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Archive for June, 2005

firestarter!

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

i went (unsuccessfully) to get bagels this morning afternoon and saw a couple of images that indicate the onset of the most nationalist season of all: the celebration of terrorists fighting guerilla-style and prevailing over an organized army.

normally, car dealerships around here have giant, inflatable gorillas in, on and around them. in the spirit of [...]

“Migration is ‘good for everybody’”

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

migration doesn’t steal jobs or harm economies: official (bbc news). we’ve know this for how long now? well, the half of us that don’t volunteer to guard the borders, shotguns in hand. but now that crowd has someone saying it that they might believe.
actually, as amity just pointed out, they still won’t believe it. oh, [...]

back to contracting i go…

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

back to the land of paying for benefits, working from home and making my own hours.
heh…
i did all of that before, but now i get to pay my own taxes, don’t have to ever work in a noisy cubicle and get paid hourly for 40 - 60 hours per week.
it feels odd to actually [...]

some rather good articles this morning…

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

haven’t even made it halfway through my feed list, but so far:

Your fingerprints are everywhere
the register
‘How much do you trust your government? That’s a question that all of us have to ask, perhaps the more often the better. In 1787, Thomas Jefferson, one of the founders of the United States and its third President, wrote [...]

does this seem sick to you? on more than one level?

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

“Michael Jackson’s lawyer says the singer will no longer share his bed with young boys, following the star’s acquittal.” - description on the headline rss feed from bbc news