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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Asteroid Insurance Policies coming soon
We are so doomed if the UN’s plan entails anything from the movies Armageddon, Deep Impact or Meteor (from 1979). Actually, I think we’ll prefer extinction should lawyers and the insurance industry get involved in the plan. The lawyers know the NEO doesn’t … Continue reading
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The Central Illinois Period
I don’t think there will be an update to “Family Tree” Diagrams for some time to come because my 13 years in Austin have resulted in a pretty extensive number of people who have entered, left or stayed in my … Continue reading
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Good riddance to Peter “the not-so Great” Forsberg
Just as I headed out the door with my last post, I saw the news. Seems Forsberg received it after the pre-game skate too. The useless, injury-prone, indecisive and worst, Team, Captain, ever, was traded to Nashville! My fellow Detroit-fan/friend … Continue reading
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Week Nineteen of NHL 2006-07
Of all the games for the Flyers to lose, the one against the Red Wings would’ve been excusable and even expected with how poorly they’ve played this season. But it seems they couldn’t do that correctly because the 6-1 spanking … Continue reading
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“Intelligence Design” in children, no FSM needed
Now here’s a very vindicating piece from NPR this morning about child development. Despite the audio version requiring the inferior Real or Windows players, it is very delightful to see research proving how much you can do by encouraging children which … Continue reading
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Anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Massacre
For the best scoop on the The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, nothing beats the History Channel’s website. A while back they included this incident in their series about the days that “shook the world” (I can’t remember the actual title). Despite … Continue reading
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Wyatt, the four-year-old of Steel
Last night we celebrated Aaron and Wyatt’s birthdays (my Aggie brother-in-law and his middle son respectively). I can’t remember the exact dates but Sunday evenings tend to be the days everyone manages to swing at my in-law’s place. Aaron received … Continue reading
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The new Spring 2007 line (of T-shirts)
Quite a great week for new T-shirts in the Maggi household! The first one I grabbed for Somara at Hot Topic as a consolation gift for me driving all the way to Slaughter Lane (way south in Austin) to eat … Continue reading
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Norweigan Seed Vault breaks ground in March
It does sound like the plot point of a Seventies post-apocalyptic film starring Yul Brynner or George Peppard. I’m glad the Norwegians are running it because I don’t trust ADM or BASF to secure the world’s food supply, they’re more likely to be … Continue reading
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Happy Eighth Birthday to TJ and 75 to John Williams
I think TJ would be cool with this little factoid since he’s going through that Star Wars fan period my brother and I did 30 years ago. He may only recognize the music, not the composer/conductor behind it. When he takes … Continue reading
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Week Eighteen of NHL 2006-07
According to the Philly paper, my Flyers have finally accepted this season as a wash and now they only plan their objectives in five-game intervals, probably with the objective of being “be in better shape next season.” I think Coach … Continue reading
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Icebats dump Coach McDonald, bring back Coach Hughes
It was a shame but even in the lower leagues of any sport, firing the coach happens. Mr. McDonald seemed like a nice guy when I met him and from what I saw on the rink, it was more of … Continue reading
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KMAG passes 600,000 songs
According to the log for my stream, as of 10:22 PM last night, KMAG played its 600,000th song! That one snuck up on me because I thought I had more time when I updated the stream for its new Top … Continue reading
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1994: Austin Arrival’s 13th Anniversary
Today is one of my favorite anniversaries…my first day in Austin. Unfortunately, the weather is certainly lousier than the day I arrived 13 years ago. I’m not sweating it. Historically, the cold will be over soon (until further notice according … Continue reading
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I think Sen. Biden wrote this “review”
Kenny’s got mentioned in the latest issue of XL Ent which is the Statesman’s weak, ongoing attempt to unseat the Austin Chronicle (12 years and still failing). I’m not sure whether or not Kenny should feel insulted or flattered by this synopsis in … Continue reading
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