Daily Archives: April 14, 2005
Your Weird Moment of Synchronicity for the Day
Posted on April 14, 2005 9 Comments
I’m listening to “Every Day I Write the Book,” by Elvis Costello, and came to the part in the final verse where Costello opines: Even in a perfect word, where everyone was equal I’d still own the film rights, and be working on the sequel To which I thought: Hey! I do own the film […]
A Special Edition of OMW
Posted on April 14, 2005 35 Comments
Earlier today, Instapundit posted this entry. This inspired me to do something, which in turn inspired me to send Glenn an e-mail, which inspired him to make another posting here. For those of you too lazy to click through, here’s the e-mail I sent to Glenn: Maj. Tammes’ note about being “hyped up” to read […]
Reader Request 2005: Pot!
Posted on April 14, 2005 28 Comments
David Graham asks: What I’d be interested in is your feelings on marijuana and how that has changed since you’ve had a child and grown older? I’m 24 at the moment and personally I don’t use it but my fiancé and friends do use it. Well, without going into Lifetime TV Movie detail about it, […]
Full-On Geekery
Posted on April 14, 2005 16 Comments
I was having a philosophical discussion about geekery the other night with Kate Nepveu, about whether to qualify for geekdom one needs to have a certain level of technical/mechanical/mathematical aptitude, or if just having the outward trappings of geekdom were enough to seal the deal. I argued for the former, while she tended toward the […]
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