Archive for November, 2004
Monday, November 29th, 2004
Plasmacytic/Lymphocytic Stomatitis
That’s what Festus has. Took him to the Cat Doctor, Dr. Caroline Oeben, who also happens to sing in the choir at Christ the King Lutheran (where the Bach Choir is). She gave him a steroid shot, which should make him feel much better and allow him to eat without pain (he’s lost [...]
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
Man, I Wish they had this when we were kids
David and I would have had a blast!!!
Shocking Remote Control Tanks: score a hit, give your opponent a shock!
This game is not suitable for anyone who suffers from a heart condition, epilepsy is pregnant or under the age of 14.
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
Vegas Trip results
Zumanity was good, but not $85 good. The eroticism was crass more often than not, and seemed to detract from the truly amazing and talented artists in the show. I much preferred ‘O‘.
After the show John and I drove up to the Stratosphere to meet up with Eb and Lynn, but we were [...]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
Curse you, Jonathan
Jonathan has posted about a website that simulates the infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters writing Shakespeare proposition. The record to date is 22 letters…I’ve gotten 20:
After 3.67724e+37 pages in this session, a monkey typed:
KING RICHARD. Old Jo
Banal, yet thrilling.
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Saturday, November 20th, 2004
Vegas, baby, Vegas!
Left the casa at 5:30 this morning to pick up Mr. Gremillion, then dropped off Joan Vogan’s iMac that I had fixed at the Operations Desk at Rice, then off to the airport. Going through security, they searched my computer bag and told me I could not bring the crimper tool on board the [...]
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
Pratchett Book to be a Musical; radio play available
I got turned on to Terry Pratchett’s DiscWorld series by David Price and Lauren Holmes and their incessant quoting of him in their AIM away messages. I started reading the series last spring, and have thoroughly enjoyed them . Anyway, thought the following post from Boing Boing was therefore of interest.
Pratchett’s “Only You [...]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
Election breakdown if EC votes done proportionally
“Here is the electoral college vote if each state assigned it’s votes proportionally. Bush wins it, 278-260.
UPDATE: For grins, did the proportional EV breakdown for the 2000 Election. In a squeaker, Gore edges Bush 263-262, but since that is not a majority, it would have been sent to the (Republican-controlled) House, again leading [...]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
I call it for Bush
I kept waiting for one of the major networks to call it, but it hasn’t happened. But, given that several have called Ohio for Bush, and several others have called Nevada for Bush, and given the almost 4 million vote lead in the popular vote, I hereby declare Bush the winner, and now I [...]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
ELECTION DAY REMINDERS from Instapundit.com
ELECTION DAY REMINDERS
ELECTION DAY REMINDERS: Let’s get a couple of things out of the way before today’s votes are counted.
You have the right to vote. You do not have the right to see the man of your choice in the White House.
If George W. Bush wins the election, the world will still spin on its [...]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
If a tree falls in my neighbors’ yard, will I hear it?
Apparently not. This morning around a quarter to one, the storms that were moving through decided to take out the spanish willow tree in Tom and Misha’s back yard.
Although one limb did manage to break their bedroom window, the tree fell pretty much perfectly to avoid major damage. A little more to the [...]
