In last week's New Yorker there was an article about David Addington, who is Dick Cheney's legal counsel and pretty much a jerk-off. Addington is a strong believer in a strong executive position, and has basically been working for years to enhance the power of the presidency vis-a-vis the Congress for years. September 11th was, not surprisingly, his big chance. He's the kind of guy...
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ojaeflo:
Recognize, dawg. 
You KNOW I dug it, I'm just still on the fence about the kid, y'know?
I think they sort of opened up a Pandora's Box with that, but my reservations are not motivated by a "He doesn't have a kid in the comics!" mentality. I just worry about it in terms of dragging down future stories that'll have Superman punching things.
I really wanna see Superman punching things.
You KNOW I dug it, I'm just still on the fence about the kid, y'know?
I think they sort of opened up a Pandora's Box with that, but my reservations are not motivated by a "He doesn't have a kid in the comics!" mentality. I just worry about it in terms of dragging down future stories that'll have Superman punching things.
I really wanna see Superman punching things.
toothpickmoe:
Good to know. The long running time didn't get to you?
It is stressful. I found myself just wanting it to be over. And now it is.
It is stressful. I found myself just wanting it to be over. And now it is.
Ugh. I cracked the LCD screen on my PowerBook this weekend. I don't even want to talk about it. I've never actually BROKEN a computer before. It was just dumb - but so it goes. These things happen. I can afford to fix it, thought it's money I would have rather spent on better things. And the computer is still serviceable until I can get...
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akirali:
You're bad? I started KotoR about 7 months ago and haven't continued it since. When I got my first Xbox 180 in December, I went a little crazy with the game buying. I know have a back log of 25+ XBox games, And I've had the system less than a year. 
But the used games are so cheap, i just can't help it...
But the used games are so cheap, i just can't help it...
_biblia_:
oh no! i'd go to the apple store. i'm so paranoid about my screen. i've sort of. . . sat on my ibook a couple times, but luckily caught myself before i actually sat down, if that makes sense.
*pets ibook*
thanks for the kind words.
*pets ibook*
thanks for the kind words.
One of my goals for the weekend is purging my book cases (and the stacks of books piled up in the closet). When I finished up my first MA, my advisor gave a bunch of books to me and a couple of other students. We foolishly thought this was an act of kindness. In fact, it was really nothing more than an attempt to gid...
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toothpickmoe:
Any improvement is good. And moving sucks, so staying put isn't so bad. 
toothpickmoe:
But this new place is sooooooo much better.
Clarence Page has written a pretty nice little piece, in which he defends the duty of the media to investigate and report on the government, even at the risk of revealing state secrets. Page is specifically addressing the recent reveal by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal that the Bush administration has been secretly tracking money traveling...
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akirali:
Don't return. You'll never leave. The stories being told right now are just way too good
toothpickmoe:
We will. Especially of the power plant next door.
I feel like I've written this entry before...
Anyway, I'm at my parent's house right now. I've been here since Wednesday night. It was a nice trip home - I ate lots of food and saw my friends and got to be around my family. I even got to relax just a little bit. It was good.
But being at home always breaks my heart...
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Anyway, I'm at my parent's house right now. I've been here since Wednesday night. It was a nice trip home - I ate lots of food and saw my friends and got to be around my family. I even got to relax just a little bit. It was good.
But being at home always breaks my heart...
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bredoteau:
Sunday was absolute craziness (and I was out driving in it), but today hasn't been so bad in my area. I actually was out running just a little while ago.
toothpickmoe:
That makes sense. It's hard to project, over time, how a neighborhood will pan out. Mine has certainly gotten much nicer since I moved here, but it would've been hard to believe that back in '99.
If you like city politics - Chicago is your city this week.
First, there's that little issue of the police torturing suspects, which is coming to head.
Then, there's that whole "Screw the Shakman decision! I'm the mayor and this is Chicago!" party machine scandal.
There's not a lot that can be said about either of these, other than it looks like Chicago city...
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First, there's that little issue of the police torturing suspects, which is coming to head.
Then, there's that whole "Screw the Shakman decision! I'm the mayor and this is Chicago!" party machine scandal.
There's not a lot that can be said about either of these, other than it looks like Chicago city...
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toothpickmoe:
Good times. It's gotten a little quiter around here since Villaraigossa took over, but he's starting to piss people off.
_pie_:
You had commented on my journal a while back, so I thought I'd stop by your page and check it out.
Look! Two timely updates in a row! Now that it's summer at last, I'm going to work on being a better online citizen. We'll see right?
The weekend was pretty snazzy.
Friday was just for relaxing.
Saturday was like "Technology Christmas" at my house. My wife's new MacBook and iiPod nano came in. Plus we both got new cellphones. I'm now cell phone-camera enabled. Hah!...
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The weekend was pretty snazzy.
Friday was just for relaxing.
Saturday was like "Technology Christmas" at my house. My wife's new MacBook and iiPod nano came in. Plus we both got new cellphones. I'm now cell phone-camera enabled. Hah!...
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toothpickmoe:
Something for everyone.
galvagin:
Oh, yes indeedy. "Janie's Got a Gun" RULED. My favorite album was "Toys in the Attic," though.
Yeah, back in HS I was a big headbanger (though my hair was too poofy to pull off the look). Aerosmith for working out, Iron Maiden to play D&D by, and Led Zep for chillin' out at the swimming hole.
Man, I miss having a swimming hole.
Yeah, back in HS I was a big headbanger (though my hair was too poofy to pull off the look). Aerosmith for working out, Iron Maiden to play D&D by, and Led Zep for chillin' out at the swimming hole.
Man, I miss having a swimming hole.
Yikes. I've been gone for a while. But, really, I have an excuse! It was the end of the quarter: there was a paper to write, grading to be finished, and a proposal hearing to be prepared for.
The proposal hearing itself was ... interesting? (Which of the course is the kind of phrase one uses when things go *badly.* But things really weren't bad....
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The proposal hearing itself was ... interesting? (Which of the course is the kind of phrase one uses when things go *badly.* But things really weren't bad....
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akirali:
I'm embarassed to admit that I read about half of your journal before my brain started screaming at me. All those video games are making me dumb and ruining my attention spa--hey, what's that over there...?
*wanders off*
*wanders off*
Evidence of how odd I am:
It's Friday morning I'm in the library and happy as a clam that I have time to read something fun - relatively speaking (Theda Skocpol's Protecting Soliders and Mothers). Some guy comes up to me, and explains that he's returning to China tomorrow and he wants a picture in the library. I gladly help him out.
The part...
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It's Friday morning I'm in the library and happy as a clam that I have time to read something fun - relatively speaking (Theda Skocpol's Protecting Soliders and Mothers). Some guy comes up to me, and explains that he's returning to China tomorrow and he wants a picture in the library. I gladly help him out.
The part...
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toothpickmoe:
Indeed. And the background is actually a lot more subtle than it used to be. Ah, whatever. Change is change.
I'm so sick of my proposal, I could vomit. It's like this thing that's in my brain and won't go away. I can't wait to have my hearing, so me and my committee can agree on what I'm doing and I can shut my brain off for a few days. Or at least not think about my propsal. Until I start working on my first...
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pumpkineater:
jesse jackson used to actually have things of genuine substance to say one point in his life. now, he is a buffoon. he is becomming/already that old crazy guy who babbles in the corner of the room you ignore.
bredoteau:
Thanks for checking out rock.m4ssif. I'm trying to expand it, and get some other participants. We'll see.
You as the other half of the groupie: I'd have it no other way.
You as the other half of the groupie: I'd have it no other way.
I feel like I need to update, but I don't really have a whole lot to say. My life is pretty much "in the grind" right now. That's not a *bad* thing at all. I'm working every day, and making progress at that. It's just not terribly thrilling to read about.
This is why there aren't any hit shows about grad students.
This is why there aren't any hit shows about grad students.
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kyra:
Thank you for your comment on my set! 
diello:
working hard does have it rewards
Superman Returns was awesome indeed.