Archive for March, 2006
Lost and Found
Coming across the story on Yahoo today about the man returning the $1M purse full of jewels, reminded me about how Sara and our friend Collin found a wallet on the subway this weekend. Its owner had apparently dropped it by the turnstile as she put back her metro card. They tried to get in [...]
Read More..>>Fait Accomplit
It’s done. After four weeks of planning, we pulled off our wedding without a hitch. One of the reasons it went so well is we kept it to only 32 people: 18 core family members (6 for my father, 3 for my mother, 9 for Sara’s parents and sisters) and 12 of our friends.
It [...]
Bush Using Straw-Man Arguments in Speeches
Some people say this is news. The article is pretty well written though, and relatively bold for an AP reporter (named, no less) to point out the obvious about our careless leader.
But the main question I have is will anyone ever hold Bush to account? Next time he has a press conference and says "some [...]
Welcome
This is my new blog, using WordPress 2.0 as the base and a customized template. If you’ve been here before, you’ll notice the new look and experience the new code, which naturally is much better developed than the old PHP code I hacked together in a day or two.
The main issue was to find a [...]
Deceptive Restrictive Media
[repost]
The logo at right is a quick attempt at a DRM logo with a simple purpose: tell the truth about DRM in the very name. Make it simple enough that even people who think a "Death Tax" is actually a tax on death will get it. If anyone reading this can [...]
Vintage
This story was originally sold to Kurt Roth for his The Age of Reason anthology in 1999-2000. I’m reposting it now as part of the blog host change. The old /vintage directory is going away in favor of "categories."
Vintage
by Avi Bar-Ze’ev
"Gracie," I called down the valley.
Where had that old vine wandered off? [...]