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9/11 was a bargain!
07.22.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on 9/11 was a bargain!According to RatcliffeBlog, the investigation into 9/11 cost a mere $15 million. That’s a savings of $65 million over the Clinton investigations! Given the relative importance of the two, though, I’m not terribly surprised.
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Vulgarities in search of context
07.20.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Vulgarities in search of contextI’ve long told my friend Chutney that it takes a seminary graduate to be a true vulgarian. Too true. So it is with some fanfare that I unveil the newest and best vulgarities the internet has to offer. (Those of fair temperament should at this point go watch The Fox and the Hound.)
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Back to irony
07.19.04 | Permalink | 5 CommentsThis site is now something like a year and a half old. As I look through the “irony” category, I notice there have been few postings there for a while now. So maybe it’s time to say something about why this site is named “MyIrony.” The inspiration for MyIrony comes from the young World War […]
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Hourly pay in US not keeping pace with price rises
07.18.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Hourly pay in US not keeping pace with price risesNo shit, Dick Tracy. Where’d you park the squad car?
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Only just the night before, about eight o’clock
07.15.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Only just the night before, about eight o’clockI’m so proud of my versification of the Boring Prophet from Life of Brian from this comment thread that I’m giving it its own post. May Otis the (Almost) Prophet live on! 1There shall, in that time, be rumours of things going astray, erm, And there shall be a great confusion as to where things […]
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If Jesus was to preach like he preached in Galillee
07.14.04 | Permalink | 5 CommentsLeaves a Mark has a great piece (first of three) on the role of the prophet. Will Shetterly posts some Woodie Guthrie lyrics that go right to the point of it. What I want to know: Do prophets have a choice about being prophets? Jeremiah sure didn’t.
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