Archive for April, 2002
Netan-yahoo!
Ariel Sharon didn’t come over to Washington today, but Benjamin Netanyahu is at the Hilton right now, with several thousand demonstrators outside, clamoring for the establishment of a Palestinian state. All this just a few blocks from where I am currently sitting. Just in case you didn’t know, my sympathies are with the demonstrators. I [...]
De Quiros: The Persistence of Myth
The Persistence of Myth. Conrado de Quiros draws an intensely provocative parallel between the masses’ support for a fake hero — and the middle classes’ support for a fake military training exercise. On one hand, you have the Philippines’ poor and uneducated believing the lie that the ousted Erap is their savior, the “one of [...]
Gov.ph About Philippines
It’s nice to see that the Philippine government portal now has an About the Philippines section. Now we have a “home-base” for general information on the country. (Before this, I usually linked to the Lonely Planet World Guide.)
More Protests
As I was walking to work this morning, I noticed several police vehicles and roadblocks lining Florida Ave. down to Connecticut Ave., and I wondered why they were here when the massive Colombian March scheduled for this morning was supposed to be around the Capitol area. As it turns out, this map and this article [...]
Futurama
I just watched the funniest episode of Matt Groening’s Futurama that I’ve ever seen: a Star Trek-themed satire featuring the voices of the original cast. (Except for Kelley and Doohan, that is.) Man, that was funny. Can’t say the same for the “Homer Roast” episode of Simpsons, though. It was all flashbacks. Wait. Argh. I [...]
Italicization to control CSS width
Please ignore this entry. This sentence is italicized because of CSS problems in Internet Explorer 5+. Italicized blocks of text which take up more than a line tend to add 1px of width to CSS boxes in IE browsers only. I have adjusted my style sheets to compensate for this, but it means I need [...]
Rallies at Dupont Circle
Radley “The Agitator” Balko narrates events at two rallies this morning, just a few blocks down the street from where I live. Myself, I just went out to buy some milk and apples at 16th and R, and not much was going on. I didn’t go as far as downtown, though.
Lobster Boy’s Sad End
Poor Lobster Boy. Still a month short from the end of his performance art project, his house has been dismantled as a fire hazard. Now we will never know what the point of the performance was — or if there was ever a point at all.
What Earthquake?
Eh? An earthquake in the Northeast? I didn’t feel anything, but then, DC is farther south.
Parentally Oriented Ego Surfing
Perhaps you’ve tried Ego Surfing for yourself, but have you tried doing it for other people in your life? So far I’ve turned up this photo of my Mom (an active recreational open-sea angler), several racing articles which mention my Dad (an avid yacht racer), a Getasia article about my brother Francis (a professional-level photographer), [...]