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Archive for January, 2007

r.i.p. molly

randomduck - January 31st, 2007 | Comments Off

Her struggle is over - may she rest in peace, and may her writing inspire folks to keep up the good fight.
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on wikipedia politics

randomduck - January 31st, 2007 | Comments Off

I love the politics of Wikipedia, especially when the “size of your manhood” debate rears its ugly, pointless head.
Case in point: the current uproar over the entry for Annabel Port, one of the co-hosts of “The Geoff Show” on Virgin Radio. Somebody suggested that Ms. Port’s entry be deleted as she is “of insignificant [...]

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think peaceful thoughts for molly

randomduck - January 30th, 2007 | Comments Off

If you read any commentary pieces in the newspaper or online, you’ve undoubtedly run into the brilliant, witty work of Molly Ivins. She’s a Texan who has held BushCo and other dimwitted political types to the fire for years - often having her readers doubled over in laughter along the way.
As many of Molly’s [...]

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while the girls hang out, i shop and watch

randomduck - January 29th, 2007 | Comments Off

As I mentioned yesterday, sprite and her friends spent a lovely afternoon hanging out - click here to read about it.
Meanwhile, I headed over to Arlington, Virginia, to do a little shopping and movie viewing.
The shopping was nothing exciting: bought lunch fixings (deli stuff, nothing special), looked through magazines and books at Barnes & Noble [...]

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apartment cleaning

randomduck - January 28th, 2007 | Comments (3)

It sucks.
But it is all for a good cause: so that sprite can hang out with her posse.
And I get to go and…. well, have fun for an afternoon. Maybe a movie, maybe some shopping, maybe something else - anything’s game.
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workout log: 27 january 2007

randomduck - January 27th, 2007 | Comments Off

Activity: road cycling
Location: Bowie, MD > North Beach, MD
Distance: 62.0 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 3:08
Weather: sunny, 35 to 55 degrees
Avg HR: 160 (max 181)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Winter Training Loops” ride. A great turnout for this ride, which went the longest proposed distance due to gorgeous weather (a handful of riders opted for a shorter, 52-mile ride). [...]

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