I can’t remember where it was now, but I
stumbled upon a blog-about-blogging site that recommended that a great way to drive traffic to your site is to create lists. 10 best, 10 worst, etc. For some reason, people like numbers and lists. I have to admit I kind of like them too. But enough, [...]

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According to Think Progress, Washington State representative Jay Inslee intends to have the Congress look into
impeaching Alberto Gonzales. It’s a step.
I’ve been more or less ambivalent on the impeachment issue for several years; I’ve been concerned that it’s not politically feasible. Or that it would be a distraction. But there have to be [...]

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It happened again, fortunately to Elf this time. So I have witnesses.

We wrap Cory for bed in a special swaddling blanket that makes it easy for us first-time, impatient, sleepy parents to make a good secure swaddle. It calms him down almost immediately, but sometimes he’ll just lay there and fuss quietly until the next [...]

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There’s a lot I can say about Harry Potter in the antipathy he generates in people, but I’d rather talk about Washington Post critic Ron Charles. Here’s Ron:

It happened on a dark night, somewhere in the middle of Book IV. For three years, I had dutifully read the “Harry Potter” series to my daughter, [...]

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To my deep and almost overwhelming embarrassment I am currently installing Windows Vista.I know, I know. It’s probably not the smartest thing I could do. And of course I’ve posted some pretty damning stuff about Vista. I still think it’s a bloated and oppressive operating system. But the fact is the operating system that I’m [...]

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