We watched most of the Democratic debates last night, and I was surprised that it was when they began talking taxes that I realized something I hadn’t before:
I can’t vote for a democrat.
My entire rationale could never fit into a blog post and would likely take a series to really clear up, but the epiphany […]
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I Can’t Vote for a Democrat
April 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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Utu - Saving the Internet with Hate
April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Zed Shaw’s always on some crazy shit, but here’s some crazy shit.
Utu is a new software package that hopes to “save the internet with hate.”
Here’s the premise:
The internet is overrun by trolls and aggressors who are free to do as they please, using the internet as their spambot, and are able to continue because there […]
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Complicated feelings and observations about Hoods.
March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Hoods are prevalent in modern society, much like the pocket. Hoods however, are not external, provide shelter, and allow misanthropes to hide in their comforting shadow. Sometimes hoods protect heads from raindrops and snowflakes. Throughout history, hoods in various forms have provided both sexes with the aforementioned protection. Another, more recent […]
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Dyngus Day!
March 24th, 2008 · 18 Comments
Hi, I’m a Pole and here is Dyngus Day. We Poles like to party, which is why we celebrate extra days of the holidays most people get one of. This theory explains both Dyngus Day and Wygilia. Dyngus Day, the day following Easter, is a day of joy for Polish people. Doesn’t that peasant woman look […]
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David Paterson : Blinder and Blacker
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Looks like we’ll soon have a new governor.
The local news actually told us that if enstated, David Paterson will become the “first blind African-American governor in New York state history.”
Update - 3/11/08 - NY.GOV/GOVERNOR page features David Paterson. Amusingly: (Click image to view full size)
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Dave Winer On Startups And Watching Every Penny
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
I was pleased to find a new blog on Scripting News today that was not Obama-centric, and Dave really hit the ball out of the park on this blog post.
His major point: It’s not penny pinching that makes startups win, you dingus. It’s having a sexy product that people pine over (no pun […]
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Imagining the Tenth Dimension
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Journey into the Spam Folder Volume One: Is that Joyce in my Inbox?
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Gomer Pellish to me
Hoi,
New job offer
http://anitaeagand.blogspot.com
Hoi,
New job offer
http://anitaeagand.blogspot.com
My dear, he might be proud of having tasted the great mother
city which holds so much that is that the days of the crusades
were past, and i girl’s been […]
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