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Archive for July, 2005

Big Brother Is Watching You

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 31st, 2005. Filed under Individual Liberty, Privacy

In today’s Washington Post is this article about how ubiquitous surveillance cameras have become in Great Britain. Consider this:
Britain has become the world’s premier surveillance society. There are more than 4 million unblinking electronic eyes gazing down on shoppers and travelers across the country (though far, far fewer human brains are dedicated to deciphering the […]

You Can Go Home Again……..

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 31st, 2005. Filed under Personal

……but things are never the same.
We are back from a short, fun, but still exhausting trip to New Jersey. It was the first trip Kellie and I made up there since the wedding and the first time I’ve back there since January. With the exception of a frustrating morning at the local bank trying to […]

Success

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Food

Dinner went very well. A few modifications to the recipe were in order, but all in all a success.
No blogging on this end until Sunday afternoon. We’re headed to New Jersey to visit my Dad and take care of matters still outstanding from my Mom’s estate. And we’re leaving at 5:30 tomorrow morning. Just perfect.

Out Of This World II

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Space Exploration

Today must be the day for astronomy news. Large New World Discovered Beyond Neptune

Out of This World

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Space Exploration

This is a picture taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter showing frozen water on the floor of a crater at the Martian North Pole. Full details here.

Congressional Ambition

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Politics

Apparently, controlling our pocketbooks isn’t enough, our friends in D.C. want to control time as well.

Wine Blogging

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Wine

Slate Magazine has an article about great wines you can drink in hot weather.
Kellie and I have been doing some research in this area lately and, so far, our favorite summer wine has been a Chardonny from Rappahannock Cellars here in Virginia.
More research is clearly called for.

Learning The Wrong Lesson

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Economics, Foreign Affairs

In an article published a few days ago titled Learning From Lance, NY Times Op-Ed Columnist Thomas Friedman, who is usually sensible about these things, goes completely off the deep end. At one point in the column he asks:
Wouldn’t you think that if you were president, after you’d read the umpteenth story about premier U.S. […]

Wish Me Luck

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Food

I’ll be making this penne pasta recipe for Kellie tonight.

Hitting Close to Home

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 29th, 2005. Filed under Humor

My buddy Raymond is apparently a fan of lawyer jokes.
Didn’t you know that some people consider lawyer jokes a form of hate speech ?

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