Archives for October 2004

My Endorsement

October 29, 2004 | Filed under: Current Events

Here is a long and thought-out presidential endorsement by Jane Galt. Here is mine: I voted for Bush. I voted by absentee ballot and no offense to Ms. Galt, there was never any doubt. UPDATE: This one sums it up quite well also.

Nader Who?

October 28, 2004 | Filed under: Current Events

Two of three candidates that ran for president in 2000 are running again in 2004. While Al Gore is busy regaining all the weight he lost for the last contest and giving irritating speeches when he gets bored, George Bush is duking it out with John Kerry. And every once

Send in the Puppets

October 22, 2004 | Filed under: Current Events

The two magazines I have subscribed to the longest are Newsweek and Esquire. Coincidentally, one of the reasons I stuck with them over time was based on the merits of their financial writers - Allan Sloan for Newsweek and the recently-back-from-hiatus Ken Kurson for Esquire. Eventually, the increasingly leftward tilt

Yeah, But Did His Beard Fall Out?

October 20, 2004 | Filed under: Humor

Castro Falls After Speech, but Recovers Well, I guess the 9/11 commission was right. The CIA still doesn’t have their act together. Next time, try the flaming bag of dog poo on his door step.

Want GMail?

October 17, 2004 | Filed under: Geekery

Here’s a blatant attempt to win back some readers with some outright bribery: I have six gmail accounts to give away. I can’t recommend it enough, especially if you are a Hotmail or Yahoo mail user. The interface is clean, fast and its handling of threaded messages is top-notch. First

It's Official...I'm Back!

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Misc

Well, that took a while. So where the hell have I been the last year? Lemme see… six months in Las Vegas which was mostly work. Actually it was a lot of work. After the New Year, the lovely wife and I moved to Tucson in warm and sunny Arizona.