Archive for October, 2007
Woman Killed After Answering Craigslist Ad
First, let me extend my condolances to the family of the woman who was killed after answering a Craigslist Ad in Minnesota. It’s never easy to lose a loved one, but it is much harder losing someone so young and so unexpectedly.
I heard about this story on CNN this morning. Unfortunately, murders happen […]
Posted: October 28th, 2007 under Life, Technology.
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Onion News Network
If you haven’t been to The Onion recently, why not? It is the quintessential time-waster site for those times when you have a spare five minutes where you can’t possibly get anything done.
I remember when The Onion launched their website and people were trying to make the mental leap for what it means […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Politics and Law.
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Battlestar Galactica Season 4
There have been two truly excellent television shows that I have been lucky enough to catch while they were / are at their very best. The first was The West Wing, which is arguably the best television series of all time and certainly gets my vote as the best ever. The second is […]
Posted: October 10th, 2007 under Entertainment, Television.
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Dr. Pausch’s “Last Lecture”
Dr. Randy Pausch recently received national attention for his “Last Lecture.” Naturally, I didn’t hear about it until I found it on Robin’s blog. Dr. Pausch is a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also dying from cancer. His “Last Lecture” covered his thoughts on how to go […]
Posted: October 9th, 2007 under Life.
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