Jul
23
2005
From How to Save the World:
Earlier this week a group of students from Caledon Countryside Alliance came to our house, thanks to a government grant, and told us, for free, how to look after our lawn while also conserving water and without using chemicals and other unnatural methods. I promised to share this with my [...]
Jul
22
2005
Dooce is worried about the details of her follicular anatomy getting out. Which makes me want to break into song:
…folliculi, follicu-LAAAAAHHHH…
Sorry.
Jul
21
2005
Let’s just say I’ve broken all three rules of
Jul
19
2005
From How to Save the World:
Laws like the Patriot Act have seriously undermined human rights and civil liberties. Gerrymandering, unregulated campaign financing and a completely unreliable electoral system make the country’s claim to be a democracy highly dubious. There is no rule of law when overzealous, under-regulated and power-crazed enforcement agencies have the personal discretion [...]
Jul
17
2005
You probably think that I don’t post much because I lead a very dull life. Well, I do. But not always.
Here I was a couple of weeks ago, sitting at the computer as usual, when I heard a dog barking outside. Someone must have brought their pooch along to the carwash, I thought. But [...]
Jul
11
2005
Ampersand passes along this translation of a hilarious Spanish blog post:
Since the modification of the laws that apply to marriage, and the Christian views on the issue, are controversial these days, I am going to explain my own opinion:
I am completely in favour of allowing Christians to get married.
I think that trying to prevent it [...]
Jul
05
2005
The Fourth of July weekend was less than fun. I hardly noticed the gorgeous San Diego weather because we had TWO floods.
Thursday night, the toilet overflowed while I slept. SOMEBODY [cough-Robby-cough] took a dump using too much toilet paper, and went back to play his video game. He woke me up at 2:30 to [...]