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Monthly Archives: November 2006

Coq au Vin

Yes, it’s puerile. Yes, it’s gross. Yes, I probably shouldn’t link to such a base web page on my site, but here I’ve gone and done it.
Why? Because my wife has been to a bachelorette party, and so have countless other women out there, and if they’ll suffer no worse than some [...]

Truer words have rarely been spoken:

Amateur

Seriously the most amazing thing I’ve seen in weeks. The below video was created by a Norwegian bloke using expertly edited video samples of himself playing several individual hits on a drum kit, and notes on a piano. He otherwise doesn’t know how to play drums or piano, but clearly has an ear [...]

Ask Dan #1

After a fun and humorous discussion with Patrick and Chris B., I decided that I’m going to start a “column” on my site called “Ask Dan.”
This originated because of my apparent ability to talk about any subject. What a lot of people don’t know (but my friends are aware of completely) is that I’m [...]

Vendors

Every so often…or should I say almost weekly, we have “on-site vendors” in the lobby of my office building. Said vendors proffer goods ranging from chintzy jewelry to books.
But they all drive me nuts.
They camp out in the center of the lobby, right near the entrance to the Men’s Room. My section of [...]

Rye Rye, Rummy!

Huzzah! Scapegoat or not, Rumsfeld resigned as Secretary of Defense today, and Bush accepted.
I doubt we’ll see significant change in the short term, or even the entire remaining portion of this president’s time in office, but that’s one big bad wolf out of our nation’s hair.
Woot!

Open Letter

Dear America,
Today you went to the polls, en masse, to elect senators, representatives, and various local politicians. Your approach to the voting process, however, is deplorable. You vote based on perceived candidate personalities, campaign ad response, and “who sucks less.”
Yes, I joined you at the polls today. I’d like to believe I [...]

Poetry in somethin’ or other…

Time yet again for another shameless plug of my brother’s writing. Head on over to his blog and check out his recent worx.

Electoral

Prepare yourself for a blistering rant on our political environment later today. I’m pretty much fed up with the national system and the “citizens” who “participate.”
I did, by the way, vote this morning. But I didn’t vote on the Senate race. More on that later.

DontVote.org

My wife pointed me to a website today called DontVote.org. This site provides a quiz about major political figures during which a quiz taker tries to identify political icons and their titles, as well as sort them out from some distracting celebrities.
The intention of the site, stated by the group itself:
DontVote.org’s mission is to [...]