Monthly Archives: February 2006

What the internet is for, part 2

Posted on February 26, 2006 by dff

Does my ass look fat in these pants?

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Bolton on UN reform: pay-to-play

Posted on February 25, 2006 by dff

John Bolton slays me! From the Q&A session following his talk at The Federalist Society Student Symposium: Q: To what extent do you feel the United Nations is impaired by the United States’ actions in Iraq without having gained support? … Continue reading →

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Spam name of the week

Posted on February 23, 2006 by jmd

For the week of 2/13-2/19: Honorable mention: Platon Peets Divinest L. Twist 3rd Place: Else McQueary 2nd Place: Memorable F. Animosity And the winner for this week: Rutabagas S. Duff Root vegetables + Simpsons beverages = hilarity

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Extremist minority at Harvard?

Posted on February 21, 2006 by dff

Amid rumors that Summers will resign before next tuesday’s faculty meeting (at which another no-confidence vote is possible), The Crimson reports: While disaffection with Summers has been widespread throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, leaders of several other schools … Continue reading →

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Don’t get no respect…

Posted on February 21, 2006 by jmd

Fast company has an interesting article on HR and its failings.  It doesn’t say much new, but its a nice summary. In the various companies I worked for, HR seemed to be where sometimes cute, not motivated or bright, young … Continue reading →

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From the spamfiles

Posted on February 14, 2006 by dff

My absolute fave: From: “Bret McDonald” Subject: Industrial Robots Date: Thu,  1 Jul 2004 13:37:11 -0400 (EDT) www.We-Buy-Used-Industrial-Robots.com If you have any industrial robots to sell, please visit our web site or call, Toll Free: 1-877-4USEDROBOTS (1-877-487-3376) To be removed … Continue reading →

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New weekly feature at Archenemy

Posted on February 13, 2006 by jmd

I’m starting a new weekly feature here at Archenemy- The spam name of the week. For the week of 2/6-2/12: Third place: Bogomir Atterbury Second place: Spokesman I. Strangulation And (drum role please….): First place: Phillipians R. Pestilence  

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File under: thankless tasks

Posted on February 12, 2006 by dff

Don Boudreaux’s neverending game of whack-a-mole.

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So wrong

Posted on February 6, 2006 by dff

Memo to Chicago Sun-Times: don’t put flash ads that send butterflies flitting around the page next to a Mark Steyn column. Just don’t.

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And P.S., death to Israel

Posted on February 6, 2006 by dff

Muslim Man Complaint Box: this woman was having a talk with guests and things got a bit out of control when the woman host said “no, I don’t think so” to one of the guests. I was so mad I … Continue reading →

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Cold turkey

Posted on February 6, 2006 by dff

Unsubbed from The List yesterday, apparently just in time to miss this. Ah, well. It’s a little early to recommend it to other “users” who might be worried about withdrawal symptoms – I’ve already started to experience mood swings (though … Continue reading →

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Gunpowder treason and plot

Posted on February 3, 2006 by dff

V for Vendetta is opening on March 17th, and they’ve got two good trailers up that suggest that the Wachowski brothers have been more true to Moore‘s script than we’re used to seeing in comic adaptions for the big screen. … Continue reading →

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