Monthly Archives: October 2002

Best sports colleges

Posted on October 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

According to Sports Illustrated, the University of Texas is the best overall college for sports. I don’t actually care about that. What I do care about is that they listed Rice at #45, which just happens to be one spot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lili’s coming

Posted on October 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Geez, the folks in Louisiana haven’t even recovered from Isidore, and now they’ve got to worry about Hurricane Lili, which looks to be a lot worse. Batten down the hatches, y’all. Here’s a little advance warning for the serious student … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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He’s got legs, he knows how to use them

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

You take your fame where you can get it, I always say. (In case you can’t tell, that’s me on the far left. Mikey is in the foreground. Good thing I never planned on a career in politics.) Continue reading →

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Einhorn will testify

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Ira Einhorn will testify at his trial, and by $DEITY he may just tell us all about how it was Evil Guvment Agents who killed his girlfriend Holly Maddux and stuffed her body into a steamer trunk in his apartment. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Raffle this!

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The kids at Pearland High School, a bit south of Houston, thought they had a novel way to raise some cash for scholarships: Raffle off a house. They got a house from a builder at cost and were aiming to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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But I’m sure it was weapons-grade zinc and zirconium

Posted on October 1, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

By now I’m sure you’ve heard that the 15 kg of weapons-grade uranium that was seized in Turkey has turned out to be 150 grams of inert metals such as zinc and zirconium. Oopsie. I took a quick peek through … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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