Daily Archives: May 27, 2003
Me Rite Guud!
Posted on May 27, 2003 28 Comments
“Junior Dominique Houston is a straight-A student enrolled in honors and advanced placement classes at Northview High School in Covina, Calif. She is a candidate for class valedictorian and hopes to double-major in marine biology and political science in college, preferably the University of California at Los Angeles or the University of San Diego. But […]
So That’s How You Do It.
Posted on May 27, 2003 15 Comments
“In a racially charged book proposal bristling with anger at the New York Times, Jayson Blair likens himself to teenage sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo and rages at the newspaper he calls ‘my tormentor, my other drug, my slavemaster.’ The proposed book, which some literary agents say could bring the disgraced former reporter a six-figure […]
New Cat
Posted on May 27, 2003 28 Comments
Meet our new kitten, who we received through the good graces of our neighbor, whose cat had yet another litter of kittens. We decided we’d take one on — there are always more field mice to deal with — and this is the one we got. We’re pretty sure that Lopsided Cat, one of our […]
Interesting Factoid
Posted on May 27, 2003 6 Comments
So, from early Friday morning, when I powered down my computer to head off to vacation, to 6am on Tuesday morning, when I am typing this, I have received just short of 1500 pieces of e-mail. Of which six were not spam. Incidentally, this latter number does not include the piece of mail I received […]
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