Author Archives: Mickey

The Critic Redux

Posted on December 19 2002 by Mickey

    Geek Week continues.    Why bother updating my Two Towers review when others have done better? Here are some links to others’ reactions:One of the best reviews so far, from Ain’t It Cool NewsWhy Faramir should not have … Continue reading →

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The Critic

Posted on December 18 2002 by Mickey

    It worked out nicely. JFathers wanted to see The Two Towers at the midnight showing, Tuesday night, and I offered to work his morning shift so he’d be able to sleep in. This in turn allowed me to … Continue reading →

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Pardon Our Dust

Posted on December 15 2002 by Mickey

    The proposed changes are done, for the most part. I kind of compromised on archiving entries. I only worked on the pre-pMachine ones (prior to July 2002). With those, I removed them from PHP and converted them to … Continue reading →

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Time to Diet

Posted on December 12 2002 by Mickey

    No, not me! (That probably won’t be till January…and then only for a day or two). What I mean is that these monthly outages and the fact this page is loading so slowly have me thinking it’s about … Continue reading →

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Like a White House Intern

Posted on December 11 2002 by Mickey

    In what is evidently a monthly ritual, the SFG site went down again last night. Instead of getting the usual errors about a crashed site, visitor(s) were greeted with: Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /weblog.php on … Continue reading →

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Today in Fat News

Posted on December 6 2002 by Mickey

    Sounding much like the embarrassment that plagued me two months ago, the Chicago Sun-Times reports that “Americans have gotten so fat that many doctors have difficulty using stethoscopes to listen to patients’ hearts.”http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-steth06.html

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Buy Bush a Playstation 2

Posted on December 5 2002 by Mickey

    “As I sat pondering the President’s motives one day, it suddenly dawned on me that it is entirely likely our Commander in Chief has never played a single video game in his life. ‘Of course!’ I exclaimed, startling … Continue reading →

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Near Death Experience (NDE)

Posted on December 5 2002 by Mickey

    Ever since reading an article in a magazine I’ve been recalling a strange event which happened to me a while ago. I might as well share it with you.    While practicing for a local power-eaters contest, I … Continue reading →

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PSA

Posted on December 4 2002 by Mickey

    Please stop spelling “Santa Claus” with an E. The Disney movie title The Santa Clause has an “E” because it’s a pun on a “clause” in a contract.    It’s a joke. It should not be used as … Continue reading →

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Enter the Thought Police

Posted on December 3 2002 by Mickey

    Ladies and gentlemen, the end of democracy:http://www.msnbc.com/news/841671.asp?0dm=C14NN&cp1=1    Excerpt: “Civil libertarians accuse the Bush administration of an executive-branch power grab that will erode the rights and freedoms that terrorists are trying to destroy. ‘They are trying to embed … Continue reading →

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