Just As I Thought

Can it be? Is my 17-year boyco…

May 29, 2009

Can it be? Is my 17-year boycott of The Tonight Show finally ending? I miss Johnny Carson. Hope Conan returns some class & gentle humor.

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Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The  [more...]

April 12, 2023
Just As I Said

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I was just wondering: the Europeans are known for taking leisure more seriously than the Americans, so what would happen if the Huygens probe phoned home only to find that they were all on holiday? Listen to  [more...]

January 15, 2005
Right = Wrong

Shock and Awe II

Adam Felber clues us in on the GOP strategy to keep the White House: September 2, 2004 – We’re in New York, nominating our President. What? He’s right near Ground Zero just before the anniversary of  [more...]

April 24, 2003
Right = Wrong

When Mohammed el Gorani was a boy in Saudi Arabia, he found that he could not find good work or education because his family was from Chad. A friend from Pakistan offered to connect him with relatives there who would help him get educated. He took his work savings and flew to Pakistan, where he was kidnapped by local thugs and sold to the US Army as an Al Qaeda operative. He was tortured by the thugs, then tortured by the Army, then sent to Guantanamo for six years, where he was tortured further.

Memoir of a child kidnapped to Guantanamo Bay, tortured for six years, and released

December 14, 2011

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