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Colleen and I went to the scariest house in Clinton, Iowa on Halloween night. It was cloudy and cool but warm enough for a great turn-out. Tinker Bells, miniature firemen, ... Read more..Thursday, October 28th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
Lost Remote talks about the alleged al Qaeda tape that ABC has saying.. "This is getting interesting. ABC News is trying to decide whether to air a videotape of ... Read more..Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
Tommy Smothers tells the Associated Press that the Smothers Brothers Comedy, cancelled by CBS in the 1969s for being to edgy, wouldn't last a day on the networks today. ... Read more..Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
Have you recently received a note from EBay asking to confirm your user name and password by clicking a link and filling out a form? We've received several and ... Read more..Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff is a linguist. In a world where sound-bytes rule, he tells how conservatives have used language to dominate politics. Whatever your political stripes, his interview ... Read more..Sunday, October 24th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
When Ashlee Simpson bombed her live act at the MTV Music Awards, some thought that there was a lot less there than met the eye. When a performer has problems ... Read more..Sunday, October 24th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
Being "in the biz", my analysis of the Presidential Debates is naturally jaded with the skepticism and cynicism of a journalist. I watched for any deviation from the message (there ... Read more..Friday, October 22nd, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
One of the most cogent analyses of the election crossed my browser today courtesy of Doc Searls. His sister is a Navy Vet who writes about how our political landscape ... Read more..Friday, October 22nd, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
Another reason to let the neighbors know when you're going on vacation. This story has to be one of the strangest of the year. Read more..Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off
The Crossfire guys expected Daily Show host Jon Stewart to promote his best selling text book parody "America" when he guested on the CNN Left-fights-Right program. What they got instead ... Read more..