Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Code

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 28, 2006

Over by the lake there’s a neighborhood, a socially if not racially mixed neighborhood. Our lake is downstream from the city. It’s the third lake in a chain of four. The “better” two lakes bound downtown Madison’s isthmus. There’s a lot of fertilizer from the lawns and fields surrounding these lakes that assures a bloom [...]

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Lament for the loss of the manly men…

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 27, 2006

I don’t know the answer. I’m not sure I know the question. But ever since I saw Troy Worman’s odd assertion regarding the femmeyness of RB, whom most of us have heretofore considered a manly man indeed, I’ve been afraid that I might somehow shift gender myself. And, as it turns out there is some [...]

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Palimpsest

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 27, 2006

I’ve been obsessed with all kinds of things and the Best o’ Sandhill migration has suffered from neglect.  I will get the interviews moved over here, and I will get the some of the funny stuff from both TypePad and the old Radio site over here.  Sorry not to have any dead elephant poetry or [...]

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By Frank Paynter | Published: May 27, 2006

This stuff is first rate!  I love the Internecks!

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PC Woes

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 27, 2006

Dell contacted me regarding the video card problem I blogged about and Alan helped me with. (Who else is willing to rescind the rule about ending a sentence with a preposition? Raise your hands. It’s almost unanimous then. The Listics Style Guide is hereby revised to permit it.)  I have an appointment for some problem [...]

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Peak Ethics…

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 26, 2006

Appalling… maybe this is why I don’t pay much attention to the news: Climbing enthusiasts will join Mt. Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary in condemning climbers who left a British mountaineer to die during their own attempts on the world’s tallest peak. In an act of appalling indifference, more than 40 climbers reportedly filed past [...]

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Where is the bird when we need her?

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 26, 2006

Tom Raftery’s complaint…   I wish Shelley was blogging!  She would have an opinion regarding the O’Reilly/CMP Web 2.0 conference trademark!

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Blawgers 1, NYT zip

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 25, 2006

Denise has a good post at Corante about a New York Times Style article that stylishly engages in a little blogger bashing, an article that fails to use information from Dennis Kennedy that would have made it even more stylish and more informative.

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