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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Always Pay the Witchdoctor
The headline and lead are strange enough, although not unprecedented; a male athlete competing as a female is exposed. That’s why Olympic athletes undergo genetic testing. From today’s Times Zimbabwe’s sports world was agog Wednesday over the revelation that one … Continue reading
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Terror Begins at Home
In a case that begs to be swept under the rug and instinctively makes all but the terminally voyeuristic turn away, the horrorific saga of the Dollar family continues to disgust public opinion and beg for an answer to the … Continue reading
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Casting Aspersions
At the Thursday Berkman Meeting last week, along with the usual virtual surprises and fascinating opportunities to waste time and commune with weird, smart people, we had the opportunity to meet Greg Narain, the human embodiment of the principle of … Continue reading
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No Child Left Behind
Gun dropped in school goes off By Kevin Rothstein Wednesday, February 9, 2005 A gunshot rocked the Jeremiah E. Burke Jr.High School in Dorchester yesterday when a student accidentally dropped his handgun in a second-floor hallway. A student was pulling … Continue reading
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The Write Stuff
Wonder of wonders, handwriting is making a comeback. After twenty years of neglect, and flying in the face of technologically advanced alternate data recording methodologies, the art of writing legibly is back in vogue, and in the curriculum. Handwriting is … Continue reading
State of the Union
Catching up on odds and ends from the past week, we came across the notes we took during the President’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. We must say, we we quite impressed with his performance, from a … Continue reading
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A Rebus to Reckon With
It’s not that there hasn’t been a lot going on in the life of the Dowbrigade lately, its just that we haven’t felt like sharing. Hopefully, now that the logjam has broken up, the posts should start to flow again, … Continue reading
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Just Happened to be in the Neighborhood
Once again the Hubble telescope is in dire straits. It needs adjusting and unfortunately they put it out where it costs a cool BILLION dollars to get anywhere near the thing, to polish the mirror or adjust the antenna e…. … Continue reading
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