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Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Bumper Stickers Can Tell You a Lot
I was driving behind a car today that had two bumper stickers side-by-side: One was your run-of-the-mill W'04 sticker from last year's campaign. The other said: "Partnership for an Idiot Free America." Methinks I'd have a lot of trouble getting through to this person.
Scooter Fibby
Fibby Indicted, 5 counts
2 Perjury
2 Making false statements
1 Obstruction of Justice
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Down the road?
2 Perjury
2 Making false statements
1 Obstruction of Justice
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Down the road?
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Dateline: November, 2015.
It seems quaint now. Remember back to the record Atlantic hurricane season in 2005, when the naming convention using women's/men's names proved insufficient and the Greek alphabet was used for the first time to name subsequent storms? Due to the phenomenal increase in hurricanes every year since, in both the North and much more commonly in the South Atlantic, the Russian Cyrillic alphabet was just added to the naming sequence at an emergency meeting of the World Meteorological Organization.
The complete sequence is now: women's/men's names, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Russian Cyrillic alphabet. The WMO also announced that, if necessary for next year, Orkhon script will be added to the naming sequence.
(Note:
is the 8th letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, pronounced "zheh", "zh"= the "s" in treasure.)
It seems quaint now. Remember back to the record Atlantic hurricane season in 2005, when the naming convention using women's/men's names proved insufficient and the Greek alphabet was used for the first time to name subsequent storms? Due to the phenomenal increase in hurricanes every year since, in both the North and much more commonly in the South Atlantic, the Russian Cyrillic alphabet was just added to the naming sequence at an emergency meeting of the World Meteorological Organization.
The complete sequence is now: women's/men's names, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Russian Cyrillic alphabet. The WMO also announced that, if necessary for next year, Orkhon script will be added to the naming sequence.
(Note:
is the 8th letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, pronounced "zheh", "zh"= the "s" in treasure.)
Why Sox
Congratulations to the White Sox for winning their first World Series in 88 years. Although I managed to watch my share of playoff games (generally as a diversion), I'm not much of a baseball fan anymore.... meaning that if Major League Baseball were to disappear, I probably wouldn't miss it a bit. From a larger perspective that's a shame, since I got my start in the bleachers at the Polo Grounds watching the hapless NY Mets in the early 1960's, and I would still consider myself extremely well-versed in baseball history from its beginning through at least the 1970's. The game changed and so did I.
In any event... I'm sure I couldn't have named a single White Sox player before the playoffs started, but I'm not unhappy that the Sox won. Although I thought that I would be neutral on picking a favorite, it became clear that I just don't like the Astros, never did. (And honestly, it had nothing to do with Texas or Houston or the Bushes. The Bush connection is a good reason not to like the Texas Rangers.) Don't like Roger Clemens. Great ability, no doubt, but I wish he'd retire for good. When he threw that splintered bat towards Mike Piazza in the 2000 World Series, I turned off the TV for good that year. My New York Mets were in the World Series and I turned off the TV. That's how disgusted I was.
So the White Sox won after 88 years and last year the Red Sox won after an 86 year drought. What team is next in this trend? The obvious answer is the Cubs, who haven't won since 1908. But I think it would be much more fitting if the Cubs won in 2008, the 100th anniversary. (Regrets to Cubbies fans who are absolutely desperate for that win, but a banner year in 2008 would ramp up the celebration level by a magnitude over the whole season.)
Eliminating the Cubs from contention, who's next? Not the Astros, who haven't won in their 44 year history. It's the Cleveland Indians, who haven't won the Series since 1948. Even the Rangers, who started life in 1960 as the Washington Senators, have gone longer than the Astros without a Series win.
OK, don't like the Indians? Let's try a different trend line:
Wait.... The Blue Jays are from Toronto, Canada. Oh, dear....
In any event... I'm sure I couldn't have named a single White Sox player before the playoffs started, but I'm not unhappy that the Sox won. Although I thought that I would be neutral on picking a favorite, it became clear that I just don't like the Astros, never did. (And honestly, it had nothing to do with Texas or Houston or the Bushes. The Bush connection is a good reason not to like the Texas Rangers.) Don't like Roger Clemens. Great ability, no doubt, but I wish he'd retire for good. When he threw that splintered bat towards Mike Piazza in the 2000 World Series, I turned off the TV for good that year. My New York Mets were in the World Series and I turned off the TV. That's how disgusted I was.
So the White Sox won after 88 years and last year the Red Sox won after an 86 year drought. What team is next in this trend? The obvious answer is the Cubs, who haven't won since 1908. But I think it would be much more fitting if the Cubs won in 2008, the 100th anniversary. (Regrets to Cubbies fans who are absolutely desperate for that win, but a banner year in 2008 would ramp up the celebration level by a magnitude over the whole season.)
Eliminating the Cubs from contention, who's next? Not the Astros, who haven't won in their 44 year history. It's the Cleveland Indians, who haven't won the Series since 1948. Even the Rangers, who started life in 1960 as the Washington Senators, have gone longer than the Astros without a Series win.
OK, don't like the Indians? Let's try a different trend line:
2004: Red SoxRed, White.... Aha! The universe is telling us that the 2006 series of this uniquely All-American game will be won by the Blue Jays!
2005: White Sox
Wait.... The Blue Jays are from Toronto, Canada. Oh, dear....
The Post-Miers Era
Al Franken just announced that Bush will nominate a new candidate for the Supreme Court: Patrick Fitzgerald. Apparently Karl Rove's idea.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
2000
Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II
Louisville, KY
Died Nov. 15, 2003
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More than 15,220 American soldiers have also been wounded in combat, including more than 7,100 injured too badly to return to duty.
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