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Wherein I Reminisce About Great Earthquakes I Have Known

Posted in Current Events, News, tagged on March 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Before I was CTJen, I was SoCalJen. While I was there, I was in dozens of earthquakes, but 2 quakes stand out in my mind. The first was the Sierra Madre quake for which I had a front row seat, having just moved to Sierra Madre to live my friend (and her parents) so I [...]

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Goddamnit, Mubarak

Posted in Current Events, News, rant, tagged on February 10, 2011 |

Dear Mr. Mubarak: The images and video out of Egypt’s Tahrir square continue to captivate and amaze me. I spent most of the afternoon waiting for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, anticipating along with everyone else that you would be stepping down today, only to learn that you are stubbornly remaining in power. Do you not see [...]

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What it is, it is.

Posted in News, off topic, politics on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

*UPDATE* Evidently, I’m in some sort of time warp. The joint session will be Wednesday the 9th. Not today. This evening, President Obama will address a joint session of congress to urge and encourage them to move forward with their overhaul of the US health care system. Discussions about health care reform keep popping up [...]

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Who throws a shoe?

Posted in News on December 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Honestly.

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Even though.

Posted in News, politics on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Even though I am thrilled beyond about the outcome of last night’s election, I must confess that when Sen. McCain said in his extremely gracious concession speech that We fought — we fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours. it made me feel sad. :-(

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The CERN Supercollider is online

Posted in News on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

They flipped the switch at 3:30 am EDT. Has it destroyed the universe yet? (best link evar! thx buzzfeed!)

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