Ahh, the end of a year. I’ve never cared much for New Year’s (and New Year’s Eve) and this year won’t be an exception, especially since we now have a fine reason to stay home and go to sleep by 10:30pm. I am hopefully looking forward to a new job sometime soon, but that’s merely […]
Posted on December 31st, 2003 by admin
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After having five days at home with the family, it’s quite an adjustment trying to get back into the swing of work, especially when you don’t particularly care for that work. Things are better than they were before the holidays, but I’m still desperate to find different work. I think I’m ready to work for […]
Posted on December 29th, 2003 by admin
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We finally got to the see the last installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy this past Friday night. It does not disappoint. I’m really impressed with what Peter Jackson and his crew did — they made three really great movies, and they kept the spirit of the work and the author. I would […]
Posted on December 28th, 2003 by admin
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Last night, as I was looking over the various Christmas cards we had gotten from friends and relatives, I realized something about our membership in the adulthood club — we weren’t quite there yet. Sure, Jen sent out some Christmas cards this year, but because of lack of time, they were just generic holiday cards. […]
Posted on December 23rd, 2003 by admin
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a brand new chain and a clean drivetrain on your fixie. After a bit of maintainence work on my bike this weekend, the only thing I heard on the ride to work this morning was the buzz of the tyres on tarmac.
Posted on December 22nd, 2003 by admin
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It looks like France will ban religious clothing in their public schools. There’s two things I find really interesting: 1. Most “intellectual” Americans like to look to France as the example of why Europe is so much better than the United States. According to their logic, the French are much more open-minded (see their lack […]
Posted on December 19th, 2003 by admin
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Joel Spolsky has an interesting article on his site
Posted on December 16th, 2003 by admin
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As you may have heard, France’s Prime Minister Jacques Chirac must decide if the country should ban Muslim headscarves in schools. There have been several reactions to this potentially explosive situation. First, some people have said this is a problem nearly every large European country will have deal with very soon because, by their nature, […]
Posted on December 14th, 2003 by admin
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The early reports out of Subaru/Pro-drive headquarters in Branbury England is that Colin McRae will not sign with Subaru for the 2004 season. Seems as if Subaru brass in Japan see not signing a top tier driver for the upcoming season as a cost cutting measure, given that the schedule has been expanded to 16 […]
Posted on December 13th, 2003 by admin
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I’ve been too busy/fed up with work lately to post much of anything, but I read this article on Slate regarding Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean. What really caught my eye was this quote from Gore: “We can’t afford to be divided” Gore, sounding a bit like the neo-conservatives talking about the criticism of […]
Posted on December 10th, 2003 by admin
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