Archive for July, 2008
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008For all the regular readers — both of them — wondering what’s prompted the past week of short bursts of happy posts, a hint. It’s about as subtle as a bowling ball and not nearly so good as it should be, but for what it’s worth, it is earnest. Further details, alas, are [...]
One incredible week
Sunday, July 27th, 2008It’s been an amazing seven days for me. In the grand scheme of things, perhaps it doesn’t quite take first prize for Most Significant Week Ever. But in my little world it’s running a close second. As of yet I’m not at liberty to document why, but I’m hoping that will change [...]
Echos of Sins Past
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Regular readers of this blog, were there any, would know that in early June, The Mongrel Dogs That Teach was high-jacked by people of malicious intent who inserted “invisible” code into my text to direct people to infected sites and to sites offering badware. This resulted from my neglect of the infrastructure of the [...]
Six days and counting…
Sunday, July 27th, 2008… and it’s still all good.
Regression to the mean…
Friday, July 25th, 2008… has not yet set in. Maybe it’s a new mean.
The streak…
Thursday, July 24th, 2008… continues, with today topping even yesterday.
As for today…
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008… even better than yesterday, which I would not have thought possible.
Just wanted to say…
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008… that today has been a very good day.
The rising South?
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Reading through Lawyers, Guns, and Money today, I was eventually directed to the US Army site on the service of African-Americans throughout history. The lead line of the section on the Civil War really raised my hackles: “When Federal troops invaded Southern states….” This bothered me so much I was motivated to actually write [...]
Review: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog
Sunday, July 20th, 2008(Updated 2 PM 2008 Jul 20)
The latest Joss Whedon effort, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a short musical made available on the Web and starring Neal Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion (better known as Doogie Howser and Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, respectively). The plot revolves around the titular villian — more like, villian wannabe — [...]