Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 20th, 2007
For the 1.7 of you out there that care about such things: At 7-1/2, Oz is a pretty competent speaker of the language. But he generated a strange construction yesterday which seems to violate the normal logic of indexicals.
Context: It's the last day of day camp for a kid that ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
Okay, other than tweaking, the new layout and setup is in place here. Probably the biggest change is the feed of commented news items along the right edge. I've been finding I'm less inclined to write real posts and more to make quick comments on things, and so I'm accommodating ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
From the American Research Group, the kind of poll numbers I like: A majority of Americans want Cheney impeached, and Bush is only slightly behind with 45% in favor.
And who's pushing the case in the U.S. House? The toughest little man in congress, Dennis the Menace!
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Things might look funky now and again as I screw around under the hood here a little. Pay no attention. New theme and other stuff being installed.
UPDATE: New theme is up. Bear with me as the bugs get ironed out. There's some strangeness if you're ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
Thanks to P.D., I now have an action figure of myself. OK, maybe it was originally manufactured based on the character of "Tigerman" from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (played by football player turned pro-wrestler turned actor H.B. Haggerty). But it's me now.
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
I saw a "What Would Scooby Do?" bumper sticker on the road the other day, and was reminded that our affection for the most banal of crap is the clearest mark of generation. Being a younger-end-of-the-boomers kind of guy, Scooby-Do was just past my time, so always just seems ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
The daylilies are back. Around here, their regular appearance in late June or early July is as much a part of the seasons changing for me as the leaves in the fall. All of a sudden, there are wild daylilies everywhere you look -- roadside ditches, vacant lots, and ...
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