Chuck Norris Lets Me Blog Here
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris frequently donates blood to the Red Cross. Just not his own. I first saw Chuck Norris in 1978’s Good Guys Wear Black (directed by Ted Post, who may not be famous, but sure has been busy). I can’t really remember much of the story, but Norris… Read more
Fight the Power!
According to a ZDnet article, Justice Department prosecutors have asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL to turn over millions of records from their databases. This is all part of the government’s attempt to defend the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The ACLU is challenging COPA in part on the grounds that compliance is impossible. To… Read more
Nikon D200 Blues
It’s been a while since I wrote anything about the Nikon D200 camera I want, so I figure many of you are asking yourselves, “How’s Mark doing with that new Nikon D200 camera he ordered?” I don’t have it yet. There were rumors about the new Nikon D200 well before the official announcement. So on… Read more
Catching Up With Mainstream Media, But Not In a Good Way
In the half-decade or so that blogging has been taking off on the World Wide Web, bloggers have envied the mainstream media for its power and influence while at the same time excoriating the mainstream media for its arrogance. The bloggers have been making continuous progress catching up on power and influence over the last… Read more
Clown Captured in Chicago
I just spotted the headline in Yahoo news: Reputed Mob Boss Captured in Chicago A mobster, in Chicago? Say it ain’t so! Why would a mobster in Chicago be big news? Unless… They did write “Mob Boss”… Could it be…? Holy Crap! They caught Joey “The Clown” Lombardo! Lombardo has had kind of a strange… Read more
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