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Lucas Strikes Back (Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 04:50 PM)
Ain't It Cool News has posted this screen capture allegedly taken from the upcoming DVD release of the original Star Wars trilogy: I dunno...it looks a bit like a Photoshop job to me. Still, if Lucas is really planning to...

No one has ever called me his princess before! (giggle) (Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 12:53 PM)
A recent comment from deep, deep in the Apropos of Something archives (in response to a positively thrilling entry about preventative PC maintenance): Comments: I feel your pain princess, and I'd liyour number. You sound hott! how old are you,...

Then I do what with my what now? (Monday, May 17, 2004, 04:28 PM)
Teedz pointed me toward this bit of news: Childless couple told to try sex Ananova A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless -- they weren't...

They got a pepper bar! (Monday, May 17, 2004, 11:26 AM)
Lachlan recently wrote about Quiznos' now-infamous spongemonkeys commercial at My So-Called Blog, declaring it the worst commerical of all time. I tend to agree. As I commented on her entry, the ad disturbed me from the first time I saw...

The historical epic: Hollywood's Achilles heel (Sunday, May 16, 2004, 11:52 AM)
Evil Doug has posted a short review of the recently-released Troy. I've reproduced an excerpt below. Be forewarned, however, that this post may contain minor spoilers for a 2,800-year-old story (not to mention a really bad Gene Shalit impression toward...

The Justice Ponies of America (Saturday, May 15, 2004, 08:45 AM)
Sometimes, when you're surfing the web, you discover a site that blows you away with clever content, elegant design, and beautiful graphics. Other times, you stumble across a guy who's repainted a bunch of My Little Pony dolls to resemble...

New Orleans, May 2004 (Friday, May 14, 2004, 07:16 PM)
As I mentioned a few posts back, my wife and I spent the last few days vacationing in New Orleans. In the past, I had always wondered what people did when they went on vacation and ended up getting rained...

Are you gonna be my blog? (Friday, May 14, 2004, 03:45 PM)
Wizbang recently hosted a Survivor All-Stars contest, and it seems that I won the grand prize -- a free two-week BlogAd on Wizbang -- with my pick of Amber winning over Boston Rob in the final vote. After much deliberation,...

Jackson Square at Night (Thursday, May 13, 2004, 11:11 PM)
I was just downloading photos from our camera before hitting the sack and couldn't resist posting this shot that Kourtney took of Jackson Square during a rain shower last night. For what it's worth, we didn't do any Photoshopping whatsoever...

It was the one-armed man! (Thursday, May 13, 2004, 10:10 PM)
Kourtney and I just returned from a lovely little vacation in New Orleans only to discover a letter from our car insurance company informing us that they have canceled our policy due to my involvement in an automobile accident in...

We'll be back after these messages... (Monday, May 10, 2004, 07:11 AM)
I'm going to be away from the computer for the next few days, but I should be back by Friday with some fun new stories and maybe even a photo or two. In the meantime, taking a page from Sugarmama's...

Moral dilemma (Sunday, May 09, 2004, 11:09 PM)
My lawn mower and my VCR both gave up the ghost today. Which shall I replace first?...

Tales from the Classroom: Popular and Hot (Saturday, May 08, 2004, 02:18 PM)
An excerpt from an essay I recently read: Compared to other industrialized democracies, the welfare state in the U.S. is not all that popular and hot. Sure, I know what the student was getting at, but as I read it,...

The latest object of my misplaced reality TV scorn (Friday, May 07, 2004, 08:29 AM)
Dost my ears deceive, or did resident Survivor All-Stars idiot Big Tom attribute the quotation "Et tu, Brute?" to Jesus during last night's tribal council? I think you're a little confused there, Big Tom. Jesus actually said, "Fredo, you're my...

I take back everything bad I ever said about the journal submission process... (Wednesday, May 05, 2004, 05:28 PM)
I just received word from what is now my favorite journal that it's going to pubish my first-ever refereed article! For those keeping score at home, it's a co-authored piece on environmental scarcity and interstate/intrastate conflict -- you know, fun...

Judging a book by its cover (Tuesday, May 04, 2004, 06:46 PM)
At issue: Is A.C. Crispin's Time for Yesterday the geekiest book ever? Exhibit A: The evidence:It's a Star Trek novel. It's a Star Trek novel with Mr. Spock -- arguably the geekiest of all Trek icons -- on the cover....

Animals don't feel pain (Monday, May 03, 2004, 01:40 PM)
Yesterday, my wife and I were discussing potential names for veterinary clinics and whether we liked gimmicky names such as "Pets are People Too." Then, I sarcastically suggested that "Animals Don't Feel Pain" Veterinary Clinic would be a terrific name...

Like a real-life Dr. Dolittle (Saturday, May 01, 2004, 12:45 PM)
Congratulations are in order; my wife Kourtney received her doctorate of veterninary medicine this morning! She and I are still discussing whether I'm now required to call her "doctor" around the house, or if that only applies in public....

Tales from the Classroom: Second Best (Saturday, May 01, 2004, 07:01 AM)
A sign left over in our department's lounge from Graduate Student Appreciation Day a few weeks ago: Enjoy your time on top, Poultry Science graduate students; we're gunning for you next year! Seriously, though, kudos to whomever added the "2nd"...

Tales from the Classroom: Reading Day (Friday, April 30, 2004, 02:55 PM)
It's Reading Day today -- the day off between the end of classes and the beginning of final exams -- and about an hour ago, I passed a student (not my own) who was casually strolling across campus and smoking...

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