Woman Trampled at Wal-Mart
Sunday, November 30th, 2003 Posted in Society | 8 Comments »If you thought my recent blogs on the evils of Wal-Mart were over the top, why don't you ask Patricia VanLester? She was knocked unconscious and trampled by shoppers rushing into Wal-Mart at 6 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving to ...
Uncensored Stories of War
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003 Posted in War | No Comments »It seems strange timing after my entry the other day about the under-reported stories of the war that I come across this CBC story, Deadline Iraq - Uncensored Stories of the War (link via
Where Oh, Where Has the Internet Gone?
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003 Posted in Internet | 3 Comments »"It's a huge problem," said Brewster Kahle, digital librarian at the Internet Archive in San Francisco in a Washington Post article on the ephemeral nature of the net (link via jordoncooper.com). "The average lifespan of a Web page today is ...
Wal-Squiggly-Mart
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003 Posted in Society | No Comments »Interesting article about Wal-Mart (link via jordoncooper.com). It's frightening to compare the benefits and hinderance Wal-Mart is to the U.S. economy. Delivering cheap products is great, but at what cost? But aside from all the socio-economic factors, I just can't stand ...
Going Home
Monday, November 24th, 2003 Posted in Family, Introspection, Vacation | No Comments »I'm a blogging maniac today. And I guess that's OK. I'll be taking some time off over Thanksgiving, so you'll just have to go without. I'm also avoiding lots of real work today. What else is new. Aside from the job ...
Chronicle of the Unemployed
Monday, November 24th, 2003 Posted in Introspection | 1 Comment »It's the Monday before Thanksgiving, and it's time for some introspection. I've realized I haven't really talked about what I've been up to in a while, and it's probably a decent time to bring people up to speed. I'll be ...
Expensive Paperweight 2
Monday, November 24th, 2003 Posted in Introspection, Technology | No Comments »It's the Monday before Thanksgiving. It's a two-day work week, since we'll be traveling on Wednesday, and with all the preparations and things that need to be done, it's pretty much a week written-off. At a time when I actually ...
Hybrid Named Motor Trend’s Car of the Year
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003 Posted in Transportation | 2 Comments »Motor Trend named the Toyota Prius its 2004 Car of the Year. I'm glad to see the auto industry is finally welcoming a new era where environmental issues actually matter.
The Under-reported Stories of War
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003 Posted in War | 1 Comment »While browsing the news headlines this morning, I came across a number of under-reported stories from Iraq, including an alarming suicide rate among U.S. soldiers, yesterday's news that a civilian cargo plane was hit by a shoulder-fired missile (amazingly the ...
The Blizzard of ‘03
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003 Posted in World News | 3 Comments »Weather people are stupid. On Friday the local news was having a field day about the enormous blizzard that was supposed to come down on the Twin Cities, rendering us immobile. Entire newscasts were consumed with the coming weather, including ...
