Month: October 2005
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George Takei Comes Out
Hailing frequencies open, Captain: George Takei, who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community.
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Interview on Shanty No Lemon
Anthony interviewed me yesterday about me, myself and my blog. Part 1 is up.
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Wal-Mart: Discriminate Against Disabled to Save Money
From Labor Blog: To discourage unhealthy job applicants, [the memo] suggests that Wal-Mart arrange for "all jobs to include some physical activity (e.g., all cashiers do some cart-gathering)."… "It will be far easier to attract and retain a healthier work force than it will be to change behavior in an existing one," the memo said. […]
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Public Relations Industry Influences to Alter Anti-Propaganda Bill
"Myself and others felt violated by the first bill," said Doug Simon, the founder, president and CEO of D S Simon Productions, a major producer of the faux television news reports known as video news releases (VNRs). Simon was referring to the Truth in Broadcasting Act (S 967). In its original incarnation, this bill would […]
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Oil Industry Shut Down Refineries to Boost Profits
From The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights: The three internal memos from Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco show different ways the oil giants closed down refining capacity and drove independent refiners out of business. The confidential memos demonstrate a nationwide effort by American Petroleum Institute, the lobbying and research arm of the oil industry, to […]
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Blogging Cheatsheets for Blogger, TypePad, WordPress and Movable Type
Forgot to link to this… cheatsheets for TypePad, Blogger, WordPress and Movable Type. Also: How to use Google Reader.
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Air Force Football Coach: Blacks Just Run Faster
Ugh: Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry, expressing frustration Tuesday with the Falcon’s slumping performance, attributed the latest loss in part to No. 20 TCU’s having more black players who "can run very, very well." Update: It is football, not basketball. Update: Pundit on CNN: He’s a family man. He goes to church. Christians can be […]
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Al Franken: Rove and Libby Will Be Executed
Heh heh. Al Franken was just on CNN talking about his new book and said that Rove and Libby will be found guilty of treason and should be executed.
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Listed on Amazon
By random, I checked Amazon for books authored with my last name and wouldn’t ya know it! If you’re gonna buy it – wait until the day it is out – I want to try and hit #1 in Amazon for my category – if only for an hour. 😀 I’m not crazy about the […]
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Rose Art Colored Pencils Suck
I am sitting here doing my review of the copyedits for the book and have to use colored pencils to make them. I haven’t used colored pencils in at least 15 years. I bought ‘Rose Art’ brand colored pencils and they totally suck and break every third time that I use them. Shoulda bought Crayola. […]