Is Hawaii in Play?

October 31, 2004

It might not be as far out of the realm of possibility as you think. For as long as I’ve been alive, Hawaii has been a secure “blue” state. It looks like the State might actually be in play though.
Hawaii has only 4 electoral votes.

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Redskins Lose, Bush ?????

October 31, 2004

As I mentioned before, when the Skins lose their last home game prior to a Presidential election, the opposition party takes over the White House.
If you believe in this sort of thing, then I hope you want John Kerry to win because the Green Bay Packers beat the Washington Redskins 28-14 today.

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Filipinos arrested with Fish Bomb Material in Underwear

October 31, 2004

Odd, but true.

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Big Media Endorsements

October 31, 2004

For all of you who like to argue that media favors Republicans, let me point to this list of endorsements which obviously shows a different truth. I don’t, however, believe it represents a majority of Americans, which might be one of the most partisan-laced thing I’ve said recently. Heh.
Aaron

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MySQL 4.1 Production Ready

October 31, 2004

In a long awaited press release, MySQL has finally released MySQL 4.1 as it’s recommended version. Finally, there are enterprise-level features available in the popular database platform:

Subqueries and Derived Tables
GUI and Configuration Wizards for Windows and Linux providing an easier mechanism for optimization.
OpenSSL encrypted transport protocols.
Smaller memory footprint.
New GIS spatial field type for geographic [...]

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Top Ten Media Distortions in Campaign 2004

October 29, 2004

1. Rathergate – Dan Rather/60 Minutes forged memo story.
2. Ignoring, then attacking the Swiftboat Vets
3. Pounding the Bush National Guard Story
4. Spinning a good economy into bad news
5. The networks outrageous convention coverage double standard
6. Swooning over Edwards image, ignoring liberalism
7. CBS’s Byron Pitts promotional Kerry coverage
8. CBS promotion of fear of new draft
9. Misrepresenting [...]

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Fred Reed Endorses Hillary

October 29, 2004

If you have never read Fred Reed, you need to do so… on a regular basis. He is linked in my blogroll. He has a unique perspective on politics and conservatism and is pretty f*cking funny.
In his latest column, he endorses Hillary Clinton:
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SOX WIN!

October 28, 2004

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I’m Getting Old

October 27, 2004

I can’t help but see the noticeable grey in my hair these days. I used to look young and spry. Now I look…ummm… thirtyish?
Maybe I’ll just call it “wise”.
Here’s some ways to know if you are reaching that point:

1. Your house plants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a [...]

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Red Sox Curse in the Moon?

October 27, 2004

Well, the Sox are one game away from their first World Series Championship since 1918 when Babe Ruth was peddled away to the New York Yankees to finance the Red Sox owner’s extracurricular activity. Since then, the Yankees have won 26 World Series and Boston has lost all four that it has appeared in. This [...]

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Navy Plans Cancelled

October 27, 2004

To those of you who know me and interact with me everyday, this news is no surprise.
About a week and a half ago, I called the Navy to inform them of my decision not to go into the Navy after all. As the day grew closer for me to go, the nagging sensation I had [...]

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