I love Google. In the spirit of that love, I point out something about my dear friend that is bugging me, and point you, gentle reader, at a petition addressed to Google, requesting a change.

Google has recently debuted a feature in their web browser add-on toolbar called AutoLink. What it does is turn text...
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I love Google. In the spirit of that love, I point out something about my dear friend that is bugging me, and point you, gentle reader, at a petition addressed to Google, requesting a change.

Google has recently debuted a feature in their web browser add-on toolbar called AutoLink. What it does is turn text...
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Referrer spam is all those entries you see in your web server's referrer log that indicate that people are coming to your site from web pages that don't really link to you. It's left there in the hope that your referrer logs will be visible to Google and friends, and that you (and your site's...
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Congratulations to the people of Iraq, who in large numbers, showed courange in going to the polls in spite of the threat of violence, and took an important step to un-bust their part of the world! The best of success to them in the road ahead.

Oh great, another repulsive TV show. "House" builds on the grand tradition of selfish and otherwise offensive characters championed most recently by "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Judging Amy" by making a star of a character who's a total jerk. House probably doesn't make house calls, but it's just as well. I wouldn't want him in...
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I used to think that mobile homes were universally trashy places that only people with no shame would deign to inhabit. Then, after a six month contracting stint during which I earned a lot of extra cash, I bought a mobile home and have lived in it for four of the last five years. I...
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This entry first appeared in a blog I called "The Mobius Life":

Many things in life that look different are, like the sides of a mobius strip, actually the same. And sometimes things that look quite similar are in fact completely different. The Mobius Life explores things that aren't what they seem at first glance....
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Listening to Talk of the Nation address the issue of religion in schools today, I wondered what those who oppose religion in schools would say if a church were established that taught evolution. Would they then opposing the teaching of evolution in schools? If not, how would they justify the exception? By saying that the...
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Two-party politics has its virtue--it leads to greater stability because the parties don't need to create and maintain coalitions in order to get enough power to get things done. However, it also has its problems.

When two parties dominate politics, choices are limited: you can choose one party or the other, or you can be...
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"The thing is is..." I remember when I first started hearing the double-is. It grated on my ear. At first, I thought it was a local thing--provincial Utahns adopting each others' bad speech habits--but I've now heard at least two people on TV do it.

Interestingly, when I pointed the grammatical error out to people,...
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