Author Archives: Mickey

My Own Little Planetarium

Posted on November 11 2004 by Mickey

    Still obsessed with the photos I took last Sunday, I created this little slideshow. Too bad you can’t see it fullscreen, as I can in iPhoto, but it’s still nice and has a couple more pictues than the … Continue reading →

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Birthday Blogging

Posted on November 9 2004 by Mickey

    Happy Birthday to me! Another year older and deeper in debt. It’s time to change the age on all my message board profiles. And it’s time to check all the “Today’s Birthday” horoscopes and find out what’s in … Continue reading →

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Northern Lights

Posted on November 8 2004 by Mickey

    What a birthday present! I got what I always wanted: a chance to see the Northern Lights! Earlier today I got an e-mail from Spaceweather.com saying: Big sunspot 696 unleashed an X-class solar flare on Sunday, Nov. 7th, … Continue reading →

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Not Quite So Dumb

Posted on November 7 2004 by Mickey

    Thank God. Despite what this headline [PDF] might say, it looks like Americans are not quite so retarded as first believed. The fact the worst President in American history was re-elected Tuesday might now not be due to … Continue reading →

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First Look: Revenge of the Sith

Posted on November 6 2004 by Mickey

    The new Star Wars: Episode III teaser trailer will premiere in theaters tomorrow, preceding Pixar’s The Incredibles. But it debuted online today, minutes ago, for subscribers of AOL and Star Wars.com.    It didn’t take long for it … Continue reading →

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Defending My Values

Posted on November 5 2004 by Mickey

    All day I’ve been hearing how Americans disregarded Bush’s obvious gross incompetence and in favor of voting for his morsel values. I find this bewildering since the Republicans hardly have the monopoly on that. I’ve been preaching morsel … Continue reading →

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Let the Name Calling Begin

Posted on November 4 2004 by Mickey

    CNN, via Netscape’s News page, has some choice words for W. Check out the file name of the Bush photo, as listed in Properties. (I did not make the screen grab, which explains the Windows XP interface.)

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The Beginning of a New Era

Posted on November 4 2004 by Mickey

    No, not a second Bush administration. That’s nothing to crow about, unless for some reason you really hate the middle class and want to see them gone. This entry’s title refers to new developments with this here blog.  … Continue reading →

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What Happened to “No Surrender”?

Posted on November 3 2004 by Mickey

    Evidently John Kerry has conceded to George Bush, giving up on that whole “every vote counts, every vote counted” American pipedream. I however do not concede. Fox News and NBC can color Ohio however they want. I refuse … Continue reading →

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[Archivist’s Note]

Posted on November 2 2004 by Mickey

    This entry marks the end of the last SQL backup on pMachine. Although pMachine will continue to be used, all subsequent entries are copied from an Expression Engine backup, being the successor to pMachine.    There’s no simple … Continue reading →

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