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Entries from October 2004

Lunar Eclipse Webcast Tonight

October 27th, 2004 · Comments Off · Geek Out!

David was disappointed we were going to miss the total lunar eclipse tonight, but it turns out there will be a webcast.
Yay!!
UPDATE: I don’t know if the webcast sites will be any good, but the moon is visible through light haze at the moment, with a small bite taken out of the lower [...]

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TAR Shenanigans Begin Again

October 27th, 2004 · Comments Off · Clan: McTiVo

Yes, the broadcast date of the 6th installment of The Amazing Race is November 16, and the CBS site has been updated with team profiles.
After learning a lesson about not forming too many opinions on people before the premiere airs (that is, I tended to dismiss the TAR4 Klowns until I felt the Klown [...]

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Ex-Pats Barred From W Site

October 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment · Politics, Schmolitics

Surfers outside the US have been unable to visit the official re-election site of President George W Bush (Ed. note: www.georgewbush.com, and hell no, I’m not linking to it).
The blocking of browsers sited outside the US began in the early hours of Monday morning.
Since then people outside the US trying to browse the site [...]

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Busy Busy Busy

October 25th, 2004 · 1 Comment · Photos and Shutterblogs, Uncategorical Weirdness

Weekend? There was a weekend?
Friday

Worked at the client home office location, so had to “dress up.”
Took the new camera with me, got a few photos before the light went
Went shopping for new clothes with my husband David.
Actually bought some for myself, and they actually fit.

Saturday

Bar Mitzvah service in Northfield, wearing the new clothes
Lunch with [...]

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Bush Supporters In De Nile

October 21st, 2004 · 2 Comments · Politics, Schmolitics

Bush supporters are in a remarkably stable state of cognitive dissonance according to this study:
“The roots of the Bush supporters’ resistance to information,” according to Steven Kull, “very likely lie in the traumatic experience of 9/11 and equally in the near pitch-perfect leadership that President Bush showed in its immediate wake. This appears to have [...]

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