October, 2003
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Over the past few months, I’ve occasionally posted photographs of anti-war protests held in downtown Kalamazoo every Tuesday and Sunday. Those protests are sponsored by a local group called Kalamazoo Non-violent Opponents of War. The group was formed to protest the war on Iraq but their politics go into a wide range of left wing…
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Rhinoskin make a couple of awesome-looking cases for the GameBoy Advance SP. Only $15, and available in either platinum, or cobalt,
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This ClickOnDetroit.Com article had me laughing out loud. Sterling Heights, Michigan, recently fired City Manager Steve Duchane because he had repeatedly lied about has academic credentials — basically he lied about receiving degrees from various institutions. Interestingly, he also lied about his degrees on his application to Oakland University where he taught a class thre…
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Like everything else religious, I am equally repulsed and fascinated by all things Wicca. My wife recently pointed me to Wren’s Nest which is basically a blog devoted to highlighting news stories related to Wicca. For example, I didn’t see anyone else link to this story that the ASPCA a couple years ago finally dropped…
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The other day on E-Bay, I saw a pretty good deal for a Roadwired Podzilla bag to go along with the Roadwired MegaMedia Computer Bag I bought a few months ago and couldn’t resist. It arrived a few days ago and, just like the Media Bag, is simply a gadget freak’s dream come true. The…
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I absolutely love the headline on this story from The Observer from October 5, Police fear they are losing control of gun-crazy Britain Now wait a minute — starting in 1998 Great Britain banned the private ownership of handguns and forced everyone who had registered a handgun to turn their weapons over to the state.…
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Okay, everybody loves Christmas, and what goes better with Christmas than H.P. Lovecraft? Nothing, of course, which is why the A Very Scary Solstice is a must have for the coming holiday season. This contains classics like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Shothoth” and Awake Ye Scary Great Old Ones (MP3). Yeah, it’s $20 but they…
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Over the past couple years I’ve written several pieces and a few reviews of laptop alternatives — essentially portable keyboards with small LCD displays, memory and USB/serial ports such as the AlphaSmart 3000. I haven’t written anything in awhile about such devices, however, and I get a surprising amount of e-mail asking for information/opinions about…
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Something that continues to amaze and annoy me is how wrapped up some people can get in their ideological wars that they completley jettison any sort of common decency and dignity toward others. Yes, I can enjoy (or start) a flamewar as much as the next guy or gal, but some people seem unable to…