Archive for June, 2007
Self-censorship
I’ve self-censored. An entry from yesterday is no more, copied off to the lock-and-key world of LiveJournal. It wasn’t so much that the post itself was so revealing. It’s more that today I have a great deal more to say on related health matters, but I [Read More]
Pizza Hut’s New Pizza-Lover’s Pizza
I can’t figure out how to embed this; guess you’ll just have to click on the link (Warning: the default for this link is to play the sound immediately) [Read More]
See this film: Knocked Up
Knocked Up gets a whopping 97% fresh rating from the “cream-of-the-crop” critics on Rotten Tomatoes I saw it. I liked it. A lot. (I don’t think I’m good at reviewing movies, so I don’t try. Some people don’t care at all what critics [Read More]
More retired generals speak out against Bush
Retired Gen. George Washington Criticizes Bush’s Handling Of Iraq War WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Revolutionary War veteran noted that while Hussein was a tyrant, that alone did not justify a "conflict that seems without design or end." .onion_embed [Read More]
Toastie Caption Contest #1
Continuing today’s theme of inaugurating blog series, I submit this photo for captioning. Since I don’t know if I’ll get any replies, I suppose I should at least take a stab at it myself… Benedict: So, it feels good to kill thousands of innocent [Read More]
Why I like Where I Live #1
I was doing some yard work, which isn’t saying much since my front year is about the size of two bowling lanes. But I do what I can to beautify what’s there on $30 a month. I have no idea what I’m doing, since I’ve always lived in apartments, and [Read More]
Einstein on Bees
Just in case anyone has recently heard the Albert Einstein quote suggesting that the human race would only have four years left if all the bees were wiped out, I thought I’d mention that there’s no evidence that Einstein ever said anything like this. It’s [Read More]
Spamazon
PC World – Spam Law Test (circa 2004) Amazon.com, which continued to send e-mail after our opt-out request, acknowledged the error. A spokesperson blamed a technical aberration, which the company tells us has since been corrected. I suspect the spokesperson for Amazon [Read More]
The purpose of toastie.st
I feel compelled to mention from time to time what this blog is and what it is not. I do not pretend or intend to be a “Durham blogger” in the sense that I will intentionally make an effort to write about Durham, local issues, or anything that might be of [Read More]
