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Monthly Archives: September 2004
Browse Happy
September 30, 2004 – 9:51 am
6 more Gmail invites
September 28, 2004 – 10:11 am
I’m adding them to the original post below, since I don’t think those are used up yet, and I’d like to keep them all in one place.
I’m sure I will have more in a matter of days, but I probably won’t post them anymore unless these first ones get used up. These things are getting to the point where it’s kind of ridiculous. Does anyone that wants a GMail account not already have one??? Props to Google for a good marketing strategy, though. At least these are purely electronic and don’t clog up the landfills like the AOL CDs.
Getting Your Résumé Read
September 28, 2004 – 9:12 am
If you’ve ever had to screen and interview job applicants, you will identify with this. I have regrettably been through similar experiences as the author of this article, and it’s even worse when you have to interview someone who should have already been filtered out based on their resume, because then you have to come up with a nice way of telling them that you won’t be calling them back. If you find yourself in the position of looking for a job read this.
Getting Your Résumé Read - by Joel Spolsky
My debate statistical predictions
September 27, 2004 – 11:30 pm
Following up on the previous post and Sara’s response, here are a few of my predictions for the upcoming round: (referring to how many time the following phrases will be heard in the debates)
- Saddam Hussein: several
- Osama Bin Laden: 0
Unless Kerry gets some guts and mentions the administration’s documented desire to justify going into Iraq even before 9/11. “Can’t find bad guy #1… well, there is this other guy who’s really bad too, and his economy… I mean people… could really use some corporate privatization… er, I mean democracy”
- “War on terror”: way too many
- “War on drugs”: 0
Wouldn’t want to remind the public of a similarly un-winnable war (against a concept as opposed to an actual enemy), especially since the drug war would be a laughable failure if it wasn’t for the sobering fact that our nation’s prisons and broken families are full of the victims.
- ~ 3,000 “American” lives lost on 9/11/2001: at least once
- 10,000+ human deaths in Iraq: not a chance they will mention this
- Taxes: a lot
- No-bid contracts: none
- Advocacy of “supporting the troops”: plenty
- Defense of recent cuts to troop pay and benefits to active military and veterans: 0
Debate trivia / followup
September 27, 2004 – 3:04 pm
In support of my post below, here are some stats from the Bush/Gore debates in 2000, listing how many times these words were uttered:
- Middle Class : 15
- Working Class: 0
- Prosperity: 16
- Poverty: 1
- Wealthiest: 20
- Poorest: 1
- Crime (street): 23
- Crime (corporate or white collar): 0
- Seniors: 64
- Teenagers: 0
My new favorite blog toy (pt.2)
September 27, 2004 – 2:25 pm
Now I can download all the blogs I’m interested in to my PDA so I can read them in the bathroom (and other times & places when I don’t have a computer at hand).
Upcoming “debates”
September 27, 2004 – 2:18 pm
This Thursday will be the first of 3 presidential debates that the current administration reluctantly agreed to, between Pres. Bush and John Kerry. Notice the absence of any third party candidates who could actually challenge these two on significant issues (See here for more on this).
Apparently, one of the debates will be designated to specifically discuss foreign policy. Read More
If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?
September 26, 2004 – 9:43 pm
If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?
Here is a thought provoking article from a well educated history professor. Check out the rest of his blog as well for some detailed statistics on what’s been going on.
Back from the lake
September 26, 2004 – 4:27 pm
I’ve only got one picture this time, so all you dial-up users can thank me later.
This is one of those Chevy Suburban limos pulling a couple watercraft - only in California. Sorry, it was dark outside
I later regretted not getting pictures of something I came across at In-n-out (we stopped on the way there for dinner); this girl’s meal was an order of fries covered in that thousand-island-type dressing that they put on the burgers there, kind of like chili fries but using that stuff instead. It was pretty weird.
I also did not get any wet T-shirt pictures of Nathan, although there were certainly plenty of opportunities.
Zoo trip
September 26, 2004 – 4:02 pm
Picture of Riley with a giraffeFriday morning, before the camping trip, I went to the SB zoo with Riley’s class. Got a few pictures of some animals; the setup was kind of cool in that it lets the kids get pretty close to the animals. One interesting moment that is captured in one of the pictures below is when they were bringing the baby lion out to be fed (which only happens once during the day) and all of the “adults” in this picture crowded up to this window and made absolutely no room for this group of kids from some other school standing right behind where I was. Riley’s favorite part was the playground, which didn’t really have anything to do with animals, other than the giant hallow “eggs” that the kids could climb in.
A grid of pictures. (Too many to go back and do separate links for right now; switch styles to see them)
Man, I need to start using one of those image management systems like Gallery if I’m going to keep using all these photos on here.