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Pete on June 24th, 2005

Some of you may know that I have a bit of an infatuation with Katie Holmes. Well… had a bit of an infatuation with Katie Holmes. I mean, when the rumors were going around about the herpes I ignored it… just paparazzi nonsense… whatever. This whole Tom Cruise thing? I can deal with that. Girl’s [...]

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Pete on June 24th, 2005

I can’t explain it, but today seems to be “bring your child to work” day. There are two little monsters running around. That’s a blatant exaggeration, because they’re actually on the far other end of the building, and not really running around… but anyway… today is also, apparently, wear questionable attire to work day. We [...]

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Pete on June 24th, 2005

I know a few of you are avid (occasional?) Netflix users. I read a blog post today about how Netflix ‘throttles’ your movie watching by shipping things a day or two after they ought to. This can, of course, have a dramatic effect on the number of movies you can actually rent under their ‘unlimited’ [...]

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Pete on June 23rd, 2005

So last night I decided to do something non-work-like and went to see Madagascar with Nicole. Started off slow… almost boring. But it was hilarious! I mean, seriously funny stuff. I’m going to be quoting Julius pretty much for the rest of the month. (They’re just a bunch of pansies! … Let’s go meet the [...]

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Pete on June 22nd, 2005

Not too long ago, Scoble (a Microsoft Blogger) got run up one-side and down the other for defending Microsoft’s business decision to block certain words (like ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’) from the Chinese version of MSN Spaces. Eventually he was beaten into submission by a lot of people with some really, really weak arguments. There were [...]

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Pete on June 22nd, 2005

I got this email from Teresa who checked its validity on Snopes, and I think it’s awesome, so I’m reproducing it here: TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY: Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona) [...]

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Pete on June 22nd, 2005

So I’ve been working pretty hard lately trying to finish up a few projects… they’re resisting being finished pretty fiercely, but it’ll happen. Been playing ultimate on Thursdays. Team doing well, still. Tied for first in the league at 7-1… We’re going to pull it out and win the whole thing. Also, I’ve found myself taking [...]

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Pete on June 21st, 2005

Well, here are the answers… I have to say I’m disappointed by the showing. Better luck next time, I guess. We can chase our shadows around the lawn until we’re both exhausted. Title: Down Together; Artist: The Refreshments Credit: Nobody You’s a superstar, boy, why you still up in tha hood? Title: Roll Out; Artist: Ludacris Credit: Manny: 2 points Play the [...]

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Pete on June 19th, 2005

I’ve tried several times to write something that appropriately conveys my disbelief at this… but to no avail. So here’s an excerpt. In the Capitol basement yesterday, long-suffering House Democrats took a trip to the land of make-believe. They pretended a small conference room was the Judiciary Committee hearing room, draping white linens over folding tables [...]

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Pete on June 17th, 2005

Cox & Forkum have done it again. Hilarious.

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