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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Aug
7
2008

Goooalll!!!1!!1!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Aug
7
2008

Energy Independence

I tried to find a link to Friedman’s post in the NYT from several years ago in response to Matt’s question. I found this snippet from his book instead: President Kennedy understood that the competition with the Soviet Union was … Continue reading

Aug
6
2008

The Rehabilitation of Tom Friedman

Much to my dismay, he keeps writing good articles. That’s how I learned a new language here: “Climate-Speak.” It’s easy to learn. There are only three phrases. The first is: “Just a few years ago …” Just a few years … Continue reading

Aug
6
2008

Paris for President

Because she is totally hot. See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Aug
4
2008

Good people have nothing to worry about

The Washington Post says Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of … Continue reading

Aug
3
2008

Death to Sidezoomers

Sidezoomers versus Lineuppers I supposed there were not all that many drivers gritting their teeth behind their steering wheels, practicing what Jerry Seinfeld once called the stare-ahead, while declining to let the sidezoomers in and musing at the same time … Continue reading

Aug
2
2008

Book Review: Envisioning Information

Finished. What a delight! This one is a lot less prescriptive than The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and what one learns, one learns by osmosis. The book skips around a lot of different ideas and it reaches deep into … Continue reading

Aug
1
2008

Taking the high road

Some free airtime for McCain: “We are proud of that commercial.” — John McCain Is this what he is trying to say? Some of the comments are interesting at the site where that came from.