19. October, 2001 - Happy Birthday, Jim
- Cleaner clears up Hirst's ashtray art. I think I agree that the proper title
for Mr. Asare is not janitor, but art critic.
- Heard about the Novel Security Measures some airports are taking?
(The book that got the kid in trouble was Hayduke Lives --
ISBN 0-31600-413-8, a sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang
ISBN 0-06095-644-5, and the story helps publicize those, which is a good thing.)
Can government balance civil liberties, security? Not bloody likely.
Heck, you can't even read and fly, apparently. Next thing you know, they'll
ban thinking.
- ID card idea attracts high-level support among bigger-government types.
Perhaps they haven't seen the Sample of Larry Ellison's new National ID Card
(or a personalized version for themselves). Schwartzkopf, Dershowitz, McNealy,
Feinstein
- How Safe Are Your Illegal Drugs? Terrorists could poison them and the government
would be helpless to do anything about it. Or the government could poison them and
... oh wait. I already said that.
- Once the shooting's done, it'll take a decade to rebuild Afghanistan. Or maybe it'll go
more like the tale described in Ayn Rand Comes to Somalia. I'm not sure that our
helping really helps all that much. Then again, I'm not so sure I even know
What Really Happened (some of their facts check out, but you'll probably want to
fact check this more closely than usual).
- Officer injured by Clinton motorcade - D'you ever get the feeling that some people
just don't get it? And that far too many of them are our elected representatives?
- St. Paul's Ford plant's future in doubt. And they're just coming up to renew their license
for hydropower at the Ford Lock and Dam (aka Lock & Dam #1) with
FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission).
- Sperm tail protein points to male pill. Stop the boys from swimming, and they
don't do their job very well.
- Don't read The Science Behind the Song Stuck in Your Head unless you're prepared to
try and shake out the song that pops into your brain and gets stuck. It'll happen.
- HowGoodInBed.com purports to predict how good someone will be in bed without
you actually having to exchange
precious
bodily
fluids.
- Click and Clack present The Ultimate Guy Cars of All Time. The Camaro,
(RIP)
made the list.
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