Archive for July, 2006
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Hasn’t Eleanor Holmes Norton ever heard of Stephen Colbert
Apparently not. (or she does, and played along supremely well).
Courtesy of Reason.
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
trying the flickr/1001/ecto tie-in
0 neworleans lodging
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21199082@N00/198686004/
(neworleans, lodging)
“Margaret Gardens Inn - Bedroom 2” by joecarlwhite
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Sad banana plant
Houston Public Works employees
dug up my banana plant last week to work on the sewer line. They’ve not been here for 5 days, but the plant just sits there, dying.
(houston, bureaucracy, damage)
“Sad banana plant” by joecarlwhite
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Testing the new GPS receiver
Maps - A Walk to get Coffee
Got things generally right, within 5 meters (has me walking down the street instead of the south sidewalk most of the time), and got the altitude pretty wrong, but will do until I read up on how to calibrate.
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
“The Ultimate American Consumer”
That’s what John Tran called me once. Tonight, I once again lived up to that sobriquet . On the way home from Anne’s (after a great dinner with Webb and Christy at El Patio, followed by watching the idiosyncratic Second Best with Joe Pantoliano), I stopped at Walgreen’s (to get some antacid to deal [...]
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
Free Chipotle for donation of canned goods today
It’s Even Better To Give and Receive
mmmm, burrito!