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Some good news for a change

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Bob

Granted, it

Posted in Almost Seven Wonders

Friday pudublogging: Are you pondering what I’m pondering…?

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Bob

This baby pudu struck me as almost horrifyingly cute…

Come on, Pinky, we must prepare for tomorrow night!

… and then I realized how much it reminded me of Pinky & the Brain.

Then again, if pudus took over the world, they’d probably just make it fuzzy.

Posted in Almost Seven Wonders

Not the most convincing speech ever

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Bob

Polls before and after Bush’s big speech last night — you may have to squint a little, but the results tell you just how persuasive Bush’s ideas were:

Bush's convincing numbers

Via C&L.

Posted in Almost Seven Wonders

The Apple iPhone: Unanswered Questions

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Bob

Full disclosure: I own a few Apple shares.  But I

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Bring on the Laotian communist beer girls

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Bob

ust something truly odd to share with the class. Working on the next book, and tonight I stumbled across the website of the Lao Brewery, the beer company 50% owned by the communist government of Laos. I have no idea why it strikes me as so odd

Posted in Almost Seven Wonders

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