail from a friend to participate?

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Somehow, “cool” people have developed the notion that talking about yourself (and themselves) and everyday life and accomplishments is somehow less worthy than talking about the achievements of people totally unrelated to you or pop culture.There is a notion of “genuine” with one.An idea of “worthy” with the other.

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It takes all types I suppose. The Nuwaubians’ angle is some sort of neo-Egyptology thing. Ra only knows what is next for the group after the raid by federal and local cops.

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I’ve always heard that Japanese TV shows were bizarre, and this certainly proves that.

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http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit/index.htmlOne of my oldest friends, Sean Dugan (also in Oz), will be playing the murderer in Law & Order SVU next week (17 May). I think everyone should tape it and write in and say what a brilliant actor he is. Or hat least TIVO the episode and check it out.I wonder why [...]

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I aced my first Sun Solaris certification test today.That means: beer.

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Unbelievable.
Apparently our buddy Luke, the national pipe bomb punk rocker, was going to trace the shape of a smiley face on the map of the U.S. with his pipe bombs.This kid is obviously going through a psychotic episode, and we shouldn’t cheapen the fact that a few people were injured and many more freightened, but [...]

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