Archive for February, 2005
Monday, February 28th, 2005
The Cedar Revolution?
I am very excited about the happenings in Lebanon (or the Lebanon, for those old-school types out there). Despite a government order banning protests and telling the military and police “to take all necessary steps to preserve security and order and prevent demonstrations and gatherings”, thousands of people have thronged to the center of [...]
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Monday, February 21st, 2005
Free Mojtaba and Arash
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Sunday, February 20th, 2005
In another sign of the coming eschaton, I cooked my own lunch today
Granted, it was only French toast, but it was tasty, and the fact that I actually had eggs in my house is further proof that the time is short. Repent, sinners!
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Saturday, February 19th, 2005
“Get Ye the Booty Ye Deserve!”
Great Flash animation for Captain Hooke Silver, pirate attorney for those injured by ninjas.
Hat tip to Boing Boing.
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Friday, February 18th, 2005
How To Fold a Shirt
Thanks to my sis-in-law Lauren for this nifty video.
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Sunday, February 13th, 2005
David’s take on Chruchill
My brother is having problems with TypePad and can’t post comments (if anyone else experiencing this, please email me), so here are his thoughts:
My comments as a Professional Academic *hrumph hrumph* ??:
First, what happens to the New World aboriginal inhabitants is a tragedy, but alas, it is unavoidable. ??As I point out to [...]
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Saturday, February 12th, 2005
Ward Churchill Brouhaha
[I love the word brouhaha]
My take: despite the extreme idiocy of the man’s comments, he should not lose his job over them. However, he should face scrutiny for possible academic fraud, as pointed out by Thomas Brown of Lamar University:
Churchill argues that the US Army created a smallpox epidemic among the Mandan people [...]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2005
The “official” directions for tea, from the British Standards Insitute
The Guardian posted these details from BS6008, the British Standards Institute (not Institution, as the story says) paper for making tea for sensory testing. Should also work for actual drinking.
Use 2g of tea – plus or minus 2% – for every 100ml of water
Tea flavour and appearance will be affected by the hardness of [...]
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2005
Koranic duels ease terror | csmonitor.com
Koranic duels ease terror | csmonitor.com:
“If you can convince us that your ideas are justified by the Koran, then we will join you in your struggle,” Hitar told the militants. “But if we succeed in convincing you of our ideas, then you must agree to renounce violence.”
Read the article. There is hope.
