Posts from November, 2002
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Nov1A Conservative Defense of Liberalism
I’ve enjoyed Andrew Sullivan’s web log for months now. His literary, intellectually satisfying, and often humorous entries are enjoyed by people from all across the political spectrum. He’s at his strongest when taking to task the far left and its refusal to accept (or confront) the world-wide threat of extreme Islam. The strange thing, he [...]
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Nov2Enlightened Suburbanites, Idiot Yuppies
A suburban Louisville developer wanted to ”to step out of the normal mode . . . and do something very exciting and very different.” Encouraged by the city’s exciting (well, exciting to land-use wonks who care about this sort of thing) Cornerstone 2020 development guidelines, he decided to do a mixed-use, infill project, called Clifton [...]
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Nov1More Reflections.com
DREW CURTIS - LEXINGTON, KY King of Farkistan What are some things that you miss about the dot-com era? Everybody having a job. That was pretty cool. What things are you glad are history? Just about everything. You can look back in the archives to almost the first day we were operational, I was railing against [...]
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Nov0Pedestrian Crossing–Speed Up!
The top 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians: 1. Orlando, Florida 2. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida 3. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Florida 4. Memphis, Tennessee 5. Jacksonville, Florida 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7. Houston, Texas 8. Phoenix, Arizona 9. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas 10. Nashville, Tennessee The top 10 safest cities for pedestrians: 1. Cincinnati, Ohio 2. Boston-Worcester, Massachusetts 3. New York-Northern New Jersey 4. Milwaukee-Racine, Wisconsin 5. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 6. Cleveland, Ohio 7. [...]
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Nov4Tchotchke Dreaming
A few weeks ago I was playing ping pong with a buddy at work. His failed attempt at a power slam sent the ball cruising down the hallway and into the finance department. After retrieving the ball, I walked past a room being used for storage. Suddenly I experienced a bit of d
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