Monthly Archives: October 2006

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 29, 2006

My advice? Self administer, then self medicate. [UPDATE: colorless, green, ideas, sleep, furiously -- invisible pink unicorn]

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2006 Election Guide

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 29, 2006

Lacking nuance but making up for that in comprehensive coverage, the New York Times Election Guide provides a look at every US house, US senate race, and State governor race. Races are classified as “Safe,” “leaning” one way or the other, or “toss-up.”

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Why does Reuters call it a bathroom?

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 29, 2006

All the fits that’s news to print. Read the entire stunning Reuters expose on this matter of international interest… ROME (Reuters) – Which bathroom should a “transgender” politician be using in parliament? The thorny question rocked Italy’s lower house, home to Europe’s first transvestite MP, on Friday. “You can’t use this lavatory. This is the [...]

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T. Ruggles’ new book…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 28, 2006

Oh boy, oh boy… Against the Day, coming soon to a bookstore near us. Spanning the period between the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, the Balkans, Central [...]

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Marshall Massey

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 28, 2006

I have a three month old check on my desktop made out to the Omaha Friends meeting that belongs to Marshall Massey. The check was written to support Friend Massey’s walk from Omaha to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting where he was a keynote speaker this summer. There was, to my mind, an underlayment of inducement [...]

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Tim Wu on YouTube

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 27, 2006

Professor Wu lays out some interesting information for those of us interested in the Network Neutrality discussion. he presents what is almost a paradox regarding the origins of the safe harbor that shelters YouTube and Google (and the rest of us) from nuisance suits… But the most interesting thing is where all this legal armor [...]

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Pamela Slim

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 27, 2006

Amanda chats with the blogger responsible for “Escape from Cubicle Nation.” A few months ago many people were trying to give Amanda advice. In this post she seems to be soliciting some advice from Pamela, and listening. There’s a pot full of cactus on the table and one is in bloom. Amanda is beginning to [...]

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factotum

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 26, 2006

Favorite bumper stickers include: “Ignore Alien Orders” and “I’d rather be reading Bukowski.” Read Bruce’s review of the Matt Dillon movie, Factotum.

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