Posts from 2004 (Page 3)

100 posts from 2004

Oct 17, 2004
Politics

Badnarik! Badnarik! Badnarik!

First off, what the heck is the deal with the Republican flipout over Kerry’s reference to Mary Cheney in the third debate? Sure, I can understand being a little peeved over such a personal reference, but to listen to Lynne and Dick telling it, Ke...

Oct 13, 2004
Politics

Dred Scott and Roe v. Wade

I was as confused as everyone else during the last debate about what the hell Dubya meant when he started talking about Dred Scott. “Huh?” I asked myself, “I’m glad to hear he’s opposed to slavery…” Bush wasn’t actually wandering off into some bi...

Oct 10, 2004
Video Games

Master Chief for President

Regardless of who wins next month, I’ll still have my beloved Master Chief a week later. In other news, Sony’s “Halo Killer,” Killzone, drops one week before the 800LB gorilla of FPS console game, Halo 2. My take on it? Snooze, Sigh, Ho-hum. What...

Oct 09, 2004
Politics

More fun moments from the debate

“We did something you don’t know how to do: we balanced the budget.” – Sen. Kerry “That’s what liberals do: they create Government-sponsored health care.” – Pres. Bush (that’s funny, I thought Medicare was Government-sponsored health care…)

Oct 09, 2004
Politics

Network TV Smear Campaign Call-to-Arms

You may have heard that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group is ordering its member stations to show partisan programming in the final days before the election. The movie, “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,” was made by Carlton Sherwood, who used t...

Oct 08, 2004
Politics

The ‘D’ in Dubya is for DUMB

Quote of the night: “I hear there’s rumors of a draft on the Internets” – G.W. Bush during the second Presidential Debate. Emphasis mine… What the hell are the Internets? Has Bush ever actually used the Internet? Update 6:32 Pacific: Holy shi...

Oct 04, 2004
Personal Life

snooze time

I am phenomenally tired today. My friend Marie demanded to use my Wifi until 12:30 or 1:00 am today, and then got outside to discover her car had been towed (word of advice: never park on the corner of Lee St and 1st Ave W in Upper Queen Anne, or ...

Oct 03, 2004
Miscellaneous

Silly LiveJournal Quizzes

I’m getting coffee with a friend/co-worker and I just found out her little sister has a weblog (hah!). There was a dorky little quiz on it that is very typical of livejournals, and I thought I’d subject all two of you to it ;-). (x) - you’ve done...

Oct 02, 2004
iRooster

iRooster 2.0 Released!!!

I am very happy to announce that I have finally released iRooster 2.0, the best damned alarm clock for Mac OS X. I am extremely excited to finally make this broadly available. I feel like it’s taken me practically forever to get this out the door,...