Archive for June, 2004

My mail

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

American Rifleman
National Geographic
Columbia-from the Knights of Columbus
Mensa Bulletin
Popular Mechanics
Smithsonian
Wired (thrown away it smelled)
All showed up in the mail this week. I get too much crap.

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Talking head

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

The idiot that called a rhinocerous a rhino-serious on TV a few weeks ago just used the word microsm.
Apparently a microsm is a smaller group that represents a larger group in terms of diversity. A group of Iraqi-Americans (apparently that is now a politically correct term) met at a nearby hotel to [...]

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I hate traffic!

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

I went to ALA Saturday. I missed the meeting I wanted to attend; I-4 was a parking lot. However I did make it to the Florida State University School of Information Studies booth. I did manage to make it around to about half of the exhibits as well. I really like [...]

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Public school graduates, what a fine crop we have.

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

Random crap:
Ignorant and unaware is how most of the people I have worked with go through life. Some places it has been 51% some 99%. The only exception is hospitals where I find the vast majority people are with the program.
I think we have become a society that values self-esteem more than [...]

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92 million AOL users. Lord save us.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Some goofball sold the complete list of AOL screen names to spammers. 92 million of them.
Wow, 92 million AOL accounts, of course not all of them are active, but I wonder how many are active. Some of the people with whom I have discussed this feel that anyone who uses AOL deserves to [...]

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Beheading & cowards

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Several thoughts:
1) Beheading is too nice a term. Murder is more appropriate. Why do the cowards that hide behind balaclavas and towels execute people as a political statement? I make political statements by putting stickers on my car and working for a particular cause or person.
I am angered by these killings. [...]

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Book recommendation

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

I recommend Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. I ordered it from Easons in Ireland before it was published in the States. I suggest everyone order from there. They even have the Clinton book, although I am not rushing out to get it. If you can’t order [...]

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American Library Association Orlando annual

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Well I am getting ready for the ALA meeting in Orlando. I will be driving up from Clearwater a few days and I will be staying at the Peabody (it has ducks in the fountain and a daily duck parade- seeing that I like animals more than people it was an easy choice).
Michael Moore’s [...]

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MovableType

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004

Well I installed Movable Type. It only took about 30 minutes. It would have taken 15 minutes if I did not screw up capitalizing MT (vs. mt). Then again it would have take 10 minutes if I could chmod correctly the first time around.
Well, we will see how this works, if this [...]

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