• Archive for October, 2004

    The Kerry-Bush Debate

    by  • October 3, 2004 • WTF

    So I spent some time this morning reading through CNN’s transcript of the Presidential foreign policy debate this morning. I wish I could have seen it on the screen, but since I don’t have a TV, this is the only way for me to access it, I think. Anyway, I have a question about...

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    I Am Not Sure, But…

    by  • October 1, 2004 • WTF

    Your attention please. Lime says this is not a joke. I’m not sure, but I thought I’d bring it to your attention just the same. Just go look. http://www.malepregnancy.com/ Yes, really.

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    How One Man Dealt With a Shitty Work Environment

    by  • October 1, 2004 • PERSONAL

    I wrote recently about the French approach to workplace resistance; here’s a rather different form, Texan style, called The Mad Shitter. I bet the Big Hairy Hominid‘s gonna love this. I found the link through Adam, who’s also mad… but it’s his crossbows you need to watch, not his rectum.

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    Yes, Attendance Is Mandatory

    by  • October 1, 2004 • teaching in Korea

    Today, Cheolseong and I were laughing like madmen when a student of Mike’s came in and started to talk to him. Why? The first thing she said was something like, “Uh, it’s Chuseok.” Mike said, “Are you in my class?” When the girl claimed she was, he asked, “Then why have I never seen...

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    A summary of today

    by  • October 1, 2004 • PERSONAL

    Woke early enough to have a decent breakfast and get my mind in order before going to teach my first class. Wrestled with a broken door before teaching second class. My office’s door is screwed, the hinge messed up. I’m hoping someone shows up sometime next week to fix it. Went downtown to the...

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    Listen To The Words

    by  • October 1, 2004 • MUSIC, MUSIC -- MINE

    The fiendish Adam asks us this week: What are your 5 favorite lines from any song? Not the song itself, but specific lyrics that you dig, and find yourself repeating in your head. Oh, now, that’s just not fair. I listen most of the time to instrumental music, man! I mean, no singing, no...

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    When the Chicken Shit Hits The Fan

    by  • October 1, 2004 • WTF

    Via Simon World’s Asia By Blog roundup, here’s the most striking link in his most recent batch: one at serial deviant that says that The WHO says that human-to-human transmission of bird flu (H5N1 avian influenza) is now a real possibility, the last two cases being part of a family cluster. Oh, great. Fun...

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