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Monthly Archive for October, 2008

From Australia: word is that someone called Paul O is going to cost Obama the election. I replied later with a great hat tip from Andrew Sullivan. Because every now and again a new blog emerges that knocks your socks off: My name is Helen Philpot. I am 82 years old.  My grandson taught me [...]

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November 5 Looms

Surely the current US election will be one of the most memorable ever, and one of the most historic? I’ll be one of the news junkies be going through cold turkey on the 5th of November, as the ever amusing Cassandra suggests. (What a pleasure it is to enjoy reading her serious pieces in the [...]

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Do you make lists? On pieces of paper? Which you sometimes lose? Do you transcribe lists of things from one piece of paper to another quite often? I confess that I do all of the above. And that’s despite being a Palm Pilot user since day 1 (I was in California  when the first Palm [...]

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When The Gloves Come Off

A friend in Australia sent me a link to this ferocious, depressing but ultimately hopeful article  in The Nation: When the Gloves Come Off. This page: Freebasing McPalin features the funniest ad of the campaign season so far. PalinAsPresident is also worth a visit — you need to click on a few things.

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My Vista Ubuntu Double Standard

My brother in law gave me some grief recently for having recommended Vista to him a couple of years ago. I had suggested that he postpone a computer purchase until it was available. He did, and it wasn’t a happy experience. His printer stopped printing etc. I didn’t say If we knew then what we [...]

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