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Monthly Archives: July 2005

justice (sort of)

by Rob Friesel

Ebbers gets 25 years! Former Worldcom boss Bernard Ebbers has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for his part in the scandal which brought down the firm They should tack on an extra couple days b/c I’m still convinced that things go deeper than just the $11B fraud. “We’re moving to VT — offer […]

Q w/o U

by Rob Friesel

In honor of Fair Use Day (July 11th), I’m kicking out the following improv mix to you and yours…: Q w/o Uan improv house mixrecord July 10, 2005 Tracklisting! Pile “World Record Holder” Metal Music presents MTrax “Basis” (Stripped Down dub) DKMA “Blow It Up” Josh Quest “Wind It Up” NuAlliance “Overtight” a.nov “Soda Walker” […]

cross-posting

by Rob Friesel

Re-publishing comments I left on this Sampo article…: War, soldiers, and everything else with a uniform seems to have become penultimately anathema for anyone with leftist leanings. Or else the leftist with the yellow ribbon loses his/her ride on the donkey by some kind of default. The prevailing attitude seems to be: This is your […]

user friendliness

by Rob Friesel

Hey… Isn’t this article about John…?: When my eldest was five, we bought him an old Mac Classic to learn keyboarding and mouse skills. One day I noticed he seemed to be using the mouse wrong. On closer inspection I found he was using it upside down! He’d turned it 180 degrees, so when he […]

rocks

by Rob Friesel

This part Saturday, A & I and A’s mom & aunt made the trip to Barre’s world famous Rock of Ages facility to see their quarries and the world’s large granite manufacturing/finishing plant. I’ve written about the Barre quarries before but this was the first time I’d seen them with my own eyes. Massively impressive. […]

dimwitted Dell

by Rob Friesel

A has concluded that we will not seek another Dell no matter how desperate for a PC we get. Not after the past couple days nightmare of trying to troubleshoot her precious “Bloody Ninja”. (Well, Bloody Ninja isn’t so much precious as the files on it were.) So like Wednesday or Thursday of last week […]

shackled

by Rob Friesel

Someone put giant handcuffs/shackles on the Burlington whale tails over the weekend. Saw it on my drive in this a.m. Don’t know why. Sends mixed messages. At least, I think it sends mixed messages. Damn but it’s time to get a cameraphone… currently playing: BT “Shame” (Way Out West remix)

dream.20050705: toothrot

by Rob Friesel

One of several recurring nightmares revolves around a tooth (or teeth) rotting itself out inside my mouth. This was one of those. Throughout the sequences something felt not quite right with my mouth. A little too dry in spots. A little too sharp. A little too loose. I couldn’t pin it down. As the sequences […]