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Trying to tighten a rusty old
bolt on the negative lead of Dippy's battery. (It's not working;
maybe I should find another bolt.)
dirl (durl) v.t. to vibrate
or tingle n. a vibration or tingling sensation.
- 8 Women :)
Hey, what if Hitchcock
made a mystery in French,
as a musical?
 The Frighteners
This film is sort of like Ghostbusters and Back to the Future
combined with that Sissy Spacek/Martin Sheen movie about the
Starkweather killing spree of 1958, called Badlands. The result
is both funny and disturbing; it's exciting and philosophically
interesting, and it has great special effects, but once again,
the final denouement costs the film a rating point. (It's like
when a waitress is earning a great tip but then blows it at the
end of the meal by disappearing forever when you just want to
get the check and leave.) But I did enjoy seeing R. Lee Ermey
doing a ghostly version of his sergeant character, who I've lately
been seeing on the History channel as the host of Mail Call.
 
What Will Be Revealed
on March 8, 2003?
Progressive
Secretary
Sephen
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The Myth of Consensus Has
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Well, if you know anything about my political
views, you surely realize I was disappointed by the American
public on Tuesday. The fact that the Republicans are in charge
everywhere, including (for the first time in my life) the Governor's
mansion of my own state, is simply too depressing for me to dwell
on.
Needless to say, I was also very disappointed to learn that
the ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana also failed. But
while I have a hard time finding any silver lining in the new
dominance of Republicans, I am very pleased to see that about
40% of the voters now support legalization! Those who still believe
in prohibition may take comfort in the fact that we lost this
time around, but with 4 out of every 10 people now supporting
full legalization, this movement can no longer be consigned to
the fringes. Just a few years ago, this topic was utterly taboo
and terribly unpopular; now, it's on the cover of Time magazine
and has the support of almost half the voters. The myth
of consensus, the mistaken belief that everyone supports
marijuana prohibition, has now been shattered. Given how much
support for drug law reform has grown in recent years, it's just
a matter of time before we DO win when this question comes up
again. Which it will. And politicians will have to think twice
now before defending harsh drug laws, knowing that well over
a third of their constituents now support legalization. So while
this was undeniably a defeat, I still see it as progress. I believe
the end of marijuana prohibition is as inevitable as its failure.
We may have lost a battle this week, but we are definitely gaining
ground in the war against the war on drugs.
 The
picture you see here is of a custom-shelving unit I'd like to
get built. We're reorganizing at bit here at Wunderland.Earth;
we've decided to change the closed-door cabinets in the back
section of the living room (a zone known as the Zarcana Lounge)
into an open shelving unit for (what else) game storage. In conjunction
with this, I also wish to install a new shelving unit in the
vicinity, which can also be used for (that's right) more game
storage, specifically of card games. Anyway, here are the specs
for what I'd like built... are there any cabinet-makers reading
this page who'd like to bid on this project?
Anyway, other than that, and being depressed about the election
results, we've mostly just been pounding away on work as usual.
Although we still haven't opened the new website to the public,
SuperFRED is up and running and he's getting stronger and more
capable all the time. Thanks to all the great work by Dale and
more recently Liam, we now have a wonderfully flexible and powerful
tool for running our business, and while it still has a few bugs
and a lot of details to sew up, we're starting to get a taste
of how great SuperFRED is going to be. We spent a lot of time
this week using the new tools to build and update our new online
shopping center, and it really won't be long before we finally
declare it open. Whoo-hoo!
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This Emperor
finally has a real crown. Well, actually, it's still just a temporary
one... my real gold crown won't be installed by our dentist Linda
for about 3 weeks. But at least I haven't had to endure a root
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"The pro-pot people feel that victory--even
if it comes not this year and not in Nevada--is inevitable. Each
year there are fewer members of the pre-boomer generation, who
tend not to distinguish between heroin and pot. In 1983, only
31% of Americans surveyed had tried pot; the new Time/CNN poll
puts the figure at 47%. And though pot use among teens is down
from its '70s highs, parents sneaking joints when their kids
are asleep is a fresh phenomenon. But the polls show that Americans
still cling to pot's forbidden status, which is why the pro-pot
people are working so hard." -- Time Magazine,
November 4, 2002 |
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Why hasn't McDonald's taken a tip from the pizza
industry and begun hiring delivery drivers? Why can I not get
a burger and fries delivered to my door with a simple phone call
(or better still, website click)? Why must I go to the drive
thru for American food when I can stay home and have Chinese
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"I have to say that I was quite
skeptical regarding this
game because of the subjective element of having people judge
each others' stories. BUT, it's great! The subjective judging
is only part of the score, which probably helps: the other two
parts are getting finished early, and involving lots of elements.
However, the real strength of the game is what's on the cards--story
elements that are just specific enough to spark the imagination,
and just general enough to have the "flex" (or, "flexx")
needed to be combinable. I have yet to see anybody get a completely
unworkable combination, and I've seen several really great little
stories emerge, and the occasional smashing success, as when
somebody got the Giant Sentient Broccoli as a character, and
They Were Out of Food as the problem." --
Brian M, via email |
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