Reading Jay McCarthy’s blog, makeoutcity, is like showing up at someone’s home for a potluck each night. You never know what dishes will be on the table but you know it will be good and substantial. There will be something hot and something sweet and something surprising and new to try. Or it’s like going […]
Entries from March 2004
Juxtaposition
March 13th, 2004 · Comments Off on Juxtaposition
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Proposals Rebooted
March 11th, 2004 · Comments Off on Proposals Rebooted
Ted sent me this link from Wired today about a man who proposed to his beloved by creating for her a computer case decorated like a wedding cake. With This Rig, I Thee Wed : Of all the ways people have proposed marriage, computer nut Mike Johnson dreamed up one of the most unusual — […]
Tags: marriage
Who in the world cares about Bainbridge Island
March 11th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Become the local media! Lisa Williams wrote earlier this week. One commenter linked to an example of local media (via Dan Gillmor ) to the Madison School Board site : This site is designed to provide Madison voters with a fast, easy to use place to learn more about the candidates for this spring’s school […]
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No cadaver required
March 11th, 2004 · 3 Comments
My first year of college I got a job answering phones and doing data entry. This particular professor wanted to create a database of scientists from association information. Perhaps I should have thought more about taking the job. I was only too eager to leave my first campus employer, Food Services. I had gotten tired […]
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His mother had a warning for him
March 10th, 2004 · Comments Off on His mother had a warning for him
The other day, on NPR, I heard a report about the relationship between Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun and Chief Justice Warren Burger who had grown up together in Minnesota. Blackmun Archives: Prickly Friendship on Court : NPR’s Nina Totenberg finishes her series of reports based on the newly released records of Supreme Court Justice […]
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