Daily Archives: December 20, 2004

Best news I’ve heard today

Slacktivist has started posting his analysis of the “Left Behind” books again. Today’s installment: Buck Williams as Arthur Dent. Check it out. Continue reading

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Westar mistrial

Looks like the federal prosecutors for the money laundering trial of former Westar CEO David Wittig aren’t as good as the ones here on the Enron task force. The federal fraud trial of former Westar Energy Inc. chief executive David … Continue reading Continue reading

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Our stadium can kick your stadium’s butt!

In the midst of this article on the various Texas-based bowl games and how they position themselves in the market, Dale Robertson makes a remarkable (to me, anyway) observation: Understandably, the SBC Cotton Bowl and the Alamo Bowl have been … Continue reading Continue reading

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Google desktop bug

There’s a security hole (which has now been fixed) in the Google desktop search tool. The glitch, which could permit an attacker to secretly search the contents of a personal computer via the Internet, is what computer scientists call a … Continue reading Continue reading

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The soundtrack of Christmas revisited

The Chron has an op-ed today on the subject of Christmas music and why it’s the same thing every year. Consider that in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ annual ranking of the 25 most-performed holiday songs, oldies … Continue reading Continue reading

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How do you define “credible”?

In the comments to this post, Kevin says: I thought all those crossover voters were going to be the end of Tom DeLay in his race against Richard Morrison, whom many people here called “credible.” Oh, wait, yeah, that didn’t … Continue reading Continue reading

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Poker tournaments still illegal

Poker tournament busted in Texas City at a nightclub owned by former Texas City Mayoral candidate Frank Skaggs. Texas City police received a tip about the “Texas Hold ‘Em” tournament planned for Dec. 5 at Shenanigans. They broke it up … Continue reading Continue reading

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