The random word tacked onto the subject of today’s diploma-mill spam is “cloudydangle.”

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I took my wife to the doctor yesterday (your basic health-maintenence visit), so I had plenty of time in the waiting rooms to watch CNN. My theory is they have the TV turned to CNN to elevate your blood pressure and hence turn you into a heart patient. I have the same theory, incidentally, about [...]

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Well, about 35 hours into the render of the image I apparently ran out of memory. And Poser 5 is not graceful when it runs out of memory. So I went ahead and rendered a lower-quality image. You can see it here: “Fast Food Joint”:http://images.thudfactor.com/gallery/threeD/fastfood?full=1.

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Here’s an interesting paragraph from an AP article (reproduced here at Salon):

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)—Republicans initially dismissed “Fahrenheit 9/11” as a cinematic screed that would play mostly to inveterate Bush bashers. Four weeks and $94 million later, the film is still pulling in moviegoers at 2,000 theaters around the country, making Republicans nervous as it [...]

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I suppose I should address the Sandy Berger issue. No, I’m not going to synopsize it. Everyone else has better synopsis.
Basically, Berger’s handling of classified materials earns him a legal investigation, and deservedly so. People should treat classified material with more respect no matter who they are. I am very disappointed in Berger, who [...]

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