My Slice of the Globe

Month: September 2005

  • Sold out to the man!

    I added Google Adsense to this blog (and its rss feed) today. If it is annoying, troublesome, etc. Please comment here. Thanks! -The guy who sold out

  • This product really sucks

    But in this case that is a good thing. My vacuum has given up the ghost, thrown in the towel, etc, etc. So I went to amazon to start looking for a new one and found the Dyson DC07 which is a refurb model but is also $300 less than the “new” model. Since all…

  • Comment online about your doctor … and get sued

    Apparently some doctors are suing patients for posting negative comments about them online. You can see the Wall Street Journal article here. That first amendment thing is probably overrated anyway.

  • Just down the road and on the right

    And so it begins, US going to take Iran’s WMD info to UN. See here. Well, we already have all the equipment over there anyway…

  • Katrina & The Media

    Is it just me or does it seem that the media has actually re-grown a spine? It just seems that even the normally “softball” reporters are taking out bats when they are interviewing government officials.

  • What does it mean to lose New Orleans?

    One of my brothers emailed this to me. It’s a pretty good op-ed piece by Anne Rice in the New York Times : http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rice.html?pagewanted=1 (BTW, www.bugmenot.com is your friend)

  • Katrina

    My thoughts & prayers go to the people of Louisiana & Mississippi. My money goes to : http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm My anger goes toward the ineptness of the government to respond in a timely manner to this crisis. ———– Related ———– FYI, Info on Tulane University : http://emergency.tulane.edu/