December 2007
37 posts
my card will work again in approximately 15 minutes to 3 business days
trying to figure out why my etrade debit card no longer works
kicking it in nyc - i would kill for a breath of fresh air
christmasing it up with wine, the game of life, & iPhones
America, here I come!
it’s raining nuts and balls.
my game of the year: puzzle quest on DS
Clinton rolls a sizable pork barrel " →
Since taking office in 2001, Clinton has delivered $500 million worth of earmarks that have specifically benefited 59 corporations. About 64% of those corporations provided funds to her campaigns through donations made by employees, executives, board members or lobbyists, a review by the Los Angeles Times shows.”
New Jersey legislature votes to end death penalty →
To use the parlance of our times, w00t!
watching ken wilber and gabber video’s on youtube
configuring google apps for my domain — the setup is the worst design at google
The Lies Of John McCain And Mike Huckabee →
“America was founded by men of the Enlightenment: a movement which emphasized reason, rationality, liberalism, anti-authoritarianism and political equality. The founders were revolutionary liberals who believed strongly in secular government. This is nowhere near “right of center” or indicative of a Judeo-Christian Nation.” “Many of the founding fathers, especially...
the now clearly blatant iranian war/fearmongering is bringing around on the whole impeach bush/cheny issue
“COUNTDOWN’s Keith Olbermann delivers perhaps his most powerful ‘Special Comment’ to date, on Iranian intelligence and what Bush knew and when he knew it.” (via Raw Replay - Revisiting History)
our first proper party was an unqualified success - and not just because we ended up with more wine that we started with
Twitter works...
Because it’s simple and out of the way. When it’s broken, it looses those charms. It’s broken a lot. A really lot.
Online shopping in New Zealand is a waste of time.
How to turn your blog in to an OpenID →
super easy…. add two link tags to the header of your blog or website and you can use it’s url to sign into openid sites
i need a wallet chain for my handkerchiefs
Democrats incredulous over Bush's account of Iran... →
“Are you telling me a president that’s briefed every single morning, who’s fixated on Iran, is not told […] they had abandoned their effort for a nuclear weapon in ‘03?” “I refuse to believe that,” he added. “If that’s true, he has the most incompetent staff in modern American history, and he’s one of the most incompetent...
Bill of Rights Under Bush: A Timeline →
If the Patriot Act was the only entry, it would be depressing… Everything else on the list makes it disgusting.
still feeling ill effects from hitting my head last night
surprised the new wiimote sleeve doesn’t come with lube
Beer bellies are complicated →
There’s very little fat in alcohol. But your liver converts alcohol into “acetate” which replaces fat as a source of fuel. As a result, the body is forced to store an excessive amount of unburned fat calories. A reader by the name of Bob wrote to tell me: “ Try again. There is NO fat in alcohol.” Followed by a link to his informationless page shilling some for-pay...
On Chesil Beach
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author: Ian McEwan name: Jason average rating: 3.54 book published: 2007 rating: 3 read at: date added: 12/02/07 shelves: review:
The Alchemist (Plus)
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author: Paulo Coelho name: Jason average rating: 3.77 book published: 1988 rating: 3 read at: date added: 12/02/07 shelves: review:
fighting a never ending battle against weeds
deciding i have enough important stuff in google docs to have a local copy/backup
US says it has right to kidnap British citizens... →
WTF?!
gdatacopier →
python based command line tool to create a local copy of your google docs