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Archive for June, 2006

Review Contest

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Just in case any of my minimal readership is interested, there is a book review contest being hosted at Nightcap Syndication. Write a good book review and you could be the winner of a freelance gig with a major US newspaper. If you enter, I get absolutely nothing. In fact, it only […]

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GOOOOOOOOO D….BEAVERS!

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers NCAA Division 1 Men’s Baseball Champions! WHOO!

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I blog purely for my own amusement, so I don’t have much to add to the whole Jerome Armstrong-Kos-Astrology-Stockpumping thing, but the comments on that linked post at TNR and this one in which Zengerle admits to making a really bone-headed mistake go fairly quickly to the dogs. Not the most vicious I’ve seen […]

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Dear (Dis)Astros Management,

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Please, please, trade Brad Lidge. His ERA is 4.67, he’s blowing saves all over the place, and today he gave up two hits and a walk with two out in the 9th, and then a grand slam.
In fact, get rid of the whole bullpen besides Wheeler. I realize that things will get better […]

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Corn Syrup and You, A User’s Guide.

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Recent topics over at Hit & Run have led me to do a little bit of investigation into the exact nature of High Fructose Corn Syrup. One of the trolls commenters over there, a “Dave W” is absolutely convinced, beyond all evidence, that High Fructose Corn Syrup used to sweeten things is causing some […]

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Mayor Proposes Killing Of Local Economy

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Admittedly, the headline is a big of hyperbole, but Mayor Hardberger wants to impose restrictions on Riverwalk business.
Hardberger’s proposal is similar to ordinances adopted by other cities seeking to limit the number of so-called formula restaurants. Large chains — those whose restaurants have the same decor, uniforms, architecture and menu — would be prohibited […]

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Class Autobiography

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Bryan Caplan at Econlog has been soliciting class autobiographies from bloggers. Being that is one of the many titles for which I barely qualify (for one of the others check the object of this blog’s title), I figured I’d get in on the action. Why not?

I was born in Houston, Texas. Saint […]

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