tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31953212011-04-21T16:31:17.144-04:00Edub's BlogA few rambling thoughts here and there. Really just want to try this thing out.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1134000423823680272005-12-07T19:05:00.000-05:002005-12-07T19:07:03.833-05:00Didn't know Chuck Klosterman was writing for ESPN. But he is. Losing isn't everything. Losing is the only thing.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133996201621869392005-12-07T17:54:00.000-05:002005-12-07T17:56:41.630-05:00As I'm prone to do, I left my book at home today. (Absent Friends, by S.J. Rozan). So, the question is, what to read instead? a. The NYTimes Book Reviewb. The Idiot's Guide to Better Skinc. Modern Database ManagementLet's pretend those are the only choices.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133995390548313262005-12-07T17:42:00.000-05:002005-12-07T17:43:10.556-05:00I have to find my voice.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133901285110154042005-12-06T15:28:00.000-05:002005-12-06T15:34:45.123-05:00No running lately. I don't have the shoes for the snow and I've got a cold. Gotta do something, though, other than walk the dog. I feel like a slacker. Christmas is coming, which means I have to get to the p.o. and get stuff in the mail, which means I have to shop because I don't have enough stuff to put in the mail. Sigh. Round and round we go.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133807577991366282005-12-05T13:30:00.000-05:002005-12-05T13:32:58.000-05:00Oh, my goodness. After a month of trying (and giving up, mostly) I finally got phpmyadmin to work today! I feel like a 10 year old kid at Christmas (at least that's what my coworkers said when they saw me dancing around). Now that I got it working I have to:a) figure out how to use it andb) figure out something to do with itAll in my spare time! Ah, well. . .the pursuit is often more exciting erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133373607226181132005-11-30T12:57:00.000-05:002005-11-30T13:00:07.240-05:00I'm allegedly learning php and MYSQL stuff today. . .of course I'm more than a little lost. Better than trying to soak it up out of a book, though. Late night tonight and I still feel like crap. Took the p.m. off yesterday and slept for about 2 hours. Can't remember the last time I did that. Probably when I still had my apartment and I'd take a Wednesday afternoon snooze. Ahh, the good old days! erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1133279593680917882005-11-29T10:51:00.000-05:002005-11-30T13:01:57.156-05:00Slogging through our 349 new Barnes and Noble paperbacks, give or take. Not much of literary value, unfortunately, but I just bought a few end-of-the-year "best of" novels from another vendor to supplement our meager collection. Picked up V's ring last night, wrapped in beautiful golden paper so even I can't look at it til Christmas. I thought the saleslady was going to keep it herself she was soerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1130246416447394372005-10-25T09:18:00.000-04:002005-10-25T09:20:16.453-04:00Had a good run yesterday, almost 1/2 hour. Trouble is, I have no idea how far I'm going, cuz it's off the beaten path a little. Anyway, it felt good after having not run in a week or so. Bad weather and just been busy, which is a terrible excuse.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1129825992807364282005-10-20T12:31:00.000-04:002005-10-20T12:33:12.813-04:00Just reading a Men's Health article on breakups. There's some good stuff in there. I like this line (under the section "Stop being friends")Your friendship has been taken off the menu of great things in life that she gets to enjoy. Great line!!!!erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1129656979461115152005-10-18T13:26:00.000-04:002005-10-18T13:36:19.513-04:00Life is the shits sometimes. This week it's lawyers, dentists, and counselors, for god's sake. Meanwhile, I'm running. Yesterday I probably did about 3 miles, the most I've done in years. Best thing is, it got me away from the house for almost an hour, which was where I needed to be. I know she claims she doesn't understand anything I'm feeling, but I think she does. She just refuses to erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-1084194975220328802004-05-10T09:05:00.000-04:002004-05-10T09:16:15.220-04:00Long time no blog. I know.
When I'm "happy," I seem to be able to put my thoughts together more coherently. When I'm not, which is most of the time, I'm unable to. Sort of turns the whole concept of the fucked-up artist on its head, I know. Anyway. . .
Last night was really good, which was even better after my fuck-up on Friday night. Had really good sushi due to a weird coincidence. A studenterichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-930165572003-04-21T21:29:00.000-04:002003-04-21T21:29:42.936-04:00God Bless Humboldt State!
Story here.
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-925149482003-04-13T00:19:00.000-04:002003-04-13T00:21:03.000-04:00From yahoo news:
Despite fall of Iraq regime, anti-war groups keep on marching
This sentence stood out:
Possibly the biggest European showing was half a million protesters on the streets of Rome, according to organisers, while a similar number turned out across Spain.
Half a million? Like, 500,000? This after the war has been going on for three weeks?
Compare this to the recent Iraqi erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-924648782003-04-11T23:00:00.000-04:002003-04-11T23:00:26.670-04:00Is Jeff Greenfield actually making sense every now and again?
He just made the point to Aaron Brown that Gulf War I led to 9/11. Before that, he was expressing caution in declaring victory in Iraq just yet, because we did the same thing in Afghanistan and that's far from an earthly paradise.
Heard him on Imus this morning, and he sounded sane there, too. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-924645272003-04-11T22:52:00.000-04:002003-04-11T22:53:17.000-04:00Lots of good stuff over at MWO tonight.
A link to this article in the Christian Science Monitor, which provides a window into the soul of some of the U.S. soldiers, and thankfully reflects their humanity.
And this story, about the author Roger Kahn and his response to the cancellation of the Bull Durham event at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I heard Dale Petroskey on WFAN this afternoon. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-909627752003-03-18T21:22:00.000-05:002003-03-19T21:07:28.000-05:00So it's come to this.
"Diplomacy" no longer means negotiation with your enemies, it means twisting the arms of your allies.
"Putting your cards on the table" means only doing so if you know you've got a Royal Flush, and the other players have 3 of a kind.
"Patriotism" means that no matter what, you keep your lips closed while the world falls apart around you.
"War" doesn't mean an armed erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-909593712003-03-18T20:19:00.000-05:002003-03-18T20:20:26.000-05:00The coalition of the willing has been outed, and here's the list:
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-907411952003-03-14T20:41:00.000-05:002003-03-14T20:41:31.373-05:00We can support the troops without supporting the war.
How?
Here are a couple of causes. (I'm sure there are many many more.)
The Uniting Through Reading program "helps keep parents and children connected while separated during long deployments, through the medium of reading aloud on videotape."
And the Red Cross is sponsoring a program to help support the families of servicemen and erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-906830142003-03-13T21:17:00.000-05:002003-03-13T22:12:35.000-05:00I'm glad he's got his kid back. I can't imagine what he's gone through. But does anybody else out there think that Elizabeth Smart's father is one creepy dude?
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-904906912003-03-10T20:16:00.000-05:002003-03-10T20:17:16.000-05:00Senate Punching Bag
Check for the transcript of Crossfire tonight (3/10/03) when Carville dismisses a U.S. Senator as if he's a bad waiter at the local Olive Garden. Of course, it was Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, who our good friend Bartcop describes as "religiously insane," and "the biggest asshole in the senate with Helms retiring."
Carville even gives Inhofe the chance to ask him a erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-904899432003-03-10T20:02:00.000-05:002003-03-10T20:02:58.000-05:00Book 'em, Dano!
Are librarians doing enough to oppose the Patriot Act?
David Price said, emphatically, no! erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-903366592003-03-07T22:14:00.000-05:002003-03-10T19:57:22.000-05:00United States v. the American Library Association.
The name of this case alone should give everyone pause, if not the heebie-jeebies.
Here's a good article from Slate.
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-902796692003-03-06T22:47:00.000-05:002003-03-06T22:49:01.000-05:00Darwinism, according to Colorado Springs
Aren't these supposed to be the best and brightest of our military recruits?
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., accused the academy's top commanders of mishandling rape allegations and said they should be removed. But a spokesman for Air Force Secretary James G. Roche and Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper issued a statement refusing to blame the academy's erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-901485712003-03-04T21:10:00.000-05:002003-03-04T21:14:26.000-05:00Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Screen Actors Guild releases a statement preemptively raising the spectre of McCarthyist blacklisting.
Is it over the top? Maybe.
Who cares. Good for them.
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-899327002003-02-28T20:48:00.000-05:002003-02-28T20:48:54.326-05:00You know what sucks? Ordering a steak and cheese grinder (with mushrooms, onions, and peppers) from your favorite pizza joint, and after picking it up, discovering they've really given you a really bad eggplant grinder instead. (Really bad meaning there was a little cheese and no sauce; hell, if it were a real eggplant grinder I would have eaten the thing. I was hungry.) I was way beyond taking erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-898741042003-02-27T21:00:00.001-05:002003-02-27T21:00:49.513-05:00Connie Chung just said goodbye to Mr. Rogers as if she was seeing him off at the bus. What an idiot. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-898740822003-02-27T21:00:00.000-05:002003-02-28T09:16:34.000-05:00Dreamcatcher, based on the Stephen King novel from 2001, is about to be released theatrically. I liked the book, although like a lot of King, it was way good at the beginning and sorta petered out at the end. Part of the reason I liked it is because some of it takes place at the Quabbin Reservoir right here in the Happy Valley. The book concerns an alien invasion that begins in backwoods Maine, erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-894696922003-02-20T21:16:00.000-05:002003-02-20T21:25:22.000-05:00OK, close your eyes.
Wait, not yet. You can't read this if you close your eyes. Get somebody to read this to you. While your eyes are closed. OK? You can imagine this, instead of reading it.
Got somebody? Good.
This almost sounds like fun, right? Well, it isn't. Sorry. It's not supposed to be. I'm going to ask you to imagine things that aren't really fun. Not at all.
You're sitting in a erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-894672402003-02-20T20:23:00.000-05:002003-02-20T20:23:31.090-05:00Ahhh, what's a trillion dollars or two.
A short war with Iraq could cost the world one percent of its economic output over the next few years and more than $1 trillion by 2010, Australian researchers said in a report on Thursday.
A long war could more than triple the costs, they said. The compounding effects of rising oil prices, extra budget spending and economic uncertainty could cut $173 erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-866111122002-12-27T22:38:00.000-05:002002-12-27T23:31:08.000-05:00Wow! Does this thing still work? (cough, cough!)
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-114309442002-04-03T19:07:00.000-05:002002-04-03T19:24:59.000-05:00I seem to have done something terrible to my ribcage over the last couple of days by, uh, coughing. The coughing has been an everpresent companion since February, and sometime last week I seem to have torn something loose during an especially athletic episode. Here's some free medical advice: If you have a cough that persists, oh, say, a month, see your doctor before you rupture something. In theerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-113285982002-03-31T22:25:00.000-05:002002-03-31T22:47:51.000-05:00Regarding the flame war discussed below, here is the actual text of the "Washington Whispers" column in U.S. News and World Report article which caused Insight mag and these tighty righties to get their underpants in a scrunch:
McVeigh's ghost
Some dismiss it as being akin to Elvis sightings, but a few top Defense officials think Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh was an Iraqi agent. The theory erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-113166412002-03-31T15:46:00.000-05:002002-03-31T15:46:48.816-05:00Midnight golf, anyone? Not if the VP is nearby. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-112982552002-03-30T23:26:00.000-05:002002-03-30T23:26:10.706-05:00Lilek's bleat on terrorism vs. domestic tranquility (in the non-political sense of the term) has been committed to eternal url-ness. It was incredibly touching, and a remarkable work for someone who does this every day. The only question arising from my liberal guilt (and we all know liberals do guilt while conservatives do anger) is this: I'd like to see someone compare the triviality of erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-112341922002-03-28T22:09:00.000-05:002002-03-28T22:50:14.000-05:00Just read this. The link might change over time, but just remember Lileks, March 28, 2002. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-112329282002-03-28T21:25:00.000-05:002002-03-28T21:33:06.000-05:00Been having a little pissing contest about the McVeigh/Iraqi connection over at Transterrestrial Musings. Sorry about screwing up the name below, but somehow I don't feel like changing it. I'm just a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to facts, I guess, and I deserve anything I get. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-111225772002-03-25T22:00:00.000-05:002002-03-26T06:33:55.000-05:00So the Iraqis are responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. How f***ing convenient. You know, I really want to like some of these blogger guys. After all, many of them have been doing this a long time, some of them have advanced degrees, and many of them seem somewhat connected and intelligent. But then I read something like this, and I truly wonder. Glenn Reynolds, the "Instapundit," mentions erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-111182292002-03-25T19:56:00.000-05:002002-03-25T19:56:29.303-05:00It's the April issue of Harpers. They just didn't have it on the web yet. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-110837722002-03-24T21:49:00.000-05:002002-03-24T21:53:34.000-05:00Speaking of depressing, Harpers magazine (must be the Feb. issue, since I can't find it on the website's March edition preview) has an extremely troubling article on the death of the Aral Sea. What was once a thriving seaport and fishery is now basically a poisoned, dry desert, where winds blow the lakebed's remnants of Soviet-era pesticide residue into what's left of the former seaside erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-110814992002-03-24T20:39:00.000-05:002002-03-24T20:39:14.346-05:00In the meantime, the Oscars (TM) are on, and Julia Roberts is breathless over her Armani. I was wondering how they'd work in 9/11, but Tom Cruise, wearing his best John-Belushi-as-samurai facial hair, is already telling us how important the movies are since the attacks. Since I haven't seen any, I guess I'll abstain from commentary. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-110810842002-03-24T20:26:00.000-05:002002-03-24T20:26:28.573-05:00I apparently don't work at the only community college in budget hell; Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon is having major problems, especially in its professional-technical programs. (You know, those insignificant areas such as nursing, dental hygiene, and aircraft mechanics. Note to self: Don't fly into or out of Eugene, and please avoid any health difficulties until you leave.)erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-109537482002-03-20T21:34:00.000-05:002002-03-20T22:00:52.000-05:00Here's an email sent to James Lileks, a columnist/blogger/all around pop culture maven, in response to this column:
We librarians are a fussy bunch. . .
. . .and if you doubt this, just check out the debate over a student opinion column at the Daily Bruin at UCLA.
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/printer.asp?ID=18860
and responses at:
http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020308125444
erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-107451072002-03-14T20:46:00.000-05:002002-03-14T20:46:50.000-05:00Our campus budget protest/rally yesterday got the press coverage it deserved. Page B-4 of the Union News, and you have to know it was pretty bad if there was that much more going on in Springfield yesterday. At least they featured the library. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-106823202002-03-12T23:50:00.000-05:002002-03-14T20:38:22.000-05:00Yeah, I know times are tight all over. But Massachusetts is in a total f*ing mess. I'm fearful for my job, and the jobs of many of my colleagues. What I haven't been able to determine is, where exactly did all the money go? "Revenue streams have dried up" is the usual response, as if someone turned off a money faucet, or decided unilaterally to dam the revenue river and not open the floodgates. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-106810972002-03-12T23:16:00.000-05:002002-03-14T20:38:46.000-05:00Here's an amazing story from National Geographic. I've remembered the original photo every since I was a kid, when my grandmother gave us a subscription. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-105743252002-03-09T22:33:00.000-05:002002-03-09T22:33:48.173-05:00Well, the UConn/Pitt game is over, but now they have to interview every member of the victorious Connecticut squad. Where is ESPN located, anyway? erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-105739752002-03-09T22:20:00.000-05:002002-03-09T22:20:00.693-05:00This is so typical. SDSU is supposed to be playing a game on ESPN right now, but because the UConn/Pitt game is in double overtime, with multiple injury delays, it hasn't even started yet. Happens all the time, and I guess it serves me right for being the only SDSU fan on the entire East Coast. Thank god for the live broadcast from the left coast. I'd put up a link, but since I got the connectionerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-103941502002-03-04T23:27:00.000-05:002002-03-04T23:34:07.000-05:00Nolan Richardson's departure as Arkansas basketball coach wasn't unexpected under the circumstances. He sounds like a guy that was thoroughly fed up. What might be unexpected is the guy who's in line to replace him: None other than former President and Arkansan Bill Clinton. Hey, you heard it here first.
BTW: Nice toss, Bobby. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-103183832002-03-02T22:33:00.000-05:002002-03-02T22:34:35.000-05:00librarian.net seems to be down tonight, so I'll post this here: an interesting article from the Daily Hampshire Gazette about how Jones Library in Amherst, Mass. is profiting from the demise of their card catalog. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-103167132002-03-02T21:32:00.000-05:002002-03-02T21:32:44.140-05:00Snood is absolutely insidious. It's a weird combination that marries Tetris and guns. It's one of those rare games that seems to attract boys and girls, too (some of them slightly past puberty). Hate it. Love it. Hate it. Love it. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-103167002002-03-02T21:31:00.000-05:002002-03-02T21:31:56.266-05:00Snood is absolutely insidious. It's a weird combination that marries Tetris and guns. It's one of those rare games that seems to attract boys and girls, too (some of them slightly past puberty). Hate it. Love it. Hate it. Love it. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195321.post-92506822002-01-31T19:34:00.000-05:002002-01-31T19:34:32.383-05:00I wish I had an idea for poetry like this.
And a related article.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297492307720782603noreply@blogger.com0