Monthly Archives: November 2003

Recently introduced at the recent Dartmouth Homecoming football game, "Keggy the Kegger" was an instant hit. The anthropomorphic beer keg was fully functional for a time, according to eyewitnesses in the crowd. "We tried to come up with a mascot … Continue reading →

Some interesting developments on the Dowbrigade Religion Project. Like all fledgling movements it is meeting with some skepticism and resistance from the major players in the God game, but hopefully faith, fervor and fantasy will win out in the end. … Continue reading →

As we old fogies approach muddle age, our thoughts turn to how we are planning to spend our "golden years".  Specifically, how to avoid getting farmed out to pasture by self-serving relatives tired of hearing our sorry stories over and … Continue reading →

ComputerUsed magazine has an extensive article on RSS and blogging notable more for its mere existence than for insight or new information. At least the word is getting around, although Aggregation needs to be experienced to be appreciated… “One of … Continue reading →

height=”282″ align=”left”>The embattled Russian oil giant Yukos, already battered by the jailing of its head amid a politically tinged probe, also faces allegations of letting rabbits mate without supervision and of mistreating pigs, news reports said Thursday. The animal mistreatment … Continue reading →

An artist’s impression of Big Ben exploding like the World Trade Centre has caused outrage among relatives of the September 11 victims. James Cauty’s work, which shows huge fireballs exploding from the London landmark, is an attempt to link Guy … Continue reading →

I just now found out that the memorial service for Anne Dow will be Friday Dec. 5 at 11:30 am in Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. According to Karen Price, “The service

Surrounded by exuberant girls, including her own 8-year-old, a Wisconsin resident named Jean Carter seemed positively thrilled as she paid $650, more than twice what she had planned, at American Girl Place. To start, she had bought two of the … Continue reading →

Wireless transmission of power has been a dream of mankind, at least since Nicolas Tesla dreamt of it a century ago. Well, it turned out to be a tougher nut to crack than the atom. However, ingenious scientists have developed a … Continue reading →

Events in the Dowbrigade’s world are coming to a head. Creditors circling like vultures, career options drying up, the mother lode of rich incoherent foreigners petering out, suspicious strangers with inconspicuous earpieces seemingly everywhere, just standing, watching…. It is becoming … Continue reading →

The candidates were asked if they had ever used marijuana. Edwards, Dean and Kerry said they had used the illegal drug in the past. Sharpton, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio … Continue reading →

The Justice Department recently released a commissioned report on diversity among its attorneys. Half of its 186 pages were blacked out. The blacked-out pages betray a Justice Department that does not want America to know what happens after people are … Continue reading →