“I have a secret plan to win the war…”

by Pete on June 29, 2005

I caught a bit of the President’s speech on Iraq last night. I didn’t go out of my way to listen, as I didn’t expect anything new. Frankly, anyone who did expect anything new is a fool. The speech before (…)

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You say quagmire, I say… well… quagmire.

by Pete on June 24, 2005

I was just looking over the text of Senator Joe Biden’s recent speech (opens in PDF) to the Brookings Institute about the current situation in Iraq. While reading of his experiences on a recent trip to that country, as well (…)

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Thank you, FARK

by Pete on June 23, 2005

I rarely read fark.com anymore, but I still check in every now and again. If for nothing else, they’re entertaining for their headlines, such as the the one for this CNN article: “Experts predict oil prices to rise, fall or (…)

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ZOMBIES!

by Pete on June 23, 2005

Land of the Dead comes out tomorrow. I. Am. So. There.

On second thought…

by Pete on June 21, 2005

A month or so ago, I posted about some music I was listening to at the time. Among other things, I mentioned that I was pretty excited about the new British Sea Power album, but that the Decemberists’ Picaresque was (…)

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I’m back

by Pete on June 20, 2005

My apologies if you tried to get to the site last week. I was on vacation, and seeing as how the fan in my computer was making a funny noise when I was getting ready to leave, I decided it (…)

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Worst… Interviewer… EVER.

by Pete on June 6, 2005

I have gone on at some length in forums other than this blog regarding my opinion that Terry Gross is The Worst Interviewer Ever. This opinion is not an original one, and in the interest of full disclosure, I feel (…)

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