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  1. Exhausted December 31, 2002

    Ugh…this sucks. I was supposed to be at work early today, so I could leave early (all that New Years stuff), so I set my alarm for 8:30am and went to bed.

    Posted in Life.

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  2. Oh yeah December 31, 2002

    All in all, a very enjoyable trip. Except for the 15 degree below zero weather. Ugh. I am so not moving back to Alaska. Ever.

    Posted in Life.

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  3. Weblog publishing systems December 31, 2002

    Just a quick test here — the new beta version of NetNewsWire Pro has a weblog editor built in. Not bad, seems to handle things alright, and it is handy having the weblog editor built into the newsreader.

    Posted in Website.

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  4. Neighbors December 30, 2002

    That’s what you get when you do a ‘related’ Google search to find which sites Google considers to be similar to mine. Definitely makes me wish I knew the criteria.

    Posted in Website.

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  5. Nightclubbing, we’re nightclubbing… December 30, 2002

    So this guy wants to go into a nightclub, but the bouncer says, ‘Sorry, bud, you need a tie for this place.’ He goes back to his car and rummages around, but there’s no necktie to be found.

    Posted in Humor.

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  6. The center of Anchorage December 23, 2002

    It’s good to know that even if it doesn’t have quite the status that it used to, in some ways, VINL is still definitely the center of Anchorage. I spent years hanging out at this diner in midtown Anchorage, and met quite a few friends there over the years. So, when tooling around Anchorage on a slow Sunday night, what to do but stop by?

    Posted in Life.

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  7. Belief, faith, and the church December 22, 2002

    On top of it all, I count my beliefs as mine, and other people’s beliefs as theirs. If they want to talk about it fine — but I’m not about to attempt to convince them that I’m ‘right’ and they’re ‘wrong’, and I expect the same respect from them.

    Posted in Religion.

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  8. Don’t fly pregnant December 22, 2002

    A husband and his pregnant wife were attempting to fly out of Portland to go to a friend’s wedding when they were both pulled off for extra ‘security screening’…

    Posted in Politics.

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  9. Clubbing in Alaska December 22, 2002

    Why I’m glad I don’t have to rely on bars in Alaska to go clubbing: three words — The Electric Slide.

    Posted in Life.

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  10. Brrrrrr December 21, 2002

    Officially, it’s 21 degrees here in Anchorage. Unfortunately, the side of town that my parents live on is always colder than the ‘official’ record — and their thermometer in the front yard is reading 8 degrees below zero at the moment. Yikes.

    Posted in Life.

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  11. Heading north December 21, 2002

    In just about an hour, I’ll be catching a bus to the airport, and heading up to Alaska to spend the next week with my family in Anchorage!

    Posted in Life.

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  12. Bye-bye Sen. Lott! December 20, 2002

    Bowing to harsh criticism from fellow senators and the Bush White House, Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader Friday after colleagues worried about the repercussions of his racially insensitive remarks openly lined up behind Sen. Bill Frist.

    Posted in Links.

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  13. michaelhanscom.com December 20, 2002

    I’m now the proud owner of www.michaelhanscom.com.

    Posted in Website.

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  14. Options December 19, 2002

    Scripting languages have more options than bisexuals….

    Posted in Quotes.

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  15. Own yourself December 19, 2002

    Own your name. Buy the domain name, get yourself linked to, and put up a page. Make it a blank page, if you want. Fill it with disinformation or gibberish. Or, just reveal the parts of your life that you feel represent you most effectively on the web. But if you care about your privacy, and you care about your identity, take the steps to control it now.

    Posted in Links, Technology, Weblogs, Website.

    7 comments
  16. The Two Towers December 19, 2002

    While…LotR:TTT admittedly cannot stand entirely on its own as a single entity (and I would hate to be someone in the unenviable position of attempting to watch LotR:TTT without having first watched LotR:FotR), as the second chapter in an epic saga, it is far and away an absolutely incredible achievement.

    Posted in Film.

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  17. Well, of course! December 18, 2002

    Lott said he would survive any challenge to his post as majority leader, and Tuesday he picked up the support of a few GOP senators, including Alaska’s Ted Stevens, who vowed to ‘defend my friend.’

    Posted in Politics.

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  18. Who’s protecting Eli Lilly? December 18, 2002

    There is now substantial evidence that due to the mercury content, Thimerosal may be the cause of autism in many, many children, and Eli Lilly has been facing a number of lawsuits from parents looking for some help in caring for their children that were affected by the drug from this company.

    Posted in Politics.

    5 comments
  19. Caught by the Zeitgeist December 18, 2002

    Last October I ran across a website claiming to be a protest against the latest installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, ‘The Two Towers’. Over the past week and a half or so, as the release date for LotR:TTT has grown closer and closer, that entry on my site has suddenly been getting a highly unusual amount of interest.

    Posted in Film, Website.

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  20. Goodbye Gore, hello… December 18, 2002

    Now that Al Gore has decided to step out of the ring for the next presidential race, the field looks pretty wide open. I don’t really know much about any of the other potential Democratic candidates, so it was nice to see a quick rundown on the current possibilities.

    Posted in Politics.

    1 comment
  21. I’m Karl Barth December 17, 2002

    We reject the false doctrine that the church could have permission to hand over the form of its message and of its order to whatever it itself might wish or to the vicissitudes of the prevailing ideological and political convictions of the day.

    Posted in Links.

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  22. Blogs: 1, Lott: 0 December 16, 2002

    It’s been really fascinating over the past week or so to see Senator Lott’s comments create such a stir (and rightly so, I’d say) — primarily because it’s entirely possible that his comment just may have gotten swept under the rug had the ‘blogosphere’ not started voicing their outrage.

    Posted in Politics, Weblogs.

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  23. You’re owed $20 December 16, 2002

    If enough people file claims that the disbursement would end up less than $5 per claimant, then the entirety of the settlement fee would be donated to not-for-profit, charitable, governmental or public entities to be used for music-related purposes or programs for the benefit of consumers who purchased Music Products.

    Posted in Music.

    3 comments
  24. Giant sea sparrows? December 16, 2002

    No giant sea sparrow is known to be endangered by the eating habits of goats.

    Posted in Quotes.

    1 comment
  25. Interesting Apple rumors December 11, 2002

    Some unusually interesting (to me, at least, as both an Apple fan and a music fan) rumors surfacing over at /. today.

    Posted in Music.

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