June 30, 2002
Findings
Findings Surrounded by books, a librarian shares novel stories of life...
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Oedipus the Hero

Oedipus is a true hero, a proto-egalitarian, the kind of man we are supposed to have in the Oval Office at this moment.

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June 29, 2002
Secrets

IRC people will tell you nearly any thing in private, so long as you don't blurt it out on the channel.

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June 28, 2002
Ehumor I Have Found
Ehumor I Have Found Martha Stewart has a Stalker? One Nation, Sponsorship Opportunity Available...
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Pro-Life?

I've noted on channels that in many ways, some people who support abortion strike me as more pro-life -- if one tots up all the issues that count -- than the people who scream the longest and the loudest, usually.

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Chester A. Arthur: A Model for Ops and Others

He had to do what was good for the country.

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June 27, 2002
Weird Web Pages The Rapture
Weird Web Pages The Rapture Index A Hole in the Head Recipes for Rats Virtual Autopsy...
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Dog Gone
Dog Gone Every day I see some of my neighbors walking their dogs around the condominium development. Some have pets...
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Where the Heck are We Going As A Nation?
"One can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns." -- Graham Greene The nation is at a...
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June 26, 2002
Fire at #news_garden
Fire at #news_garden With the collapse of the Dow, the thing most on the minds of chatters tonight was the...
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June 25, 2002
Thoughts after Eating Vietnamese

Just remember the rule for dips: thick brown good; clear bad, very very bad.

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June 24, 2002
I was happy

Yes, I do have a life that is not IRC or the InterNet. I just need to get on my own case about leading it and writing about it.

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"It's the war of Northern Aggression"

To be a Southerner does not require adherence to the neo-confederate's politically correct litmus test.

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June 23, 2002
We had a good fight

One chatter suggested that we ban "whiners".

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Perfection
Damnation! Damn the Internet! I put my heart and soul into this journal entry and Explorer crashes! Let me attempt...
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They Who Serve

It never seemed to me particularly wise to push oneself to a point near death and then neglecting one's obligations to others.

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They're talking sexual scandal in

How ever will they defeat the Taliban if they can't discipline their own families!"

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June 22, 2002
Emperor Norton?

People just began writing to me: "Dear Emperor Norton".

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Self-Important Meatheads
As I write this, I am also watching the activity at #news_garden at Dalnet.com. Usual silliness there. But it can...
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Fear of Blog
I'm asking around, trying to get people to contribute logs for this. I've been toying with the idea of setting...
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