Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Contrary to rumor, I did not flee beyond the borders of my country following last week’s abysmal election, even after hearing the details of the new Republican agenda. It wouldn’t matter if I did — no matter where I went, my country would be sure to follow. Especially if the country I […]
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To Do list items: Voting and…
Today’s most critical to-do item is voting. I have my prepared card of how I want to vote on each issue and for each person, as well as my voter registration card and my polling place card. Missouri had a lot of problems with the last elections, so there will be several monitors about making sure […]
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IBM has been weblogged
Through the actions of weblogger Jonathon Delacour, IBM Australia has agreed to reduce the price of it’s software to help blind people access the web. The story is also covered in The Australian. Congratulations, Jonathon.
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Can’t wave a sheet around…
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea, while writing about gaming characters, wrote the following today: Do not wave a character sheet around yelling “But my character’s a sweet, easy-going chap!” when he’s just instigated an unnecessary catfight with the rest of the group. That dog so won’t hunt. Your character has to take responsibility for his/her actions […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Some of the political pundits are weblogging the local results of the election during the day. I won’t check for results until after the polls closed and the true results start coming in. I’m not a newspaper or a television station — people should check those for up to the minute results. […]