Well, I guess it's time for all U.S. bloggers to announce who they are endorsing for president. My endoresement goes too...

...some else. I don't know who, just that it's neither Bush nor Kerry. If I had to pick between the two, if you wouldn't let me off the hook, if you really twisted my...
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Here's a great gift for someone suffering from empty nest syndrome: baby sounds on CD. One full our of laughs, gurgles, jabbering, and yes, crying, screams and tantrums. The idea is not to fill their home with the familiar sounds of yesteryear, but to remind them of how lucky they are to live in such...
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Is the entertainment industry in cahoots with spammers? The reason I ask is that the newest dreck coming across the airwaves, "Desperate Housewives", looks from the previews like that same "cheating wives" garbage that's been invading my in-box lately. I've never read beyond the subject lines, but I have a sneaking suspicion that one of...
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...Jim Lehrer. The debate was interesting. It was good to get a more clear picture of who John Kerry is. But when all is said and done, the person who impressed me most was the moderator. As a fan of the News Hour, I expected as much going in.

As far as the candidates go,...
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Smallville featured shower scenes again in the second episode of the season. This time it was Clark, and, oh-la-la! Lionel Luther! At least that one had a story element in it (Lionel getting stabbed). Maybe they're going for a trademark element, like "I have a bad feeling about this" in all the Star Wars movies....
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The TV is busted. Okay, it's still working, but we might be better off if it were busted. The stuff that's on it is busted. Well, that's closer to the truth. The brains of the people writing stuff to put on it are busted. Ah, the truth at last.

Smallville's season premiere had a surprise....
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While working on the predecessor site to The Professional Network, my brother with whom I was collaborating quoted some wise person saying that "perfect is the worst enemy of good enough." In other words, once something is good enough to do the job it's designed for, the worst thing you can do is to keep...
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Sometimes, participation in the AtomPub Working Group can be awfully tedious. The discussion of some topics just seems to go on and on and on and on... While feeling the pain the other day, and started making a list of ineffective discussion methods that lead to these protracted discussions. I've augmented it with other communication...
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It's unfathomable. Every Olympics, everyone complains, but it looks like they're still doing it. When I watch the Olympics, I want to see the elite athletes who've struggled for years to be there, not listen to announcers blabber, not watch cute little vignettes thrown together by the network to highlight the few athletes they've selected...
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I appreciate the service the police offer to the community. But they're not perfect. Police officers who routinely disobey traffic regulations set a bad example and weaken their moral authority. There's also something of an Old Boys mentality in the law enforcement community. I've been told by a few people who are members of their...
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