Monthly Archives: June 2006

Agricultural science at its creepiest

Working in agriculture can be sort of strange sometimes. Consider the following symposium announcement which hit my inbox a few minutes ago: Attached is an announcement for a symposium entitled ‘National Carcass Disposal Symposium-2006, Connecting Research, Regulations, and Response’ being … Continue reading

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We owe a lot to truck farmers

Misty and I are watching an MST3K DVD from Netflix. This disc includes a short, “Truck Farming”, produced by Encyclopedia Brittanica. Did you know that truck farmers provide Americans with healthful foods year-round? And that truck farmers make use of … Continue reading

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Drive your brains out

Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. To celebrate, Conference Room 4 (“The Engineer’s Place for Discussion and News”) is running a series of five articles. In case … Continue reading

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Water, water everywhere!

The rain continues. I think that I’m starting to crack up.? Of course, it might be related more to Windows than to the weather. Here is the sad tale of my Windows Odyssey Du Jour. This morning, MyBoss suggested that … Continue reading

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The rain demons are angry

This is something like day four of The Monsoon Season. I didn’t know that Maryland had a rainy season, but there you are. We’re not having the kinds of flash floods that Austin gets when it rains there, but you’d … Continue reading

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Ooh, LaLa!

I love finding new, cool things to do with the Intarweb. This week, I found LaLa, a used CD trading service. The service is based on the first-sale doctrine that makes brick-and-mortar used CD sales legal. There’s also a karmic … Continue reading

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18 week ultrasounds

I guess I should call them “ultrasonographs”, but we all know what I mean. These scans are brought to you courtesy of WorkFrank, who showed me how to use the printer-scanner-sandwich maker to scan the images and e-mail myself the … Continue reading

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Sausage and politics — one is better than the other

I’m glad to read, as hurricane season opens, that Governor Blanco has been focusing on important matters of state. For example, just think what would happen if she weren’t working hard to protect the children of Louisiana from the evils … Continue reading

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Now THAT’S an audio book worth owning!

We were watching an episode of “My Name is Earl” last night that we’d missed during the regular season. At one point, Earl goes into a bookstore seeking a self-help book. When he comes out he tells his brother that … Continue reading

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iPod Top Ten

It’s no secret that I love my iPod. You’ll get it when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. The NRA’s got nothing on us Apple types, I tell you what. So, here are the ten most frequently played … Continue reading

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