Trepidation first:
The Washingon Redskins lost. Here’s my question, though: The Redskins toward the end of the game had a touchdown taken away from them because the officials called an “illegal procedure” penalty, and that turned the game for Green Bay. Will Kerry win because the lawyers get involved, crying illegal procedure, and turn the game?
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Today I finished Big Russ and Me, an autobiography of the moderator of Meet The Press, Tim Russert. The author takes us through his secondary and college days in Jesuit schools, telling of the priests and nuns who influenced him; his times in law school and passing the Bar exam, which led him to working [...]
Most people know someone on either side of the political aisle who have a visceral and personal reaction to a political candidate that differs substantially from their way of thinking. Instead of discussing issues with logic and rhetoric, they resort to whining, “Bush Lied!” or “Kerry sucks!” At least if I heard someone yell, “Walt [...]
Here in the U.S. we’re not unique in our amount of social concerns, though we may be unique in the types of social concerns that we have, such as giving up gas for haunted houses. Certainly there are more serious social issues that tug at our conscience, and we employ government and non-government methods of [...]
My laptop was in the shop for half of Wednesday and all of Thursday. The IT guy who resides an hour away in Bossier City dropped it off here in Kilgore this morning. The PCMCIA slots were shot and needed to be fixed. The tech also noted that the laptop was missing a couple of [...]
I pre-ordered Duran Duran’s Astronaut CD+DVD from Amazon on the 7th. Astronaut was released on the 12th, and I received it on the 16th via standard ground. Not bad considering they had promised to deliver it on the 18th after I would have left. I eagerly awaited the first album in nearly 15 years with [...]
I voted absentee today, out of the comfort of my own home. Normally I go to the county courthouse to vote absentee, but this time I sent off for a ballot. This is the way to vote in my opinion, because I can sit at my laptop to Google for issues and people [...]
One of the smallest books I have read in some time is QBQ! The Question Behind the Question by John G. Miller. I got this corporate culture/customer service book as a “present” from my boss.
Miller distributes his 115 pages among 36 nearly independent chapters, creating an almost devotional feel. One could take a chapter or [...]
