August 2003
John Ashcroft’s SSN
This article says that, for $26, you can purchase the Social Security numbers and home addresses for top Bush administration…
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08/29/03
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You call that cheating?
“Rutgers professor finds 40% of students plagiarize material from the Internet, other sources,” says the sub-headline in yesterday’s Star Ledger….
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08/29/03
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Test scores
…schools must report math and language arts scores for every school, broken down into categories based on race, income, and disabilities.
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08/29/03
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Man knocks self out with rock
The Morris County section of the paper carried this blurb yesterday, which I paraphrase. A 21-year-old man knocked himself unconscious…
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08/29/03
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Michigan Essay
The University of Michigan, fresh out of Supreme Court, where it lost the battle to preserve its old admissions policy,…
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08/29/03
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Poet Laureate
The selection of Louise Gluck (rhymes with pick) to US Poet Laureate will be announced today, according to a Star…
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08/29/03
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Hello
Patrick. Hello everybody. My dad is helping me type. It is taking forever….
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Stuffs •
08/28/03
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Polythene Pam
You should see Polythene Pam. She’s so goodlooking but she looks like a man. You should see her in drag…
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Connections •
08/28/03
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Justification for the Blog
The author of an Economist review of James Thurber’s collected letters laments: One of the quiet losses of our era…
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Explanations •
08/28/03
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Microsoft Outlook vs. Plumbing
As the first member of our family to switch computer platforms, and knowing that others have followed suit or are…
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Recommendations •
08/27/03
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Let’s Try It Again…Hermosa Beach!
Greeting, family, from my new home in Hermosa Beach, CA. I tried this the other night, and as all of…
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08/27/03
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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
I was reading up on a recent concert in Toronto meant to revitalize the SARS-scare-afflicted economy there. Playing to the…
Patrick •
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08/26/03
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Smart People Believe Weird Things
The following article appeared in the 9/02 issue of Scientific American, which David recommended to me. I found it interesting,…
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Observations •
08/22/03
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Ted Leo
When I was a freshman at Notre Dame, the guy in the room below mine used to jam out on…
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Recommendations •
08/21/03
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Last Name Commonality
I actually read, for once, one of those unsolicited emails that Netscape sends me, and I found a link to…
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Observations •
08/20/03
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World Records I Might Try For
I found this on the Guinness World Record web site a while back: The most mosquitoes killed in five minutes…
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Plans •
08/20/03
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Review of the Sunday Comics
This was a bad day for cartoons.
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Funnies •
08/17/03
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Digital Retouching
i came across this website today: digital retouching. it’s cool. make sure you look at the “digital artist part. that’s…
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Explanations •
08/12/03
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Six Degrees of Separation
I read an interesting article in the Star Ledger today about “six degrees of separation,” that well-known conjecture about how…
Dad •
Connections •
08/08/03
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Sea Turtles and Grand Designs
Hola from Costa Rica! Last night i watched and ´helped´a green sea turtle lay her eggs. it was one of…
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08/07/03
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Happy Birthday, Karina
Karina is 26 years old today.
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Felicitations •
08/04/03
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Bowling with Archimedes
Out in the lake, I drop the bowling ball overboard.
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Puzzles •
08/03/03
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Clocks and power failures
As you know, David emplys “bell ringers” in his teaching of science. Bell ringers are little puzzles given before class…
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Puzzles •
08/03/03
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Edison’s Movies
The Library of Congress has online versions of some of Edison’s earliest films.
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08/03/03
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Please Consume Beef?
Today I had a conversation about salmon with a guy I was playing volleyball against. Yup, during warm-ups we chatted…
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08/02/03
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