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Pursuant to this article about AT&T;’s new privacy policies, it may be in your best interests to watch whatever you say if over the phone, or in fact to not have phone service of any kind.
From the article:

The new policy says that AT&T; — not customers — owns customers’ confidential info and can use it […]

Just got done watching the webcast of Pink Floyd’s set for Live8… WOW. It’s really amazing to see the originals all back together again; as one hand-made sign read “Pink Floyd Reunited: Pigs Have Flown!” It stuns me how a tiny little WMV stream can bring me right back to seeing them in […]

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting “has told its staff that it should consider redirecting money away from national newscasts and toward music programs produced by NPR stations.” This is apparently due to the Bush appointees who run the CPB getting their knickers in a knot about NPR’s coverage of the Middle East. Of […]

X-posted to wine… Shared here for those who don’t read that community.
“The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may not pass laws blocking outside wineries from shipping directly to customers. The 5-4 decision strikes down laws in New York and Michigan that make it a crime to buy wine directly from vineyards in another state. […]

Liz and I have been married for four years. Jeepers!
It feels like a fleeting eyeblink; it feels like a joyous eternity.
Most importantly, it still feels absolutely, completely, exactly right, and though we have been through our share of sorrows together, I am in awe of how blessed that I have been to share my […]

Random impressions and thoughts from the past couple of days…
Say what you will about various political figures, Bruce Springsteen friggin’ rules.
Apparently CWRU is slammin’! How odd. Had Case been “slammin’” while I was there, I still don’t think I would have had a very good time.
Last night I had to try to remain […]

This morning, Tim Russert was asked to write the name of the one state to watch on election day. And so, upon his Whiteboard of Electoral Doom, Russert scrawled these words that will haunt us all for years to come:

Ohio
Ohio
Ohio

Friends… We’re officially screwed.

Mood:depressed
Music:Bauhaus - “Ziggy Stardust”

In case you haven’t seen it yet… Here is the direct link: http://images2.shockwave.com/afassets/flash/goodtobeindc.swf.
And yes, it’s super, thanks for asking!
Enjoy.

Mood:amused
Music:JibJab - “Good to Be in DC”

So if you want to go to a Bush/Cheney event to see what their platform is about, you are required to sign an endorsement form in order to get your ticket to attend.
By itself, this really bothers, irritates, and upsets me. No matter how strongly I feel about a candidate, any candidate, I’m not […]

Sounds like RIAA has managed to purchase sufficient support in the Senate for the so-called INDUCE Act… Don’t want to give up your VCR? Can’t live without your Tivo? Don’t like the RIAA raping your mother, spitting in your food, and kicking your dog? The EFF can help you! (Or […]