Automan
This is really cool — a day in the life of a McDonald’s worker simulator. With the exception of the burger-making part, it really isn’t too different than most days for most of us.
March 29th, 2004
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Food
March 2004
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Food
If you Google it, they will come
Ways to boost your site’s ranking.
March 27th, 2004
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Interweb
How refreshing, Coca-a-cola
Dasani water is being pulled off the shelves in the UK for illegal levels of bromate, a carcinogen.
March 26th, 2004
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Food
I had forgotten this
Dulce et decorum est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many lost their boots, But limped on: blood shod. All went lame, all blind; Drunk with fatigue: deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells [...]
March 26th, 2004
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The luxury of laughter
NYTimes: “Laughter filled the room Wednesday night at the annual dinner for radio and television correspondents when President Bush displayed a photograph showing him down on his hands and knees looking under furniture in his office and saying, ‘Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!’ … Claire Buchan, a White House spokeswoman, [...]
March 25th, 2004
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Been Caught Writing
Some recent stories: San Antonio’s Basura Bash; San Antonio’s recycling contract is up for renewal; and my personal favorite: a Tale of Two Cooking Schools. I’m especially happy that we were able to get a photo gallery of the event online — this is something I hope to do more often.
March 25th, 2004
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Courtly Machinations
I’m sitting in the Municipal Court of San Antonio, waiting to deal with a speeding ticket. Like most municipal courts, it’s like a cattle room, with pews of people waiting for their sentence. Amazingly, there is a scrolling message display that flashes messages to the waiting crowds. Each of these letters scrolled from the right [...]
March 23rd, 2004
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Rants & Raves
Bush’s shock and awe campaign agaisnt gays
According to the Daily Mislead , the Bush administration is removing protections from gays working in the federal forces. They can now be fired for their sexual orientation alone: According to the Federal Times, the president’s appointee at the Office of Special Counsel ruled that federal employees will now “have no recourse if they are fired [...]
March 23rd, 2004
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Fleece over our eyes
Newsday sent away for some campaign gear — t-shirts, caps, and the like, from both Kerry and Bush. Kerry’s stuff ran late, but Bush’s fleece jacket came in right on time. Only trouble was that the “Made In” label was made in Burma/Myanmar — despite the Bush-imposed ban on imports from the known violator of [...]
March 20th, 2004
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