Growing Old Disgracefully

In which Rudy decides that being dressed as the Rock Lobster for Halloween isn't what he signed up for when he chose to live with us grace this house with his presence.... And here I am, trying to write a midterm with 3 bajillion little trickortreaters...

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... or at least, "playing with new Ajaxy/Web2.0 templates". It's the same thing really. So if you notice the house burning down, so to speak, its just me messing up the site again, and it will hopefully be only temporary. /me loves her some dropdown menus....

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I'd always thought of Christopher Hitchens as a great writer, because he pi$$ed me off just as often as he made me nod in agreement. (Okay, so I have a weird definition of "great"). With this piece for Vanity Fair, Hitchens tells us about a great loss...

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I just thought I'd post a little bit of what Mad missed Tuesday. My family was very fortunate to have been invited by NASA to attend the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120. My son, my Dad and my Mother were treated VIP style and escorted up to...

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Received a little text message on my phone yesterday morning: Hi Laurie we are at cape kennedy watching the space shuttle launch VIP STYLE! To which I replied, only *somewhat* grumpily: go ahead, RUB it in! I am at WORK! :-P Later, at 10:58 am local,...

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I *promise* I will return to regularly scheduled rants sooner or later. I'm just happily bogged down in the Treaty of Versailles and the Policy of Containment. And of course, partying like it's 1999. Ain't life grand?

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Al Gore, UN Panel share Nobel for Peace - Yahoo News OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.s climate change panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for spreading awareness of man-made climate change and laying the foundations...

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Off-duty Wis. deputy sheriff kills 6 - Yahoo News

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#:-S :-D Can't tell I'm excited, can you? Turns out that I understood Geneva Law and Hague Law more than I thought. I've been watching my email for the assessment/critique/bad news on the essay for International Law for several days. Dreading the worst....

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I've been listening to the new album since last night, when it first was available for download. Go here for samples. Even better, go buy the thing--it's his best since 2002,and very possibly one of his best ever. I mean that, and I've been a fan since...

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