December 2003

Some Soma

Original Post, 11/03/03: Children who take antidepressants for major depressive disorder (MDD) may be more likely to commit suicide, warns the FDA. UPDATE 12/26/03 I’ve finally been hit by the spammers that are cloggin’ blogs all over. This one is clever - I think the bot must have searched on the term soma, which is, ironically, the name [...]

December 26th, 2003

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Soma & Ugly Americans

TV, anyone?

Free Market Foundation, a conservative Texas Christian coalition of the willing, reminds its members via email to check out the “Fox News Channel … four-part series on the attempted censorship against Christianity going on in America. The series is scheduled to air Monday through Thursday on The Fox Report with Shepard Smith at 6 p.m. [...]

December 23rd, 2003

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Soma & Ugly Americans

Sweet technology of mine

I know I haven’t been posting with my normal frequency, due to end-of-the-year-work, and vacationing in technology-devoid parental-land, but excuse my absence and know now that I have bought myself a brand new Powerbook, and that I am back in business.

December 22nd, 2003

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Sometimes, these things just write themselves

Never heard of NewsMax Magazine? Further proof that the liberal media has been doing its darnest to make sure you won’t hear the real truth about what’s going on in our country. In an effort to boost holiday subscription sales, NewsMax offers up the following claims of its hard-hitting news stories in the past years: [...]

December 20th, 2003

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December 17th, 2003

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Interweb

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I am, in the process of thinking about something else, reaching for my birth control pills on the kitchen counter when …

December 12th, 2003

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Rants & Raves

At least she didn’t get mayoslaughter

Reuters: “A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail Thursday for running over the manager of a McDonald’s with her car because she wanted mayonnaise on her cheeseburger…

December 8th, 2003

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Texas

I’m really not feeling well enough to be posting, but I have to comment. A large, American-made car (of course!) passed by me today with an egregious bumper sticker. Next to an image of a waving American flag were the words: “Get Em’ George.” Love the punctuation. I couldn’t find an image of it online, [...]

December 4th, 2003

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International Women’s Day March

I’ve talked about the ‘guest column controversy’ with a few people recently, so I thought I’d lay out the whole saga here. In March 2003, I was assigned a short piece to preview the International Women’s Day March to be held in San Antonio. I talked to the organizers, and did some research on the [...]

December 1st, 2003

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