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Archive for November, 2005

Is the New York Times Staffed By Monkeys?

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

That seems to be a fair question to ask, as their latest piece on the economy contains this piece of great insight:
Gasoline prices-the national average is now $2.15, according to the Energy Information Administration- have fallen because higher prices tamped down demand and supplies in the Gulf Coast have been slowly restored.
Read that sentence […]

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I Hate It When Public Economics Crops Up.

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

On Friday I saw the new RENT film with my sister and her boyfriend. Fifth (third?) wheel awkwardness aside, it was a pretty decent conversion of the stage musical onto the big screen. Most of the songs were preserved, and most of the Broadway cast was back in their same roles. The […]

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DEATH POOL!

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

I am administering a deathpool for Pajamas Media. You can find the detailed rules here. Upon entry please email pjmdeathpool@gmail.com after making your donation to enter your selected date. Alternately, post a comment at the post linked above. Please feel free to do both. And happy schadenfreude.
Technorati Tags: OSM, Pajamas […]

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OSM Or Dumbest Web-Venture Since Home Grocer

Monday, November 21st, 2005

I have been in the “blogosphere” as it is called for a pretty long time. I’ve read Instapundit since a few months after its launch, I’ve been blogging on the Commentator site since late 2002. At one point I read upwards of 60 blogs a day. Now I read five, and Drudge […]

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WWB Is Correct

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

The latest episode of South Park was, in fact, 22 minutes of pure genius. If you didn’t see it, WWB’s post is here.
Special message to any Scientologists who might be reading: your “religion” is a cult, you are all morons, and I can’t stop laughing at how many high-school-dropout-actors buy, quite literally, into that […]

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I Am A Progressive.

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

Not in the political sense, mind you, jumped up Christ on toast no, but in the sense of I am for progress. This thread at JMPP about flouridated drinking water got me going again, and caused me to pen what I think are two of the most vitriolic comments I’ve ever written, this […]

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Incentives Matter, My Paycheck Says So!

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

I don’t generally write about my job here, mainly because I don’t think much of it would be all that interesting to people. But, additionally, because a lot of what I do deals with proprietary bank information, employee and customer data, and other sorts of things that one really can’t go blabbing about on […]

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Protectionism Is For Fools

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Over at Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux has this little rant about a stupid bumper sticker he saw on an old Buick.
This reminded me of a fact that a lot of people seem to either forget, ignore, or not even know: most “American” cars aren’t really manufactured by American workers and most “Foreign” cars […]

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Pretty In A Picture

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

As promised, there is the small matter of just what the heck I’ve done with myself. Well, I’ve been in The Euge (as it is known) visiting the girl and some friends, and I have returned with pictures and stories to share below the fold.

The first order of business, and the major reason for […]

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Coming Soon: CONTENT!

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Just back from a weekend trip to my former stomping grounds. Photo essay soon, for now check out ye olde new Flickr Album.

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