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Erev Erev Election Day, or, I Have No Fingernails Left

November 6th

So, yeah, the fate of our nation will be decided in about 50 hours from now, but let’s not talk about that, okay? Oh, I know there’s plenty of other stuff to talk about—I’ve spent a lot of time in the last week checking and rechecking such inanities as the technical definition of a graduated [...]

Ross Hobsons wrecked boat finds refuge in the Bahamas

November 1st

Two months and two thousand miles separate the dramatic mid Atlantic wipe out suffered by NE yachtsman, Ross Hobson, and the sad but exciting news that his boat, the catamaran “Mollymawk”, has found refuge on a beach in the Bahamas.
It was on the 8th November 2006 that Ross Hobson’s leading position in his class during [...]

The Devils in the Details, So We Better Be, Too

October 16th

Okay, I know itâs probably a bad idea for me to write about the election in the U.S. right now, because Iâm still a resident of freak-out-loss-of-perspective-ville, but this is a legitimate feminist comment on political media. Lisa Belkinâs piece in the Times magazine this weekend posited that when we talk about Sarah Palin, weâre [...]

Day 30: The Watermaker is Dead. R.I.P.

June 25th

me with my waterbottle - every drop now will be precious!
Position from Roz Monday night: 31 35 15N, 124 31 99W
Bad news today. I cannot get the watermaker to work.
It ran well on Friday, then sputtered to a halt after a minute or so on both Saturday and Sunday, and today again gave up the [...]

Dirt 2.0

June 14th

It is hard to retrieve an news story that so manifestly brought out the changing face of culture mediums as a great deal as the most recent scandal affecting Eliot Spitzer. On Mon, inside two hours of poster an article tying Fresh York Regulator Thomas Stearns Eliot Spitzer to a harlotry ring, traffic on the [...]

The Big Non-Deal

June 13th

Earliest this week, Electronic Humanistic discipline got a big splash with public announcement of their USD 2 000 000 000 unasked cancelled to purchase Use up 2 Synergistic, publisher of the Grand Larceny Car serial, 2K sports franchises, and last twelvemonth’s vital darling, Bioshock. Use up 2 articulated “no thanks,” EA CEO John Riccitiello asked [...]

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