Daily Archives: June 1, 2006
New York City, Chock Full of National Monuments and Landmarks
Posted on June 1, 2006 79 Comments
New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News. That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed by 40 percent–from $207.5 million in 2005 to $124.4 million in 2006. Just for the record: National […]
Strikeout
Posted on June 1, 2006 11 Comments
Poor Athena. We signed her up for baseball some time ago, but thanks to the weather the season has been a total bust: They managed to play three games (which they won, so that’s nice), but four others have been rained out (including today’s game) and one was cancelled due to bad scheduling on the […]
Late Appearing Con Crud
Posted on June 1, 2006 31 Comments
When you sleep until 10:30 and wake up feeling like crap a few days after going to a science fiction convention, that’s so very much not a good sign. Late-attacking con crud is the worst kind. See, this is the dark side of going to conventions: they’re like kindergartens for grown-up geeks, in terms of […]
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