Year: 2003
Melting like Gumby
Posted on August 9, 2003 in Childhood Weather
The bright guy is still around, but he’s moving around like Gumby. And Gumby’s melting.
Mr. Hobbs
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Book of Days Childhood
We had a tortoise who my brother named Mr. Hobbs. Like the many Californians, we just picked up our pet when he happened to cross the road near Devil’s Punchbowl.
Statistics
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Site News
I’ve heard that this is “bad form”. I see it as sharing information.
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Rewriting Blog Entries
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Blogging Site News
I want to make it clear that I rewrite blog entries. I don’t do this to avoid being nailed for impropriety: I do it to either correct a fact, strengthen the style, or clarify what I said by fixing the syntax.
Nagasaki Day: The High Price of WW 2
Posted on August 8, 2003 in War
The blast at Nagasaki should not blind us to the consequences of the other arms race, to the great profits being made off these holocausts in a can.
Darrell Issa’s Lies and Gouges
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Accountability Gray Davis Recall Scoundrels
Gray Davis hasn’t been that exciting of a governor, but whether or not you like him, if it is the deficit that worries you, know that the recall election mounted by car thief Darrell Issa is going to cost you up to $66 million.
Don’t Even Try to Explain It To Me
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Writing Exercises
I have just finished two exercises in Natalie Goldberg’s Wild Mind, first spending twenty minutes writing about everything I did for others and then spending another twenty minutes writing about everything I know. They are done, pages are filled, and I have no idea what this is supposed to do for me!
From the Crypt
Posted on August 8, 2003 in Scoundrels
Aside from an “unfair election” (as Representative Cass Ballenger, R-N.C put it), what Guatemala is dangerously close to is more years of genocide and bloody civil war.
Martyr for a Name
Posted on August 7, 2003 in Book of Days
“What saint are you named after?” the kids would ask me. We checked the hagiographies. No St. Joel in there.
Punditry as Avoidance of Self Examination
Posted on August 7, 2003 in Blogging
Is no one alive out there?
McCarthyism at the Wall Street Journal
Posted on August 7, 2003 in Journalists & Pundits
The statements made about MoveOn were blatantly and prejudicially wrong.
