Daily Archives: December 2, 2004

You’d think Tom DeLay would feel nervous around prisons these days

The Stakeholder has a nice piece about the recent $100K donation from a private prison company to his favored charity. In case you’re not sure why that’s a bad thing, this WaPo story will help you sort it out. Also … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 1 Comment

Is it getting worse, or is it just me?

According to the nifty MT Blacklist main page, which is integrated into MT 3.x, I’ve blocked or deleted over 30,000 comment spams, all (presumably) since I upgraded to MT 3.121 on November 19. That’s over 2000 a day. I’m in … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Blog stuff | 9 Comments

Fans banned from The Palace

This is good to see. Two men were banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month’s NBA brawl. John Green and Charlie Haddad were sent letters informing them of the … Continue reading Continue reading

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College Republicans seek to end direct-mail contract

Here’s an update to the College Republicans story I’ve noted recently (see here and here). Looks like CRNC President Eric Hoplin is coming under pressure to get his organization out of the ridiculous contract they’ve signed with Response Dynamics (RDI), … Continue reading Continue reading

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The aquarium tigers

Tilman Fertitta and his Downtown Aquarium have added four white tiger cubs to their list of attractions. Having not been to the aquarium myself yet, I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m glad to see that the article … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 9 Comments

December means “Hall of Fame” time again

There are twenty-seven candidates on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame – twelve newcomers and fifteen holdovers. Only one newcomer is a sure thing, and that’s Wade Boggs. He won’t be the most talked-about candidate, though. If there’s … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Baseball | 3 Comments

Extreme commuting

I’m just boggled by this article on “extreme commuting”. “The sun isn’t even up,” says Sandra Foster, 42, who’s been making the 85-mile trip into Manhattan for nearly a year to her job as an information-technology recruiter. “The last thing … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 16 Comments