Category: Alex
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Nerd Party!
I\’ve been meaning to write more about politics and/or the election, but I\’ve come to the realization that even talking about the subject angries up my blood. Even today, I had a highly civil e-mail conversation with wadE where we mostly agreed on the subjects, and it still kinda hacked me off. So Have can…
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One iPhone\’s view of the MN State Fair
Your intrepid SP crew took it upon themselves to tackle the Great Minnesota Get Together last week, and I decided to take a low-quality snapshot tour for everyone\’s enjoyment. Click on past the jump to see all of the technicolor goodness.
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It begins…
Police are raiding homes in anticipation of protestors of the RNC. Link, link, and link. Great. Just great. Makes me so proud to live here. (And for those of you out there who are idiots, that\’s sarcasm.)
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On voting…
A quote: \”If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don\’t bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who are not dumb and are keenly aware that it\’s in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every…
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Blass on Ankiel
In the middle of this article from the STLtoday.com, there\’s a nice little story: Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Steve Blass once won 19 games in the majors, but he is known more for what took him out of the majors. Suddenly and inexplicably he couldn’t throw a strike. So it was with profound empathy and amazement…
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Patrick Henry would choose death…
So the basic fact is: the Government, somewhere in the executive branch, possibly even the Big Shrub, committed a felony by wiretapping Americans. Today, the legislative branch, led by the opposition party, covered it up. 99% of the media would rather not cover it, since it could someday be their corporate interests who will need…
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Garfield Minus Garfield
I thought I\’d blogged about this before, but my quick search for the orange cat on this site didn\’t turn up anything, so I\’ll try to set that right this time. Anyway. I found an old article in the Washington Post this morning, that highlighted one of my newer internet finds: Garfield Minus Garfield. And…
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No, YOU\’RE a Club!
Ok, bad joke. You\’ll see. A little preface. Weak stream. Urgent need to go. Incomplete emptying. These days it seems you can\’t watch a sporting or news channel without hearing how men, basically, can\’t hold it in. A fact that assuredly isn\’t helped by all that beer and coffee and watermelon consumption. I find the…
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Austin in the News
If it\’s Austin in the news, and it\’s not a man trying to jump a sledding hill, or a man robbing a convenience store with a cheeseburger, or a burglar foiled by register tape, or a kid getting stuck in a crane game, or someone desecrating Starman\’s grave, or defecating in an envelope, or. .…
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It\’s-a Me! Sellin\’ you burritos!
Nice little find by a vacationeer in Acapulco. That guy in the sombrero looks awfully familiar… It\’s-a Me! No word on whether or not immigration is aware of the warp pipes. (h/t GoNintendo.) Late day post-script: Monkey passed this along, and it\’s too good not to add in. Evil Red Wings owner steals cup. (Courtesy…