Daily Archives: March 15, 2004

XM radio

Came across this article on XM Radio in a magazine at the gym, and it’s pretty interesting. The XM folks went through quite a bit to get where they are. A couple of points of interest, starting with this bit … Continue reading Continue reading

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In Jeopardy!

Note to self: Next time you’re at the gym and “Jeopardy!” is on the TV, ask someone to change the channel to something less mentally engaging, like Fox News. It’s very embarrassing to realize that everyone is looking at you … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in See, I do have a life! | 4 Comments

Support for Iraq invasion dropping in Texas

The latest poll of Texans shows declining support for the invasion of Iraq and not a small amount of cognitive dissonance. In what analysts called the most striking finding, 58 percent disapproved of the way the war is going for … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Complete Peanuts

As you may know, Fantagraphics is releasing the first entry in The Complete Peanuts, a 12.5-year, 25-volume oddyssey that will cover the entire body of Charles Schultz’ work in the dailies. Mark Evanier has been all over this from the … Continue reading Continue reading

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It’s a bad time to be a political consultant

Boy, how things can change from a year ago when everyone was living high off the hog during that long, expensive mayoral race but now there are hardly any opportunities for a political consultant to make a few bucks. “There … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tourney time

Well, even though the teams I really care about are in the NIT, I’m looking forward as always to the NCAA basketball tournaments. Mostly because just about everyone who has any kind of case to make gets a shot at … Continue reading Continue reading

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