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“Zealots” is Worth 48-pts with a Triple-Word-Score*

2008-07-18T15:45:21Z

The other book about zealots I read was on a much lighter topic than religion, violence, polygamy and society: Scrabble. The book “Word Freak” from Stefan Fatsis chronicles the author’s foray into competitive Scrabble. Initially, Fatsis (a Wall...

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Zealots

2008-07-18T15:42:15Z

I realized that when I was traveling this past weekend that two books that I had read back-to-back possessed a common element: they both* were about groups of people that are outside the mainstream of society and had completely dedicated to the a...

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This one is soooo popular in the U.K.

2008-07-18T13:51:43Z

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technology of the futile and inane

2008-07-18T01:17:51Z

I have worked in the high-tech realm since about 1999, and as such I have been exposed to the inane quest for the bags of money hidden behind the facade of technical innovation. I've worked for a company funded by venture capital and, even worse,...

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Cacophony

2008-07-17T16:39:52Z

So, I went to the gas station this morning to fill my car and realized one thing I really Really REALLY dislike is the invention of the video-embedded gas pump. Does everyone have these?? When you activate the pump, the screen lights up and a “...

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Redwood Country Weekend

2008-07-16T05:28:41Z

It’s sort of hard to believe that the Eureka-Arcata-Redwoods area is in California. Its certainly not the California I live in. Where we are dry and sunny, the northwest corner of the state is a temperate rain forest -- so it’s incredibly lush --...

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being boring

2008-07-15T04:14:51Z

this past week or so I have read about 5 books, slept for approximately 10 hours every day, let my to-do list languish, set up my projector and screen, opened a new checking account, organized 1/8 of my kitchen cupboards, washed my duvet, though "...

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Eureka!

2008-07-11T13:58:35Z

There’s an old adage in the lab that the most profound scientific discoveries never begin with someone shouting “EUREKA!” Usually they start with the someone saying "now that's odd..." Eureka is Greek for “I have found it!” So this weekend the “...

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money money money

2008-07-10T23:30:36Z

As Americans, we tend to develop some very dysfunctional relationships with money. It is such a cultural force that it becomes strangely tied to our perceptions of self and self-worth. For the last 15 years I have spent more than I have made. I ...

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For Joie, and grrrace, and Janie

2008-07-09T20:04:21Z

One of our networked computers has ~20000 songs loaded up on it... here's what I'll be listening to this afternoon....

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