From the monthly archives: July 2005

Buying Blue

By On July 10, 2005 · Leave a Comment

Back dur­ing the ill-fated elec­tion, I remem­ber com­ing across a web site that pur­ported to show the “blue­ness” of com­pa­nies, relat­ing their polit­i­cal dona­tions ot their shade of blue or red. Last week, I thought to look for it again, and whether it is the same site or not, I found BuyBlue.org. I’ve read up […]

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Just the fish

By On July 10, 2005 · Leave a Comment

I approach the deli counter at our local gro­cery store (which is, admit­tedly, in Nebraska), after hav­ing hunted in vain through their dis­play cases. Me: “Excuse me, do you have any lox?” Guy: “Uh.” Me: “You know, lox, like for bagels.” Guy: “Do you mean, um, like pad­locks?” Me: “Whu?” Guy: “Um.” Me: “No, like smoked salmon.” […]

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Oh, Sandra

By On July 2, 2005 · Leave a Comment

Another rea­son I hate pro­gram­ming: I was so wrapped up in it yes­ter­day that it wasn’t until Ken mes­saged me that I became aware of San­dra Day O’Connor’s deci­sion to throw away years of mod­er­a­tion in the Supreme Court. Her rea­sons for resign­ing have not yet become clear, but it had bet­ter be some­thing life […]

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