Daily Archives: August 4, 2004

Now that’s rocking the vote

You know what the worst part about the Vote for Change music tour? They won’t come anywhere near Houston. Oh, well. I’m not as free to see live music right now as I used to be anyway. You folks in … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Music | 11 Comments

The great Congressional debate

There’s been an interesting and I think fairly useful debate going on regarding how Congressional races can and should get funded, how candidates come to be supported by the netroots and party establishment (read: DCCC), and how the two philosophies … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 1 Comment

ClearPlay followup

Awhile back, I posted about a proposed change to copyright laws (HR 4586) and an apparent contradiction it led to in GOP philosophy as espoused in their platform. That generated some really good comments, including one today by Bill Aho, … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 3 Comments

It’s a spammer’s life

Note: Since I first posted this, Ryan Pitylak has completely abandoned the spam business, and in fact has become an ardent anti-spammer. Please see this post for an update. UPDATE: As this post is no longer accurate, and is apparently … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Bidness | 1 Comment

National Night Out

Olivia and I attended National Night Out last night – NNO is always a big deal in our neighborhood. (Tiffany is taking a Tuesday night Pilates class, in case you were wondering.) Thankfully, there are no kleptomaniac cats – that … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 7 Comments

There they go again

Via The Stakeholder, some familiar shenanigans by a Republican Congressional candidate. In this case, the perpetrator is Louie Gohmert, challenger to Rep. Max Sandlin in CD01. Gohmert said he would be more effective than Sandlin in making sure the proposed … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 1 Comment