In a moment of thoughtful and careful analysis that is typical of yours truly, I commented: In a further attempt to prove that they are a bunch of lawless twits who run the Olympics like a bunch of backdealing used car salesmen, the IOC has stripped several cross country skiiers of their gold medals for …
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MommaBare sent me an email
MommaBare sent me an email (sorry I missed it at first, but you somehow got caught by my newly installed junk mail filter) stating that copies of the Daniel Pearl execution video might be up for bids to the highest bidder. As disgusting as that may seem, the truth is probably worse. I doubt anyone …
Fritz Hollings appears to have
Fritz Hollings appears to have lost his mind. I saw him ranting and raving at some press conference yesterday (the topic of which escapes me- I was in a robitussin and fever induced haze), but unless I was hallucinating from the meds, he was accusing Bush of causing the September 11th attacks through off-shore bank …
Seems like I have missed
Seems like I have missed a lot in the last few days when I was brought to my knees by some awful flu. A quick recap, and then on to some original posts: A.) Lileks is a genius, but you already knew that if you have come here before. I love Mr. Lileks, and this …
I am still ill.
I am still ill. I really got hammered this time. I should be up and bout tomorrow. I hope.
From the Insolvent Republic of
From the Insolvent Republic of Blogistan comes this link to a truly bizarre anti-Apolo Ohno flash video All your base are belong to us, anyone?
I feel like death warmed
I feel like death warmed over. Do not expect a lot of postings today. Apparently there are two forms of the flu ravaging my campus- the first is the chest cold sinus one, the other involves vomiting and other unpleasantness involving a different orifice. I have both.