Month: December 2004
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Good Will Toward My President
I did not vote for him. I do not like him. I cried when he won. I wish him a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, because we all depend on him for a significant portion of exactly that, our new year. God help us all.
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Hugh McIntyre Was A Librarian
In my effort to publish more posts to this site, and to move past the cleverism of my early link-laden style, I am going to start simply placing links to (and archival copies of the text of) the obituaries of notable people. The obituaries that I have learned much from. The obituaries of people who…
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Business Trip Night Landing in Cloudy Winter Weather
From the plane I get a low,brief peek of suburban light formations. I confessI like rough landings, bursting from tight thick clouds fast,rocking and barreling toward the runway. I know I’m alive, over a wet, moving city.12/10/2004 Fri
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Abu L Ghraib
Abu L Ghraib Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Does anyone else get an odd, uncomfortable frisson of recognition when you see this new promotional photo from Showtime’s "The L Word"?Does it remind you of this at all?
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GoogObits: John Culligan Dies at 88; Led Transformation of American Home
Change is hard. John Culligan saw a company that made poisons and food as well as drugs, and he said, “hey, how about if we make drugs only?” Nice job, John. By JENNIFER BAYOT John W. Culligan, who rose from the mailroom to serve as the chief executive of the American Home Products Corporation, maker of familiar medications like…