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Entries from February 2003

Follies of Youth: Things to Do On Your Way To Arizona: International Littering

February 28th, 2003 · 3 Comments

Whe travelling with three of your best friends on your way to Phoenix for Cactus League baseball, be sure to stop at your parents’ house and lift a 5 gallon bucket full of golf balls from your dad’s garage. Load them into the back of your buddy’s Cherokee along with an old beater golf [...]

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Tags: Life

Treason or Just Stupidity?

February 28th, 2003 · 5 Comments

My groovy friend Tripp sent me a link to this blog entry and it made me think. This guy has a point. By interfering with our military action, would those human shields be guilty of treason? I am inclined to think so. But I am no expert,,

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Tags: Law

Amazed That I’m Alive

February 27th, 2003 ·

I had just managed to put my bicycle chain back on and was giving the crank on my upturned Diamond Back the “check out” spins. The chain snapped into place, protested with a series of annoying creeks and cracks, and lurched comfortably into its place. I cranked harder and harder until I could [...]

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Tags: History

Who’s your daddy? And What Does He Do — spam

February 27th, 2003 · 8 Comments

Who’s your daddy? And What Does He Do
I see this regularly in my inbox, listed along with other tantilizing subjects that offer to grow my breasts or my penis or even enable me to get rich quick. Hell, I even get spam from people trying to get me to spam. But this [...]

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Tags: Geek

Bad Sign?

February 27th, 2003 · 4 Comments

Is it a bad sign that every day, about half-way through the day, my vision gives out, and it feels like the middle section of my head, in a band from my eyebrows to the top of my upper lip, feels like it’s spinning around causing a sense of sea-sickness?

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Tags: Life

Money Wins out over Culture

February 27th, 2003 · 5 Comments

The New World Trade Center design has been chosen. In my opinion, the other contender was a far better plan which provided for some of the most unique architecture on the planet. The winning design is yet another giant corporate cock sticking out of the island of Manhattan.
The two plans:
Team Think (the good [...]

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Tags: Architecture

R.I.P.

February 27th, 2003 · 5 Comments

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Tags: The End

Gonzo Sports Writing?

February 26th, 2003 · 4 Comments

Gonzo sports journalism? Hunter S. Thompson on ESPN.com.
Remind me to tell y’all some of my Hunter S. Thompson stories from back in the days when I lived in Aspen. They are classic.

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Tags: Writing

Productivity Gains and Cash Grabs

February 26th, 2003 · 3 Comments

So I know that it is “official,” meaning that figures have held up the theory, that productivity in America has increased. Most economists, from what I’ve read, attribute this to technology.
But I’ve been thinking that the productivity, while perhaps achieved through technology, has not been realized in the technology industry itself.
Stop [...]

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Tags: Economy

Declaration!

February 26th, 2003 · 2 Comments

I hereby declare that I shall consume a BBQ Burrito from the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club as soon as possible. This will occur either tonight, tomorrow or this weekend.
You may resume your pre-declaration activities. But before you do, check out:

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Tags: Yacht Club

Give 2nd And Hosea a Chance

February 25th, 2003 ·

Great things are happening at this corner.
Come see for yourself at a FREE Block Party.
WHAT: Block Party & Barbecue
WHEN: Saturday, March 1st 1:30PM – ‘til ?
WHERE: Corner of 2nd & Hosea
WHY: Why Not? How about FREE FOOD, FREE MUSIC and FREE PRIZES!!!!! We will be giving away BOULEVARD [...]

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Tags: Atlanta

Luigi Mailing List

February 24th, 2003 ·

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 21:40:28 -0500
From: Luigi
To: brian@themuy.com
Subject: Luigi Wants to Rock You (and your friends)
Welcome to the Luigi mailing list. We’re so glad you could join us.
Here are our topics for today:
1) Spread the love
2) Recording a rekkid.
3) Upcoming Luigi related stuff.
So, without further ado, I present to you the first Luigi [...]

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Tags: Music

DEA Acting Chief’s Interesting Choice of Words

February 24th, 2003 · 2 Comments

“People selling drug paraphernalia are in essence no different than drug dealers,” said John Brown, acting DEA chief. “They are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide.”
I like his choice of a periphery, criminal element to guns as the parallel to bongs. It’s been crazy up [...]

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Tags: Observations

Market Value?

February 24th, 2003 · 1 Comment

I just found out that I make, like, double what an astronaut earns in salary. That doesn’t seem right to me, but hey, I’m not complaining!

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Tags: Life

Question

February 24th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Is any country currently offering political asylum to Americans?

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Tags: Life