Archive for November, 2004

Asshat of the Week - Robert Corrigan

Thursday, November 25th, 2004

Robert Corrigan, president of San Francisco State University, wins the coveted Asshat of the Week Award for his reaction to a mob attack against a campus Republican organization.
In his small minded reality, any action against an opposing viewpoint, including physical attacks and death threats, is just Free Speech, but simply defending yourself from these [...]

Cordless Phones

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

One of the advantages of a cordless phone is that the batteries will run out after about eight hours of continuous use.  You’ll understand why this is important when you have a teenage daughter in the house.

Election Day

Monday, November 1st, 2004

So it’s election day.  I’ve already voted via absentee ballot. Not that I’m going anywhere, but here in California we’re using the Diebold electronic voting system.  I know far too much about computers and Diebold’s unsavory history to ever trust my vote to one of their machines.  To put it simply, the Diebold system [...]