September 2004
The Archives
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Do you have anything without spam in it?
09.30.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Do you have anything without spam in it?It took about six months, but the comment spammers finally found their way into my WordPress set up. But no worries. The Three Strikes plugin “scores” each new comment for spam badness and deletes them automatically if they are too suspicious. (It then sends me an email bragging about its spam-killing goodness—and sends the spammer […]
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Mad scientist discovers AIDS cure?
09.28.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsA Nigerian scientist claims to have found a cure for AIDS. Among his methods for testing the vaccine was injecting himself with HIV-positive blood so he could then test the vaccine on himself. The vaccine also appears to cure Hepatitis B and C and also malaria. But because of his, ahem, eccentric methods, folks are […]
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Final frontier arrives
09.28.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIt’s official: space tourism has a major corporate backer. Virgin Group tycoon Richard Branson is launching Virgin Galactic with the acclaimed Space Ship One design. The first space craft will be named, of course, Enterprise. (And competition for the X Prize continues.)
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The secret of the most wise
09.23.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on The secret of the most wiseBack in my ministry days I liked to tell people that god works in spite of us at least as often as he works through us. Not everyone liked hearing that, especially not those who were persuaded that they were doing the work of god on earth. But before god can work through you, you […]
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Native Americans: Not as backwards as you thought
09.22.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Native Americans: Not as backwards as you thoughtFrom everyone’s naughtiest friend in Washington, Ms. Wonkette: The Washington Post manages to give this photo a caption that really captures the general tone the paper’s coverage of the new Native American museum: “Talking on his cell phone as he waits to enter the new museum, Jimmy Goins from North Carolina seems almost an anachronism.” […]
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Adult Swim poetry
09.22.04 | Permalink | 5 CommentsAnd then a chorus comes out of nowhere Ninety-three films this October, completely commercial free This is it, Rooms to Go Kids and Teens Where you’re gonna find your room That’s all about you And a price your parents are gonna love So come check it out; you’ll see what I mean This place rocks […]
