Posts from October, 2003
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Oct1Pumpkin Posse
Which one doesn’t fit? Thanks to Mr. Escargot for putting the pic up. Looks great!
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Oct1A Common Disaster
Are there more natural disasters these days? Could the end be near? My guess is no to both questions, but it does seem like the fires and floods are nastier than ever. Just last month Hurricane Isabel smacked North Carolina’s Outer Banks resulting in millions of dollars of damage to private property. Sarah and I [...]
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Oct0More Terry and Bill
The Terry Gross and Bill O’ Reilly discussion continues on the internet. Signal vs. Noise, a blog mostly focused on web design, usability, etc. currently has 56 comments about the interview. Here are some good ones: “O’Reilly was hilarious; he reminded me of a high-school bully. All bluster, intimidation, and thin-skinned defensiveness. The only valid [...]
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Oct1Margret Hoffman Survived the Holocaust
Margret Hoffman was born in Berlin in 1925. She lived through the Holocaust (although her mom wasn’t so lucky) and later secured passage to New York. At 78 years-old, Margret is a writer, activist, Quaker, and all around conscientious person.
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Oct3Terry Gross vs. Bill O’Reilly
Bill O’Reilly refused to finish an interview with Terry Gross yesterday because she gave Al Franken an easy ride (“his book was satire,” she says) but seemed uncharacteristically antagonistic with the Fox News provocateur. Listen to the interview on Frrrrresh Air. I don’t have cable so I haven’t seen his show, the “No-Spin Zone,” too many [...]
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