Month: November 2004

  • Presidential Election Results Past

    Ron and I were wondering what the stats were back in the Clinton years. That dug up: InfoPlease: Presidential Elections, 1789–2000

  • Packed Polls

    Just got back from the 17th Precinct polling place which was a high-rise on Sheridan – also the place for the 35th and 48th Precincts. A winding line from the entrance, up the stairs and through to the second floor. The building’s elderly occupants rolling over feet and pushing the youngsters out of the way […]

  • Don't Vote? Don't Complain.

    Remember, though our choices at times seem like a lesser of two evils, this is only 30 minutes every four years where you actually get a direct voice in the insanity that is American politics. And if you don’t vote (and can) then you don’t have any right to complain for the next four years.

  • 1962-3: U.S. Army and LSD Experimentation

    Case records of 52 Army volunteers given from 1.1 to 2.0 µg/kg of LSD orally between 1962 and 1966 were studied…. Significant relationships were found between personality (as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Army General Intelligence Test) and performance following administration of LSD.

  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two

    Though I don’t have Volume One – this is very good news. The release of 60 more Looney Tunes animation shorts, restored and digitally remastered. There’s few things I’d rather watch during a length tech support shift besides a neverending parade of Bugs and friends.