10.29.2007

10.26.2007

Aracely Panameno for County Supervisor

A worthy candidate at a critical juncture.

Genarlow Wilson - Free at Last

Genarlow Wilson - freed from jail. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that his sentence violated the Fourth Amendment.

Obama - WTF?

From Americablog:

One + One = Two

Interesting

What can I learn from Tyler Perry?

10.24.2007

Home Fires are Burning

My family isn't evacuated yet, but the bags and cars are packed just in case.

My alma mater, Mira Mesa High School, has been converted into an evacuation shelter.

Worried. Very worried.

Do you like saving online articles?

Check out Times Files - a service of NYT online that lets you save articles to their server.

The cooler trick is putting the Times File button on your toolbar. Presto! You can archive all the stories you like and empty out that 'Articles' folder you've set up in your e-mail account.

10.16.2007

Constitution? Not so much...

Quaintly, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution asserts:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Yet, and still...
/snip/

Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders

Yesterday's 13-page Verizon letter indicated that the requests went further than previously known. Verizon said it had received FBI administrative subpoenas, called national security letters, requesting data that would "identify a calling circle" for subscribers' telephone numbers, including people contacted by the people contacted by the subscriber. Verizon said it does not keep such information.

10.12.2007

Who Am I...? The MC!

Is it a battle if one side doesn't have any weapons?

10.11.2007

How to Engage Your Reader

Lesson One - Write a strong opening sentence.

10.07.2007

Another 10-miler done!

Over 26,000 people entered the 23rd Army Ten Miler.

I had a good race. Although the official results haven't been posted (actually, the race site is down as of this posting), I clocked my Self at 01:41:41:48.

This time around, I ran two miles, then walked, then ran two miles... It was different than last April's Cherry Blossom 10-miler, which I ran in one long stretch. The more I run, the better I am at gauging what my body and mind and spirit need to get from start to finish.


Much love to Marta for getting me to the starting area this morning, and for making me an egg-and-cheese bagel sandwich this afternoon!

Much respect to the veterans and Missing Parts in Action racers. Seeing double-amputees out there brought up plenty of emotions and some anger. But I put that aside and just clapped and said, "Thanks..." as I passed by. After all, most of those kids were kids. I mean baby-faced 18-21 year olds.

Whatever I think about why they were in a position to lose their limbs is ancillary. Today they were out there among the 26,000 completing a longer 10-miler than I ever will. I hope they had a good race. I'll look for them again next year.

10.02.2007

10.01.2007

A chance encounter

From another blog via another blog.