Every year, NORAD tracks Santa Claus on his flight around the
world. You can follow his journey, starting on the 24th.
Phil Agre pointed me at Fast food, by Subrata N. Chakravarty and Naazneen
Karmali, in Forbes Global, from 1998. The meals are picked up from
commuters' homes in suburbs around central Mumbai long after the commuters
have left for work, delivered to them on time, then picked up and delivered
home before the commuters return. But see also Bombay's Lunch Box Brigade:
Thousands of dedicated dabbawallahs hustle on trains and bicycles to
deliver homemade meals to office workers. But can this unique custom
survive fast food and wives who work outside the home?
Here's to the Decline of an Evil Giant, by Dave Wilson
E-COMP: Observations on Teaching Writing with Computers, April 1996 -
January 1997, by Bryan Alexander, Jim Crowley, Deanne Lundin, Vicki Mudry,
Stephanie Palmer, and Eric Rabkin, Department of English, University of
Michigan.
R.I.P., Kirsty MacColl
Election stuff isn't through, sorry
Voters News Service has completed an internal report, according to this
Howard Kurtz story, Errors Plagued Election Night Polling Service Led Media
to Election Night Blunders, in the Washington Post.
From the morning after the election, Jeb Bush took an intense and
passionate interest in the battle to make his brother president, according
to interviews with several state and Republican officials, notwithstanding
his effort to strike a low public profile. He offered detailed guidance to
his brother's lawyers on how to navigate the political thicket that was
South Florida, providing information and insight about local officials who
could determine his brother's political future. This, according to
G.O.P.'s Depth Outdid Gore's Team in Florida, by Adam Nagourney and David
Barstow, in the New York Times.
Remembering How a President Who Promised to Unify a Nation Fixed an
Election The Five Worst Republican Outrages, by Wayne Barrett (Village
Voice - - with research credits to Rebecca Center, Rob Chaplick, Jennifer
Fagan, and Rob Morlino). Including the New Mexico recount--didn't know
about that, did you?
