Bush: The Dem’s Money Maker
MoveOn.org sent me an email (“The GOP attacks Dems’ patriotism”) asking me to contribute toward a goal of $500K to fight a GOP media campaign implying Democrats support terrorism. The email was sent 11/21 at 1:49pm. I went to the donation page at 4:45pm and the site said they were […]
Posted on November 21st, 2003
There’s Trade Wars’a Brewing
Every once in a while I get asked what I studied in university. I reply, somewhat sheepishly that I studied the “Political Economy of Globalization”, which usually elicits blinks and incomprehension. What does that mean? Here’s how university warped my mind: There has been talk that the 2002 steel tariffs […]
Posted on November 18th, 2003
Ottawa: DC, We Have a Problem.
There’s been a few cases of Canadians getting deported to the wrong country hitting the press up north. There was the case of Berna Cruz an Indian-born Canadian who was deported because INS officers in Chicago decided her legitimate Canadian passport was altered or a fake (or something). Then there […]
Posted on November 10th, 2003
MLP Round-Up
Some good things that make you go “hmm” under Mindless Link Propagation: HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_10_12_mlp_archive.html#10662000153498397 2”>ID Cards for Pot Smokers; Not Mexicans HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_10_12_mlp_archive.html#10661959320478208 6”>Arnold the King of Identity Politics HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_10_12_mlp_archive.html#10661223663848325 9”>Alaskans begin Recall Campaign Carry on…
Posted on October 14th, 2003
Pete Wilson II: Son of Enron
Pete Wilson was the governor before Gray Davis. He’s the man who signed all the energy deregulation laws that allowed the market meltdown in 2001. The blackouts, the energy crisis, the price gouging, the bankruptcies, the giggling Enron executives in Texas… all of that we owe to deregulation laws passed […]
Posted on October 13th, 2003
Cubs vs Mariners; Davis vs Schwarzeneger
This is becoming a sordid tradition, my election day antics. I just hope this election doesn’t turn into a bender like the 2000 elections. I’m still feeling ill from that one. I was sitting at the counter of a bar in Vancouver during the provincial elections when the Liberal Party […]
Posted on October 10th, 2003
Ode to a Hedgehog Name Louise
I got you in the Buy And Sell And I think I took care of you pretty well Gave you water and the food you liked bestest So you could deposit it on my guests You scuffled around in your pringles tube Lynea thought you were kind of a boob […]
Posted on October 2nd, 2003
Just Another Passenger
So I was roving (etc) Monday. It was myself and another fellow who signed-up around the same time. For reasons not entirely clear to either of us he had only been roving five times in a year and a half, so I was kinda the lead officer. We do some […]
Posted on October 1st, 2003
Why I Learned to Read
I was one of those kids who didn’t learn to read by the end of 3rd grade; phonix just didn’t work for me. In later years, when The Three Rs became political mantras for “fixing” the education systems and phonix was touted as the cure-all, many experts claimed that any […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2003
Letter to an Old Friend, II
Damian, you sinister sphinx, I know you and that pantless freak Tore are behind this obcenity. But I’m on to you! I knew I’d find you hiding in the HREF=”http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com %2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort& query=mishap+productions”>depths of Ebay between the HRF=”http://listings.ebay.com/pool3/plistings/list/all/category1466/index.html? from=R10”>uranium nitrate anal beads and black-light reactive enema nozzels. Where’s HREF=”http://www.crapcore.com/mishap_records-artists.htm”>James, you bastards?! […]
Posted on September 22nd, 2003
Don’t forget Sept 19
Avast ye land lubbers! September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Prepare to be boarded! Arrr!
Posted on September 15th, 2003
Letter to an Old Friend
Yo Luke, I picked HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_09_14_mlp_archive.html#10636894100413540 4”>these off one of my “industry” newsletters. Thought you might be moderately interested… ‘What you up to these days? It looks like you’ve moved to a new firm, but you’re using same kick-ass webhost as before so maybe it’s just an alias. Are you still […]
Posted on September 15th, 2003
Leaving Las Vegas
On August 7th I caught a morning flight on Southwest, OAK-ABQ direct, and began one of the great adventures of the year. Shannon met me at the gate and we went off searching for a convertible. Half an hour later after considerable sweet talking and a little badge-flashing (“oh! You’re […]
Posted on September 3rd, 2003
Catching Up Again
A little site redesign. A couple people said the lady was disturbing so she’s been replaced by buddy up there. He’s a more recent creation. My coffee beans are sprouting and I’m very excited. Both the Arabica and the Robusta are putting down roots. I got on a gardening kick […]
Posted on September 3rd, 2003
ATTENTION VISA WAIVER TRAVELERS
If you have been entering the U.S. as a Visa Waiver traveler (WT/WB)on a non-machine readable passport, the rules are changing. As of October 1 you will need to either get a machine-readable passport (MRP) or get a US non-immigrant visa (B1/B2). How do I know if I was on […]
Posted on July 17th, 2003
Weirdness in the News
Exhibit A: Bush: ‘Slavery a great crime’ What a leader. This, my friends, is a man with vision. Can you imagine declaring in this day and age that slavery was a great crime ? “Many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other […]
Posted on July 11th, 2003