Thursday, November 14, 2002

Just seen at CNN.com: RUMSFELD: NO WORLD WAR III "Donald Rumsfeld Thursday predicted if war with Iraq comes, it will be relatively quick." I think he's right - it's not likely to last as long as, say, the religious wars in Europe. And the "war" may well be over by mid-summer or so. The problem comes when you count the civil war, guerilla wars, and other fun stuff we'll get to deal with once we're in charge there. Arrrrgh.

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So I'm scrolling down the Salon main page (just renewed my Premium subscription - and why haven't you? Hmmm...?) when I see something a little different: Salon Blogs Scott Rosenberg Wall Street Journal's $200,000-a-year spammer Plus: "Xtreme" blogging! [The Raven] Start your own blog | Recently updated blogs Ain't that something - Scott's come through with the promise of front page space for other Salon blogs. And a great choice to give the publicity to as well, I might add. The Raven is my first must-read ANYTHING these days. Well, except for Celtics stuff, but that doesn't count.

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So my Celtics are 6-2  - they've won their last six, and have looked better and better as the streak has gone on. Pierce was *horrible* last night, and Walker was only average, yet they still walked away with an easy victory over a decent Philly team. Vin Baker continues to make baby steps towards being good, but Eric Williams cleaned up with 10 boards in under half an hour. And Tony Delk and Shammond Williams continue to give us bizarrely good numbers from the point. Are my boys really this good? We'll find out tomorrow night: Celtics, Mavericks at the Fleet. The best team in the NBA right now against the second-hottest team in the NBA right now. This is most likely where the Celtics lose - yeah, Cleveland nearly beat Dallas, but that was almost all Ilgauskas whacking them upside the head with a career game (34 points, 14 rebounds). But it's possible - Pierce won't be facing the smothering defense he got from the Sixers, so if his shooting touch is there, he should be able to clean up. Same with our other shooters - this is going to be a fun little piece of run-and-gun. Shame I'll miss it live - I'll be busy. =)

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I'll tell you somthing I don't like:  I don't care for the word, "homeland."  It smacks of "Fatherland."  I am bothered by the mindsets of those who have insinuated it into the lexicon. [Maxine 's Radio Weblog] Amen. I remember reading that this is the reason we had "civil defense" in the '50s - "homeland security" sounded way too Nazi or Soviet to be acceptable. Whenever I hear words like "homeland" coming out of Ashcroft's mouth, I expect to see him goosestepping off stage.

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This is sad. I've been sitting here, staring at the computer, trying to think of something relevant or interesting to say. I had a nice run there - a few days of crazed political babbling - and now I just have nothing meaningful to say. Dammit. There's nothing quite so pathetic as blogger's-block. Eh. I'm bored and trying to stay up for another hour (don't ask) so I'll go hit the news items...
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Well, it turns out that I killed my sister's car - hadn't driven a standard in years, and I blew the clutch, it seems. Ah well - it was a crappy old car anyway. But since then (that's the weirdness event of Friday), I've been on a run like you wouldn't even believe - too much time hacking code, reading, and the like to blog. But I've got another date tomorrow - Gilbert and Sullivan followed by late night Chinese-Polynesian dinner. Should be fun. =)

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