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Nov 092006
I was listening to the Bush press conference yesterday afternoon on KUT and thought I heard him specifically mention Dell as a brand of television in answering a question. I didn’t think much of it until I saw this post on BoingBoing today.
After watching the video, it doesn’t seem like a stutter, but I also can’t imagine that it was intentional. It seems pretty unlikely that anyone would name Dell as the first brand that comes to mind when discussing “television screens” although they have been pushing them a lot more in the last year or so. Weird.
Nov 062006
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Nov 022006
Only 5 days until Election Day. If you’re not already registered to vote, then you’re hosed, at least here in Austin. You have to be registered 30 days prior to the election in which you’d like to vote. If you are registered, get your ass out there and do it.
Here’s a few things to read an think about over the weekend as you prepare to make your decision:
- Hearts and Brains – Scott sent this New Yorker commentary by Hendrik Hertzberg. It pretty well sums things up.
- Election, economy and the price of gas – I’m not generally one for conspiracy theories and it seems like this is too complicated to be easily manipulated, but I’m taking note of the current gas price. Let’s see where it is in December or January.
- The Great Divider – I agree with this 100%. So much for the “compassionate conservative”.
- Fuck Them – The Rude Pundit on why you should vote against the Republicans this time around. As usual, he doesn’t beat around the Bush (sorry).
It’s impossible not to bring up the recent flap over Kerry’s “joke” in the context of all of this. There’re tons of people across the blogosphere who’ve made valid points about this. It’s a perfect illustration of how screwed up things are right now. I never liked Kerry. I’m still wondering how he got the nomination. At the same time, it’s obvious what he intended when he botched the lame-ass joke, as obvious as what Dick Cheney meant when he referred to waterboarding as a “no-brainer”. Creating a flap over this is just distracting from more important things and the media is a more than willing participant.
Nov 022006
Nov 012006
Since one of our old posts about the soon-to-be-opened Ikea store in Round Rock was the most visited page last month, I thought I’d update you rabid Ikea maniacs with the news that the aforementioned location finally opens this month on Wednesday, November 15th.
The Ikea website mentions that people can start lining up Monday morning, November 13th for the opening. I’m wondering why the hell you’d want to camp our for two days for an Ikea opening? Do they give away an entire room of furniture or something? Somebody enlighten me.
Nov 012006
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This is what pisses me off about GOP tactics. Elect us or you’re voting for the “gay agenda” or you “support the terrorists”, ridiculous caricatures that don’t realistically describe anyone’s position and distracts from what really matters.
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Cool history of one of hip-hop’s most sampled recordings.
Nov 012006
There’re quite a few posts on security screening and its shortcomings over the past week or so, which prompted me to do a little round-up:
Bruce Schneier and Xeni at BoingBoing have posts about the poor performance of security screeners at Newark airport. My relatives just went through that airport on their way back from here. The also had stories of a run-in with an overly zealous screener in Midland.
Then there’s another BoingBoing article about a mouthbreathing screener in New Zealand who wouldn’t allow a passenger to bring on his clearly marked insulin, causing the passenger to go into DKA and require hospitalization.
These reminded me of a Scott Adams post about dangerous containers. And if you haven’t already heard about it, check out his post about how he cured himself of Spasmodic Dysphonia. You should read Scott’s blog because he’s a political genius and because this last run of Dilbert strips was hilarious.
And don’t forget your Kip Hawley Is An Idiot baggie when you’re on your way through screening so you can test the War on Free Speech as well.
P.S. I totally forgot the part where I make this all about me…because everyone knows that’s all that matters. The most important casualty in the War on Moisture is that I can no longer get relatives (mainly my sister) to smuggle bottles of Stone Pale Ale, Ruination or other special flavors that I can’t get deep in the heart of Texas in carry-on luggage when they happen to be in more enlightened parts of the country. Damn you, Greg Koch! Distribute all of your highly addictive products in Austin! Stat!