Daily Archives: October 28, 2002

Congrats to the Angels

Congrats to the Angels, a truly fine team, for winning the World Series. It was a great Series and it’s a shame that not too many people watched. BTW, I lost count of how many times the announcers mentioned that … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hard to imagine it getting any worse

In response to an ad that attempts to link him to the 1985 murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, Tony Sanchez has called Governor Goodhair “the most disgusting human being I’ve ever known.” In the ad, one of the DEA … Continue reading Continue reading

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For better or for worse, but not for much longer

Lynn Johnston will retire her comic strip For Better Or For Worse sometime in the next five years. Johnston believes that her retirement will come at a good time as the lives of her characters are coming full circle. April, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Screaming about ice cream franchises

Disgruntled Marble Slab Creamery franchisees are suing the company over claims of misleading business plans. I wouldn’t have bothered blogging this except for the following quote: But [Hal] Cook and other former Marble Slab franchisees said the often-crowded stores come … Continue reading Continue reading

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Races enter homestretch

Tony Sanchez is working to get out the vote as the campaign enters the final week before Election Day. The conventional wisdom continues to be that it’s too little, too late: The pollsters concluded that a victory by either Sanchez … Continue reading Continue reading

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Prairie dog saga continues in Lubbock

Animal rights activists are protesting the city of Lubbock’s attempts to forcibly remove prairie dogs from a large site where wastewater is treated. The controversy began in June, when the then-Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission cited the city of Lubbock … Continue reading Continue reading

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Still having hosting problems

I have heard from my web host that one of their servers (namely, the one that I’m hosted on) has been having sporadic problems running CGI scripts. This has the effect of causing “Internal Server Error” messages to pop up … Continue reading Continue reading

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