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Jul. 15th, 2004 | 02:59 am

Check out the box my new shorts came in!



Here's a closer look:



Just curious..."pilfer resistant tape"? This feels like it should reassure me, but I'm not sure why. I mean, the Oxford English Dictionary defines the verb "pilfer" as:
To plunder, steal; spec. (in later use), to steal in small quantities, to filch, peculate.
So...my tape is resistant to being stolen. Score. Or is it that the tape is keeping someone from stealing my shorts? Well, I opened my package with a key off of my key chain; that's not "pilfer resistant" at all!

So I'm forced to go with my first conclusion. I'm sure glad nobody stole my tape!

UPDATE: The internet once again has the answer to my smart-assed buggery. All well. I guess it was fun while it lasted.

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Jul. 15th, 2004 | 03:39 am

Via The Note - this Harold Myerson op-ed in the Washington Post is fantastic.

Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, wrote
Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy.
Those who know me well have probably seen me defend our current president for some of his more questionable actions (like the Iraq war) precisely for this reason. I want to be angry at the president, but I want to be angry for the right reasons, like that he squandered the post-9/11 goodwill that poured out from around the world and tried to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

This is why I like Myerson's op-ed so much: he's angry, but in all the right ways and for all the right reasons:
The Republicans' campaign is all about scapegoating John Kerry for the ills of modernity. It's about exploiting homophobia, provincialism and cultural insecurity. Or, as they put it, values.
Zing! Read the whole thing.

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Jul. 15th, 2004 | 04:10 am
mood: sleepy
music: Otis Redding - "Try a Little Tenderness"

A bunch of random links:
  • Isaac is back to blogging. And he's buying me tacos! Good man.
  • JibJab has a fun website, and this great cartoon which manages to be both funny and non-partisan.
  • Marketing majors, or those interested in marketing, would be silly not to read this. It's all about creating successful product and company names.
  • Tired?
  • Don't be fooled by the dull title of Bill Hill's free ebook, The Magic of Reading (Microsoft Reader needed). It's long, but well worth the effort; a fascinating treatise on why we haven't achieved the paperless office yet, and what we can do to get there.
  • Finally, if you're running Windows XP and have a laptop or LCD monitor, use this applet to activate and configure ClearType on your PC. You'll thank me later!
It's way past my bed time, so good night!

UPDATE: I'm in Phoenix for the weekend. We're going tubing on Sunday. All are invited! Call, comment, or IM.

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ch-ch-check it out

Jul. 15th, 2004 | 09:30 pm

  • Reverse graffiti: A graffiti artist known as Moose has decided to etch his work by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels with some cleaning fluid and a sock, and the Leeds City Council is apparently considering charging him with vandalism.
  • Dean Esmay writes about the fact that - contrary to popular belief - Presidents have little control over the economy.
  • Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the vice-president of Iran, has a blog. What a badass.

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