Monthly Archives: February 2004

So a disclaimer: I have not seen The Passion of the Christ. I have no intention of seeing The Passion of the Christ. I seem to have enough trouble actually going out and seeing the movies that I do want … Continue reading →

This quiz is sort of interesting; it purports to measure how southern one’s speech patterns are. Of course there’s a great many faults that one can find with it — the basic assumption that measuring and index of dixie-ness is … Continue reading →

Temperatures have actually be above freezing during the daytime for the past couple here in my little corner of the Upper Midwest. I’m a fan, personally; winter was great, I loved all the snowstorms that I didn’t have to drive … Continue reading →

I’m reading the transcript from some CNN show last night, where the host (Dobbs) had a spirited debate with one of his guests (Glassman) about the offshoring of jobs by big American companies. Glassman, who sees this as a good … Continue reading →

Thematically related to last night’s long ‘un: The Poor Man has a brief essay on the standard model of political reporting. If you weren’t snickering by halfway through, then all I can say is that you haven’t read enough physics.

One of the few things that I’m really excited about in my life right now is a course I’m going to be teaching this summer (May-June). I know, you’re probably saying that if I have to look ahead to May … Continue reading →

Specificity in search terms is always good. For instance, if one was looking for an enlarger for a darkroom, you might think that just going to eBay and typing “enlarger” into the search box would be sufficient. After all, what … Continue reading →

If I ever manage to Break the Chains for good, I think Freecell is one of the only Windows programs that I would really miss. Of course, even if I went Windows-free, I’d still own a deck of cards, so … Continue reading →

Well, it’s been over a month since I made the leap from OS X 10.2 to 10.3, and I finally decided to get rid of the “Previous System 1″ folder. I don’t really need the diskspace, since my drive is … Continue reading →