Archive for September, 2005
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
Today was another important Saturday in the early college football season, as UCLA beat a reeling Oklahoma team and Urban Meyer got his first Southeastern Conference (SEC) victory as he led Florida past a good-looking Tennessee team.
The UCLA game was interesting for a few reasons. I described Oklahoma as reeling, ...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
According to Elisabeth Bumiller and Richard W. Stevenson at The New York Times, President Bush has placed his chief political strategist, Karl Rove, in charge of leading the reconstruction efforts in the Gulf region.
This move sends the most obvious messages about the priorities this administration has isolated regarding the crisis ...
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
A couple of weeks ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts unveiled a plan that would require all government entities to use an open format for all documents, as opposed to Microsoft's and others' proprietary formats. For example, government agencies would have to use the OpenDocument format for all office documents, which ...
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Monday, September 12th, 2005
Local and state officials have been trading barbs with the federal government throughout the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, each side declaring the other has let the victims down. To be sure, local, state, and federal officials all take some blame in the chaotic and sometimes haphazard nature of the rescue ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2005
I was able to watch one of the best college football games I have ever seen tonight, as my beloved number two ranked Texas Longhorns defeated the number four ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at the Horseshoe Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Last season, the Longhorns earned a trip to the Rose Bowl ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
Paul, Heather, and I went down to the Disneyland area last night, specifically to the House of Blues, and saw Seether with Crossfade and Dark New Day.
Dark New Day opened and put on one hell of a show. Shortly after their set, Paul and I found out their lead guitarist ...
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