Archive for June, 2004

Nice, Very Nice

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Cam Edwards wants webloggers for a weekly segment of his talk show. If anyone wants to put in a good word for me, I’d be greatful. And don’t forget to toot your own horn.
“Calling All Bloggers Pt. 2″

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What an Odd Name

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The TaxGnome. Is it related to Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome?

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Democrat at GOP Convention

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I can understand Oliver irritation. Sen. Zell Miller speaking at the GOP convention would be like Sen. John McCain speaking at the Dems’ bash. Do Democrats use the lable DINO (Democrat In Name Only, analogous to RINO)? If not they should because Miller fits it perfectly. Miller isn’t running for re-election anyway, so going all [...]

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Crummy Software

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For being one of the rising stars in the home sales industry The Pampered Chef has some very lame software for their salesmen consultants. My sister wants to use the software on my Windows XP machine. She has her own user account, but it seems the PC software will only work on an administrators account. [...]

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When Stealing Isn’t Stealing

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I was going to excoriate Bill Hobbs for advocating blatant theft by paying to see another movie while sneaking into Fahrenheit 9/11, but Michael Moore doesn’t care. But don’t bother going to the theater when you can download it and watch it at home (with plenty of strong spirits close at hand).
If Moore really wanted [...]

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The Court on COPA

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The Supreme Court case dealing with sexually explicit content on the Internet feels right to me. The Child Online Protection Act was too broad and was self-defeating since online porn peddlers could just move their material to an offshore server. Even with the many flaws filtering software possess, the technological option seems to be the [...]

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Good Taste on a Bad Product

Laurence hates C2. I only needed a sip to discover this product is worthless. C2’s slogan should be, “C2: 1/2 the carbs, 1/2 the flavor, 1/2 the metal-eating power.”
And isn’t C2 something that’s just 1/2 the strength of C4? We better not let the Islamists find out. They’ll take advantage of the all the huge [...]

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Just Can’t Do It

I can’t promote a National Kissing Day for the U.S. It would only irritate/depress me like Valentine’s Day does.
“Countdown to International Kissing Day” [via Instapundit]

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Bonfire Anniversary

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One year of the Bonfire of the Vanities. Fortunately for me, TAM has no entries for you to vote as the worst…at least not yet.

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The End of an Era

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Here’s one last “I’m on vacation link” . Godfather of the modern conservative movement, William F. Buckley has moved his ownership of National Review to a trustee board. Hopefully, for America, the board guides NR to at least another 50 years of intellectual service.
“National Review Founder Says It’s Time to Leave Stage”

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Quick Notes

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Steven Taylor is helping with a book drive to fill Baghdad University’s library.
For insight into today’s Supreme Court rulings there’s no better place to start than The Volokh Conspiracy. Especially note Eugene’s scary hypothetical.
Thanks to Mitch Berg for adding TAM to his blogroll. I think Shawn had something to do with it.

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Still on Vacation

Like me, Pierre Bernard has too much time on his hands. Therefore he watches too much Robotech. I’m right in the middle of watching the Macross Saga that came in the mail while I was away.
“Open Letter to Late Night with Conan O’Brien”

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Door To Door

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A door knocking lefty stopped by James Lileks’s pad to ask him to vote for her candidate. James gave her a little economics lesson which she didn’t like.
Scroll down towards the bottom to pick up the story.

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Hmmmmmm

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Sean returns home from a Secret, Undisclosed Location earlier than planned or announced.
Iraqi sovereignty is turned over earlier than planned or announced.
Coincidence?

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Hola!

The post below means I’ve returned from the Undisclosed Location (wouldn’t that be a cool name for a bar?) and returned to civilization and the blogosphere. Shawn and Steve have been doing a fine job in my stead. Since I forgot I buffered my travel time with another day of vacation before going back to [...]

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