Daily Archives: December 28, 2003

Best for you maybe

Posted on December 28, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I agree with Big Media Matt – the criteria used in this Best Places to Live guide sounds exactly like a formula to determine the richest exurban areas and not much else. The $50,000 median income cutoff is a guarantee … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yeah, but who’ll play Snookums and Snowflake?

Posted on December 28, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Every once in awhile, you can actually learn something from those end of the year Weird Stories wrapups. Tom Hanks was signed to play flamboyant congressman Charlie Wilson of Lufkin, who helped Afghani mujahedeen oust the Soviets, in a movie … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The madness of King Beef

Posted on December 28, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Julia has a fine collection of news links to get you up to speed on the Mad Cow story. Here’s one link that I’d like to highlight. During a House debate last summer over a possible ban on using sick … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How self-absorbed can you get?

Posted on December 28, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I must not be as jaded as I thought I was, because I really can’t believe I just read this headline in today’s Chron: Amid backdrop of war, Houston reborn in 2003. With the chutzpah of a city that put … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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