Monthly Archives: December 2003
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
The Dowbrigade considers himself a normal, red-blooded American news-junkie, not sick or subversive or overly enamored with schadenfreude. Lately, however, we have had to question our taste if not our sanity, for when we look deep into our soul, God … Continue reading
Dowbrigade Loses Another Title
World’s Biggest Snake Discovered in Indonesia Its a good thing Norma Yvonne is on vacation, far, far away from here, or she wouldn’t go near the computer for a week just from seeing a snake this big on the screen. Honestly, … Continue reading
Proximity Cards – No Need to Swipe
Cards that can be read from your pocket, without having to be swiped? Incredible convienience, or an invitation to electronic pocket-picking? How long til your student ID chip is implanted under your skin during your freshman physical? Thank goodness this … Continue reading
Bush Popularity Falling Falling
People considering a tandem skydive would trust cartoon character Homer Simpson over US President George Bush, according to research. The public voted the daft dad of hit TV show "The Simpsons" as their number one choice if they were participating … Continue reading
Lost in Translation
The Globe’s political coverage takes a turn for the lyrical, as Peter Canellos whips up some wacky images in a review of the convoluted rhetoric concerning foreign policy flying around the campaign, and the difficulty in parsing political pronouncements and … Continue reading
American Values Questioned
James Caroll, in a Boston Globe op-ed piece, mentions some alarming statistics concerning the US criminal justice system. He makes the argument that racism has been so effectively and insideously institutionalized under the guise of the "War on Drugs" that we … Continue reading
Detained Suspect Claims to Be Ben Franklin
December 30, 2003 – Washington — The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular annual reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. In … Continue reading
Picture on the Scratchpad
photo via T. Adams
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Tests Blogs
Blogging, or keeping a weblog, is often seen as a solitary effort. An individual can type frequent updates onto their log, sharing opinions or ideas with anyone with Internet access. The future of blogging could look a lot different. The … Continue reading
Waiting for The One
The Dowbrigade, whose social life makes Airport Ramada look like Paris Hilton, has been invited to a party tonight. Not exactly a New Year’s Eve party (that would be too much to ask for), but close; a Day-Before-New-Year’s-Eve Party. Actually, … Continue reading
Rock of Ages
Joan Anderman, writing in today’s Boston Globe, has some very interesting observations on inter-generational taste in music. She is a music critic, and up on Foo Fighters or Ben Harper or Korn or Sheryl Crow, while her kids go nuts … Continue reading
Date Rape or Xenophobia?
This story from today’s Globe highlights the lack of consistency in resolution of legal conflicts, especially if one of the parties is a citizen and the other is not. And extra-especially if one of the parties is Harvard… CAMBRIDGE — … Continue reading