Monthly Archives: November 2004

A Message Of Hope?

This cover of the November 11 Seattle Stranger, an alternative weekly, has apparently become something of a collectors’ item. The message says, Do not despair. You don’t have to leave. You don’t have to move to Canada. You may feel … Continue reading

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The Insane Becomes Normal…

Thanks to the proliferation of people talking on cell phones using earbud headsets, it’s not at all uncommon to see people walking around gesturing and talking (seemingly) to themselves. At least, this is the case in the financial district where … Continue reading

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LJer Accused of Murder

Here’s a creepy one. 16-year-old Rachelle Waterman, smchyrocky on LJ, has been arrested and charged with first degree murder. The police say she solicited the help of two men to kill her mother, whose body was found in a burning … Continue reading

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Protected: The Whiskey Or the Wisdom

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Programming Uphill Both Ways

Those of us who believe that programming has gotten too easy with all these sissy icons and windows (yes, you know who you are) might be pleased at the release of Hercules, an emulator for IBM mainframes. For my first … Continue reading

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Protected: No Blogger Left Behind

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[Wolf Whistle]

Hope the opening, ahem, came off well. This was a sign on a storefront on the main street of Amherst, MA, where rednoodlealien and I saw Bob Dylan on Saturday night. It was a good show, although I much prefer … Continue reading

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Madman On Mars

Ray Bradbury’s thoroughly loopy column for the Journal today didn’t exactly increase my ever-dwindling interest in manned spaceflight. But it does raise the question of whether Kim Jong Il is taking down all his pictures because he’s planning a trip … Continue reading

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Ooh, Pick Meme

My journal is called Riffs and Licks because it refers to both my musical and conversational styles, and because it’s somewhat suggestive. My subtitle is nonexistent because it seemed superfluous. My friends page is called Ken’s Friends because I never … Continue reading

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Evolution Helps Creationists

Evolutionary historian Edward Larson says that natural selection favors evangelicals and other religious extremists, who tend to have large families, over the rest of us, who don’t: But among white, middle-class Americans, religious people are having children at a much … Continue reading

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