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I’ve posted a bunch of photos from thanksgiving. You kind of miss something without being able to hear the singing candle though.
I also added a misc. category for some other photos from home.
The best is my dad in 1969:

Supposedly this was a fairly tame period for his hair.
All those with disparaging opinions [...]

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to mee’ee
Happy birthday to me.
And to all, a good thanksgiving eve, day and night.

I woke up saturday morning with the phone ringing in my head. It was Doug. He was down one for the big game and wondered if I could come. I got up, got dressed and decent and left for a day of fun and football.
The ride to the game was eventful and uneventful. [...]

It appears the British Government wants to do away with “double jeopardy” protection in some cases.
This is the exact reason why we have a Constitution; so political expediency can not easily overrule our shared principles. We have had this protection from “double jeopardy” since right near ratification. It means the government cannot put [...]

Michael Ian Black proves that, with possible exception of Mo Rocca, he is the number one “fundit” on the scene today.
Speaking of Mo Rocca, this webchat transcript is quite the amusing:
Baltimore, Md.: Whom else do you respect doing satire right now?
Mo Rocca: Brit Hume.
I assume this means an end to my dreams:
Fairlington, Va.: [...]

The biggest news of all big news has come down the pipe.
Its bigger than Jesus, and Bhudda better watch his back.
According to USA Today, Fox might be bringing bring back the Family Guy.
They say it could be back January 2005 with a run of 35 new episodes.
Apparently it was strong DVD sales that done [...]

(via Brian Ulrich)
This is certainly an interesting story about how Kafka’s originally came to be published.
When the Nazis introduced their racial laws they exempted Schocken Verlag, a Jewish publisher, from the ban against publishing Jewish authors, on condition that its books would be sold only to Jews.
Once in the hands of the public, the Nazi’s [...]

I was gonna make some sarcastic remarks and impugn the professionalism of Mickey Kaus over this post calling Howard Dean a hypocrite and opportunist, but Kevin Drum beat me to it.
I mostly agree with the content of Mr. Drum’s rebuttal. Mr. Kaus’ consipiracy theory reveals his woeful ignorance about the positions of Dr. Dean. [...]

Today I went up to the MLK Ballroom in order to, do my best to do my duty to God and my Country and to help other people, and give blood in the Big Game Blood Drive.
My roommate had signed me up for an appointment, but that turned out not to matter. I put [...]

If only we had one that could actually kick that is. We are 6-6, 2 points to Colorado St. and 3 points to UCLA away from 8-4.
As Ray Ratto says:
That’s who the Golden Bears are today — the best, the happiest, the most bowl-worthy six-loss team in America.
Beat Stanfurd!