Entries from July 2002

A Wedding Dream

Date July 26, 2002

I am out in a clearing. It’s very large and there are many clumps of dense forest growth all around. I am on top of a small shack. I am building the shack out of a kit; my former boss is complaining that the shack kit is too complicated, although it doesn’t seem the least [...] Read more »

Traficant Expelled.

Date July 25, 2002

Well, boys and girls, if you head over to the Ohio 17th district web page at house.gov hoping to get Traficant’s one-minute speeches, you won’t find them there. Less than twenty-four hours after his expulsion the web site has been taken down, and those speeches — which are public record — are no longer available. [...] Read more »

He’s…nice.

Date July 24, 2002

So I used to spend a lot of time in college complaining about how girls weren’t interested in nice guys. I got to see a lot of women being stomped on, used, and abused by jerks in college and it never really made sense to me why nice guys didn’t see more action.
If I had [...] Read more »

Personality Disorder

Date July 24, 2002

Well, Yay. Glen’s taken a personality test that tells him just how screwed up he is, and (according to the test) he’d make some psychologist’s career.
Here’s how bad off I am:
DisorderRatingParanoid:LowSchizoid:LowSchizotypal:ModerateAntisocial:LowBorderline:LowHistrionic:HighNarcissistic:HighAvoidant:HighDependent:ModerateObsessive-Compulsive:Moderate– Click Here To Take The Test –
Of course, one interesting thing to notice is that this diagnostic test uses only a few questions [...] Read more »

Dramatic Action? Or Talking Points?

Date July 24, 2002

Josh Marshall gives us some nice analysis of the Bush Economic Recovery Plan: The administration will use the August congressional recess to get a jump on Congress by pressing lawmakers to vote on fast track. That, and the President and Secretry O’Neill will travel to companies around the country that are doing well.
Phew! And [...] Read more »