Monthly Archives: March 2002

Houston blogmeet tonight

Posted on March 5, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I’m off to meet my fellow Houston bloggers for a Happy Hour tonight. It’s the second such get together but I missed the first one, so these will be mostly new faces to me. I’ll have a report tomorrow. Continue reading →

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More on Wild Lawsuit Girls

Posted on March 5, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I got a nice note from Fritz Schranck today with some comments about my recent post about Amber Kulhanek’s default judgment against Arco Media. Kulhanek claims she was coerced into entering a wet T-shirt contest where she was filmed flashing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s not just music

Posted on March 5, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

News Corp President and COO Peter Chernin claims that the public is illegally downloading a million pirated movies a day. Good grief. Do these entertainment industry bigwigs take stupid pills or something? Has anyone reading this ever illegally downloaded a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Down the up staircase

Posted on March 5, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I happened across a copy of Fast Company magazine today, and inside found this interesting article about a British TV show in which corporate CEOs are invited to spend time doing a low-level job within their company and are filmed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Spamming the globe

Posted on March 4, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

From The USS Clueless comes this article about how China is upset that American and European Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are blocking email from China, Korea, and Taiwan to combat spam. Spammers routinely relay mail through servers in these countries … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Today in history

Posted on March 4, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

March 4 was Inauguration Day up until FDR’s administration. When he was first inaugurated in 1933, he appointed the first female Cabinet member, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. Take a look at today’s birthdays from Yahoo! Daily News and see if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wild Lawsuit Girls

Posted on March 4, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Ever see those ads on TV for the Girls Gone Wild videotapes? You know, the ones of coeds on Spring Break and at Mardi Gras flashing their boobs? Well, a girl who was seen in an ad for a similar … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Afghanistan and the lessons of Y2K

Posted on March 3, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

After reading Gary Farber’s thorough takedown of The Guardian‘s resident idiot, I got to thinking how a presumably intelligent person could be so utterly off-base. It’s not so much that Mary Riddell and those like her are guaranteed to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Disney sequels

Posted on March 3, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I was going to comment on the recent spate of sequels to classic animated Disney movies, but Oliver Willis beat me to it. What he said. Continue reading →

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Chron endorses Morales over Sanchez

Posted on March 3, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The Chronicle has endorsed Dan Morales in the Democratic primary for Governor. This is unlikely to mean anything, since the Chron is a lead-pipe cinch to back Governor Goodhair in November, and since Tony Sanchez is virtually certain to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The dog who didn’t bark

Posted on March 3, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

More interesting than the Chron’s endorsement of Dan Morales is their strange silence regarding the Republican primary for US House District 22, which is Tom DeLay’s home base. Their master list of endorsements from last week includes a pick in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Have office, will run

Posted on March 3, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

One of the things I like about the primary season is the annual game of finding the perennial candidates. The Republicans have one who makes it more of a challenge to spot him because he runs under a different name … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Damn, that was fast

Posted on March 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

We got an offer on our house today, a mere five days after the For Sale sign went up. It’s in the ballpark pricewise, and the prospective buyer already has a contract on his house and wants to close on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Linda Lay Award

Posted on March 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The Linda Lay Award for Sycophantic Interview Least Likely to Generate Hometown Sympathy goes to Jeff Skilling for his pathetic appearance on Larry King Live. Continue reading →

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Life is hard, but life is hardest when you’re dumb

Posted on March 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

And to think that the Brits call Dubya a dummy. Here’s the latest wisdom from Prince Philip: LONDON — No one would ever accuse him of political correctness. In his long career as Queen Elizabeth II’s consort, the Duke of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hello, 55 MPH

Posted on March 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

An Austin judge has cleared the way for the 55 MPH speed limit signs to go up starting on Monday. I had an argument with my friend and coworker Andrea about this on Friday. She believes the lower speed limit … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Farber on Engler

Posted on March 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Gary Farber makes a good point about Matthew Engler’s much-derided Guardian piece about The Olive Garden, which is that Brits have a legitimate beef with the timing of our entry into WWI and WWII. Check it out. Continue reading →

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House update

Posted on March 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Well, things are really moving along. We have a signed contingency agreement on the house we want, which means we’ve put up earnest money. On Wednesday we did an inspection of the new house. It’s in pretty good shape, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monica Undercover

Posted on March 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Normally, the best reason to read Ann Hodges, the Chronicle‘s bluenosed critic – she makes the Church Lady seem hip – is to take whatever it is she’s haughtily condemning and set the VCR accordingly. However, for once I’ve got … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Quality Entertainment Dept.

Posted on March 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Tonya Harding will take on Amy Fisher in the Fox Network’s Celebrity Boxing special. to be broadcast on March 13. The undercard, as it were, will feature Danny “Partridge” Bonaduce versus Barry “Greg Brady” Williams. What surprises me is that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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