| Morgentaler named to the Order of Canada |
[02 Jul 2008|03:14pm] |
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Hey, Dr. Henry Morgentaler has been named to the Order of Canada.
Americans: Imagine Norma Leah McCorvey (aka Jane Roe of Roe v Wade) winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Assuming she had never recanted her pro-choice views and instead spent her life opening abortion clinics.
(Good excuse to read about R. v. Morgentaler, non?)
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| Only one quarter left |
[05 Jun 2008|12:54pm] |
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In other news, CBS just released a Bush job approval rating poll showing his approval down to 25% -- lower than it's ever been reported. CNN's last poll at the end of April reported his disapproval rating at 71%, higher than it's ever been reported.
I actually thought the 30% mark had about reached the bottom of the core Bush see-no-evil group, but I'm pleased to be wrong. Only one more percent to tie Nixon! Go go go!
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| Achoo |
[04 Jun 2008|06:00pm] |
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OK, is it just me, or is the Boston pollen this week worse than anytime in the last...uh, ever? I feel like I'm an asthmatic seven year old again.
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| Obama v Clinton |
[15 May 2008|06:36pm] |
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So I finally went over to Electorial Vote for the first visit of the campaign season. (Electoral Vote is a fabulous site that tracks all the polling data it can about candidates and looks at it in ways that actually matter.) I've been leaning Obama for a while now, although my main response to the current contest is to wonder aloud why the first serious African American presidental candidate had to come along the same year as the first serious female presidental candidate.
Anyway. The last week has had the air of inevitably around Obama (while acknowledging his big loss in WV). But, looking at the polling numbers, the Clinton camp really does have a valid point regarding Clinton's ability to get the winning 270 electoral votes vs. Obama's ability to do it.
( By the numbers... )
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| "Music reached its peak in 1974, it's a scientific fact!" |
[02 May 2008|12:30pm] |
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Just before my computer tanked on Wednesday, I had reason to stumble on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Glancing over the list, I was struck by the bias towards older artists that I heard grumblings about back when the list was originally released.
And I thought "Aha! This calls for a quick shell script!"
( The results... )
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| This is happening way too frequently |
[30 Apr 2008|11:22pm] |
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Computer ganked again. I've got backups, I don't trust them, getting ready to rebuild this machine from scratch. Again.
On the other hand, Eddie Izzard on Monday was excellent.
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| Flying home from London in a few hours |
[21 Feb 2008|10:47am] |
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You'll have to excuse me
I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week
I've been drunk since I left
and these so-called vacations
will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest.
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| Ageism, presidents, death, and running mates |
[08 Feb 2008|02:01pm] |
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So, McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee now, while Clinton and Obama continue to fight a neck-and-neck campaign for the Democratic nomination.
I took some time this morning to focus on the McCain vs. Obama possibility, and specifically the 25 year age difference between them. (I think this would be the biggest gap ever between two front-runners. Clinton vs. Bush in '92 was 22 years. The change from Eisenhower to Kennedy was 27 years, but they never ran against each other.)
( Read on... )
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| Get out of this place while we still have time |
[28 Jan 2008|09:38am] |
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I received my "green card" a few months ago, and just passed my fifth anniversary at Ambient this month.
It's time to move on.
Five years is twice as long as I've ever spent at a job (and almost longer than I've ever spent at a school), and much longer than I ever expected to stay at the scrappy startup when I joined. And now the stars have aligned for me to wander off into the sunset.
What next? For the next couple of months, it's planning ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) aerynne's and my wedding, doing some major renovations at Equinox, snowboarding, travel, and generally attending to a bunch of things in my life that have been neglected in five years of late-night server emergencies and early-morning board meetings.
After that? Who knows? Probably a startup or early-stage company, as I've noticed that I enjoy them more than large companies, but the field is open. Pepper me with ideas! :)
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| Now there's a racket |
[10 Dec 2007|03:15pm] |
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CNN reports: "... Darwin is accused of obtaining money fraudulently from Unat Direct Insurance Management by falsely claiming that he had been killed in an accident the previous year."
She turned me into a newt, but I got better...
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| I left my voice in Kansas City |
[08 Nov 2007|10:57pm] |
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Been sick all weekend and week, didn't go into the office until Wednesday, when I stopped in briefly on the way to Kansas City. Spent 15 hours in Kansas, came back with my voice all but gone.
I feel like I'm living a metaphor of What's the Matter with Kansas?
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| I shouldn't be happy about this |
[20 Sep 2007|10:18am] |
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Remember back when the U.S. dollar was worth more than the Canadian one?
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| Play ball! |
[11 Sep 2007|08:28pm] |
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"The Sporting Life" by The Decemberists |
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Product release season continues at my early-stage company. Next up are devices that let you track the status of baseball and football games, standings, and schedules, all lovingly delivered via san_j's excellent server code.
Meanwhile, the StockCast lets you track the market and your stocks in greater detail than the Orb ever let you, even if it's not in color anymore.
(I'm still getting used to these names, which are of course completely different than the internal project codenames)
Holiday shopping, everyone...
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| I would walk 500 miles |
[11 Sep 2007|08:19pm] |
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"Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen |
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The aforementioned accident has finally resulted in a toalled car after extensive insurance company hand-wringing. After driving my last car into the ground over an 11 year period, I'm rather suprised to be looking for a new one again so soon.
Recommendations?
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| And so it begins |
[17 Jul 2007|04:04pm] |
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My company's 2007 product release season is underway.
First up is the long-awaited high-end status symbol item, the Weather Forecasting Umbrella. If you find you're frequently getting caught in the rain, this is for you.
Stay tuned, more in the coming weeks.
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| A year and a day |
[11 Jun 2007|10:06pm] |
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How time flies when you're in love.
I just realized that I posted the announcement of the engagement to be betrothed but not the commencement of the betrothal itself. Let it here be known that the year and a day that aerynne committed to spend together has now come and gone. Perhaps the commitment was unnecessary because, well, spending a year with her was easy. :)
You haven't heard the last of us...
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| Home again home again jiggidy jig |
[29 May 2007|01:18am] |
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We were flying out of Buffalo this trip, but Uncle Sam had other plans. After the Memorial Day line ups at the border had their way with us, USCIS made us wait another hour in the George Bush detention room for a visa stamp. Fights were missed, cars were upgraded, and a spontaneous 12 hour road trip was born.
Back in Beantown now. Bed looks inviting.
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