I may have to go away for a while...

the phlebotomist time-travelers are on to me

how the hell did i miss this?

Somebody has to be blamed for this tragedy...

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

Prize to the winner...

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...and the comedy of a limited joke.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
- Voltaire

a small thing to be proud of...

[Federal Register: September 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 177)]
[Notices]
[Page 54370]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


List of Institutions of Higher Education Ineligible for Federal
Funds

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document is published to identify institutions of higher
education that are ineligible for contracts and grants by reason of a
determination by the Secretary of Defense that the institution
prohibits or in effect prevents military recruiter access to the
campus, students on campus or student directory information. It also
implements the requirements set forth in section 983 of title 10,
United States Code, and 32 CFR Part 216. The institution of higher
education so identified is:

New York Law School, New York, New York

ADDRESSES: Director for Accession Policy, Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 4000 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Ronda Syring, (703) 695-
5529.

Dated: September 8, 2005.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-18178 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001-06-M

A broken phone and confirmation hearings.

The heat is back. The brother is in town. A friend has been fired. The screen on the phone no longer works. The apartment situation may finally be resolved…

As you may have noticed (and it was, already expressed) we have a new contributor. I think all will be happy. It has been said before, this space is now open for contributors and their various opining selves.

I spent the better part of today watching the confirmation hearings.

Today is September 12, 2005. Just in case you didn’t hear.

r.

If Shakespeare were a new yorker

Ye gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

-- Julius Cæsar. ACT I Scene 2.

everybody say hello to the new kid. the training wheels are coming off this blog whether anyone likes it or not.

-r-

Sensitivity wears pearls and polka dots

September 7, 2005

Barbara Bush Calls Evacuees Better Off

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 - As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who "were underprivileged anyway," saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while touring a Houston relocation site were faring better than before the storm hit.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas," Barbara Bush said in an interview on Monday with the radio program "Marketplace." "Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality."

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway," she said, "so this is working very well for them."

Mrs. Bush toured the Astrodome complex with her husband, former President George Bush, as part of an administration campaign throughout the Gulf Coast region to counter criticism of the response to the storm. Former President Bush and former President Bill Clinton are helping raise money for the rebuilding effort.

White House officials did not respond on Tuesday to calls for comment on Mrs. Bush's remarks.