Monthly Archives: August 2004

The Guardian has an extract from How To Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson: For all modern society’s promises of leisure, liberty and doing what you want, most of us are still slaves to a schedule we did not choose. Why … Continue reading →

I don’t know if it’s just me being a big ol’ film geek or if everyone does this but I dream up ways to improve the plots of movies that have a good premis but are poorly executed. Seeing as … Continue reading →

Fred over at Slacktivist has been dutifully dissecting the Left Behind series and postulates an interesting concept that I have often pondered myself: Despite the book’s intended PMD premise, I still haven’t ruled out the space alien theory. I’m not … Continue reading →

Bruce Springsteen has an OpEd at the Times: Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. Instead, I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane … Continue reading →

Julius draws us a little picture of just how the Bush administration has been using terror alerts to distract the public from news that reflects badly on them. It’s a big picture, because they’ve been doing it for more than … Continue reading →

While the Alamo is the most famous mission in San Antonio, it is not the only one. There are four others, Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, Mission Espada. The missions follow roughly the path of the Rio … Continue reading →

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned on this blog how much I enjoy the Amazon Customer Reviews. They are some of the most amusing writing around. Often, I’ll spend an hour or two at work just cruising around, reading customer … Continue reading →

Baghdad – July 31, 2004 Caught a glimpse of the darker side of the Green Zone the other night. As I mentioned in my previous e-mail, I had started getting to know the Lebanese guards who protect our offices and … Continue reading →

Today begins a journey to Boston, not one of political campaigns but a road trip of new archivists from the University of Maryland College Park. Members of the group Student Archivists at Maryland (SAM) will leave this afternoon and begin … Continue reading →