Monthly Archives: May 2004

JFK and Mr. Rogers Look the Same

May 31, 2004 – 8:07 pm

Well, they sorta’ look the same. Sorta.

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The Real Florida Gators

May 30, 2004 – 3:17 pm

From an email from my Dad:
Florida allows those who win permits to take three alligators. They sell the meat and hides , except the tails, which have the best cuts of alligator meat, and which they normally keep to feed their families. Mal asked how the alligator meat is cooked; the lady said by cutting [...]

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Leadership

May 27, 2004 – 6:46 am

Who can complain about being compared favorably to ol’ JFK? (Yes, in a really vain way, I was happy about it.) A co-worker was surprised to be matched with Saddam Hussein, but my boss was happy to be Gandhi. Numbskull, meanwhile, looks like Abe. In another test, I was matched with Indiana Jones and Raiders [...]

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Extra Stories

May 24, 2004 – 1:36 am

A friend of a friend says his life is made up of places he can no longer go (or is no longer invited). Sad, but somewhat true. He’s also a funny bastard.
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Sandee’s aunt had her 50th birthday not long ago. The aunt makes cakes on the side so it was no big thing [...]

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Top Google

May 21, 2004 – 3:45 pm

Lamson Library’s portal integration project tops Google’s search hits for “library portal integration.” I’ve been crowing about it all over campus for a week now, and while you can argue about what real value it has, it’s still exciting.

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WorldCat Now Available to World (via Google)

May 20, 2004 – 7:33 pm

I’d heard that that OCLC was opening up WorldCat, their huge bibliographic database, to Google. It seems to be online now.
If you happen to Google some very complete search terms for Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code (look for the WorldCatLibraries URL), you’ll find a link to the public WorldCat record. Interesting, but I wonder [...]

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Cliff’s Piranha

May 20, 2004 – 7:23 am

He’s named it Officer Angry, and it eats like a monster. It looks like a monster too, so that’s not so bad. Videos of the fishy fellow eating are at Cliff’s website: Officer Angry Chases Chow and Officer Angry Eats Off a Stick. The second one is much better than the first. Yes, I shot [...]

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Re: Gasoline Blackout Day (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)

May 18, 2004 – 5:53 pm

From Jon Link, who can also be seen at thenumbskull.com:
I hate expensive gas as much as anyone BUT, this is a problem of our own design. We don’t need to stop buying oil for one day, we need to buy less oil in general. We love capitalism– supply and demand is it’s cornerstone… [...]

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Jon Link Goes Online With TheNumbskull.com

May 17, 2004 – 7:48 pm

  Okay, his self portrait on my white board has nothing to do with his recent website launch, but…well…. TheNumbskull.com
More photos from MaisonBisson

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Japanese Ice Cream…Novelties?

May 16, 2004 – 7:35 pm

Fish, octopus, squid, ox tongue, sweet potato, fried eggplant, crab, corn, rice, wasabi, shrimp, eel, noodle, chicken wing, miso, and cactus. Those may not sound like appetizing ice cream flavors, but it’s what they’ve got.

tags: chicken wing, eel, flavor, flavors, fried eggplant, ice cream, ice cream flavors, icecream, japan, japanese, miso, octopus, squid, sweet potato, [...]

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The Secret Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld

May 14, 2004 – 8:57 am

Pieces of Intelligence : The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld
From Amazon’s Description: “Until now, the poetry of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been hidden, ‘embedded’ within comments made at press briefings and in interviews. His preferred medium is the spoken word, and his audience has been limited to hard-bitten reporters and hard-core watchers [...]

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DMCRA vs. DMCA

May 12, 2004 – 7:23 pm

Get the word out. The fight is on to create sensible limits to the DMCA. Read ArsTechnica’s DMCRA argument. Copyfight, of course, is covering DMCRA, and arguing for it. TeleRead is swinging for DMCRA too. Heck, they’ve even endorsed a congressional candidate based on his stand on fair-use.
Read those and act. Tell your congressperson you [...]

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The Twig

May 12, 2004 – 12:18 pm

  It’s actually called The Garlic Clove, but for a variety of reasons, we just call it The Twig.
More photos from MaisonBisson

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How Do You Sell a Castle?

May 12, 2004 – 12:03 pm

When you call around for realtors to sell your ‘house,’ how do you tell them it’s a castle?
I somehow found out about the Martin Castle in Kentucky, but that lead to information about the Dupont Castle and that sites guide to over 200 castles in the US. Dupont reports there was a fire at Martin [...]

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In the Window

May 5, 2004 – 12:07 pm

  Sarah left these as a gift for Wendy in the window of her new toy.

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