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thudfactor on
August 5, 2005
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Era of Small Government is over[1]. In the ongoing quest to rename everything in the Washington DC area after Ronald Reagan there’s a “new proposal”:http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=550621. Some Congressman from Texas wants to rename 16th Street Northwest[2] “Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” Of course, Washington DC taxpayers would have to pay for the [...]
Posted in What The...?!?
| Tagged Bill Frist, Evil Voice, GIF, National Airport, Pentagon, Reagan National Water Treatment Facility, Reagan Presidential Urinal Cake, Reagan Washington, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan Building, Ronald Reagan Defense Building, Ronald Reagan Memorial Cat Box, Ronald Reagan Washington Monument, Small government, Texas, Union Station, USD, Washington DC, Washington National Airport, White House
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By
thudfactor on
July 8, 2005
Speaking of movies, “Adrants”:http://www.adrants.com/ has a new story about the exciting new “MovieTRAY”:http://www.adrants.com/2005/07/movietray-contributes-to-theater.php — yet another advertising vehicle for your movie experience. Adrants is not, as it’s name might first suggest, anti-advertising. It’s actually an industry blog. But they have completely lost patience with advertising in theaters. I think the “2wenty”:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7465822/ did it.
I _used_ to enjoy going [...]
Posted in Art and Writing
| Tagged Angelina Jolie, anti-advertising, Coca Cola, intrusive advertising, pre-movie-time advertising, USD, _more_ advertising
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thudfactor on
June 9, 2005
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I would like to apologize to the people I’ve lectured over the years about the importance of financial support for the Washington Metro system. In the five years I’ve been here I’ve seen fare hikes, pleas for more funding, reduced reliability, even a back-door fare hike[1], and through it [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged home improvement chain, intrusive advertising, law office space, Reagan National Airport, steel building, USD, Washington Post
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By
thudfactor on
May 25, 2005
This is one of those entries that I make for the sake of posterity. Here’s the problem:
My laptop suddenly stopped recognizing my DVD drive. Even though the computer would power up the DVD drive and recognize it when I installed drivers, I would always end up with a “code 41″ saying the drivers had been loaded [...]
Posted in Technology
| Tagged EBay, USD
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By
thudfactor on
May 11, 2005
Scott Jones at one of my new favorite blog reads, “Thought Mechanics”:http://www.thoughtmechanics.com/blog/, has another example “of the oppression of Christians”:http://www.thoughtmechanics.com/blog/2005/05/10/the-politics-of-the-underdog/.
bq. *James Dobson:* George Soros can spend $50 million to influence the system. Can be involved in politics up to his ears. And can do everything he can to try to influence the American people. That’s [...]
Posted in What The...?!?
| Tagged George Soros, James Dobson, Scott Jones, unConstitutional _law_, USD
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