Daily Archives: January 27, 2004
We Need to Work on the Parking
The Dowbrigade is off to give another driving lesson to his 19-year-old son, the one who wants a Hummer so he can crush other cars out of parking spaces, the one who eats frozen burritos raw to save time. He … Continue reading
Mission Impossible
Against his better judgment, the Dowbrigade has agreed to attempt one of the toughest tasks he has tackled in his entire teaching career – explaining NFL Football to a class of foreign college students who don’t know a forward pass … Continue reading
Japander
Pander:n., & v.t. 1. go-between in clandestine amours, procurer; one who ministers to evil designs. 2 v.i. minister (to base passions or evil designs, or person having these) Japander:n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame … Continue reading
Wanted: Comprehensive Political Calendar
After an extensive search, we finally found an iCal calendar called American Politics and Government with most of the presidential primaries and some of the debates. However it is clearly incomplete. For example it lists only two primaries for next … Continue reading
Cultural Dissonance
This article from the New York Times covers a company whose role seems to be to help business travelers avoid costly faux pas when traveling abroad. Reminds the Dowbrigade of the time we politely accepted a gourd filled with a … Continue reading
Clinton’s E-mail Total – Two Messages
The archives of the Bill Clinton presidential library will contain 39,999,998 e-mails by the former president’s staff and two by the man himself. "The only two he sent," Skip Rutherford, president of the Clinton Presidential Foundation, which is raising money … Continue reading