Daily Archives: February 13, 2004

That’ll get the romance going

Pete notes that while tomorrow may be Valentine’s Day, today is Friday the 13th, and if you’d rather celebrate that, he’s here to help by telling you which of the “Friday the 13th” movies are worth your time. Continue reading

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It’s good to be a Bush

That’s our school board. Houston school board members unanimously agreed Thursday to accept $115,000 in charitable donations that will be funneled to an educational software company founded by Neil Bush, the brother of President Bush. A watchdog group and legal … Continue reading Continue reading

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Freewayblogging contest

The Scarlet Pimpernel, also known as the Freewayblogger, has a contest going: This one’s easy: Take a piece of cardboard and paint the letters A, W, O, and L on it and affix it securely (duct tape and coathangers work … Continue reading Continue reading

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Blogads for Congress

Looks like the success of Ben Chandler‘s online fundraising via BlogAds has already spawned the inevitable successors. So far, Georgai’s John Barrow and Texas’ Morris Meyer are running ads on blogs, and I’m sure they won’t be the last ones … Continue reading Continue reading

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Skilling in the sights

Be still my heart: Task force preparing indictment for Skilling. An indictment against former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling is on the prosecutorial drawing board and could be brought to the grand jury as early as next week. Though … Continue reading Continue reading

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