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Archive for March, 2003

More from the Jay Valanju “This is What the Internet Can Do for Us” File.

Friday, March 28th, 2003

Check out this country talk from The Tullahoma News, byline “Crabby”:

“Well,” Chirac wanted to know, “how much does a brain cost? The doctor scratched his chin, glanced at Chirac and said “For a French brain, $500,000. For an American brain, $200,000.”
Now, Chirac didn’t know what tuh think ’bout thet. Archin’ an eyebrow he asked “Why […]

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Thursday, March 27th, 2003

“Hey, Brendon, how come the team never carried me off the field?”
“We tried, but you were too big.”
“Excuse me?“
“I mean…too drunk.”
“Yes. Yes I was. But, I’ll tell you something, Brendon, I am everyday. That doesn’t mean don’t carry me off the field.”

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Thursday, March 27th, 2003

I think another difference between us and the XP folks is that we value experience. We think your experience is a key component of your everyday work. It is perfectly valid to look at your experience and say, “The last time I did this I got bitten by this particular field changing 17 times, so […]

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Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

“You know who ends up the looser, though, on the whole: the public. Because, they see the product, and the product is not there.”
“Brendon, Brendon. Women are a complicated bunch…. Lemme give you an analogy. They’re like grapes. That’s all I got…’cause I said grapes….”
“Here, have a drink.”
“Aren’t you gonna have some?”
“No, I […]

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High Court Reviews State Ban on Homosexual Sex

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

Nina Totenberg’s recount of today’s Supreme Court action is, as always, well done and interesting. She’s like a one-woman show, that Totenberg. (If that link don’t work, get it from today’s All Things Considered page.)

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