Archive for July, 2005

Nontoxic lawn care

Posted by bornfamous

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 [...]

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Waxing frenetic

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Dooce is worried about the details of her follicular anatomy getting out. Which makes me want to break into song:
…folliculi, follicu-LAAAAAHHHH…
Sorry.

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Why nobody comes here any more

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Let’s just say I’ve broken all three rules of

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There is no justice

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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 [...]

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Feast or famine

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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 [...]

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Let Them Marry

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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 [...]

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The long, wet weekend

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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 [...]

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