Monthly Archives: June 2007

Worse is better

I was recently sent a reference to an essay, written in 1991 by Richard P. Gabriel about the development of the Common Lisp standard. The article is called Lisp: Good News, Bad News, and How to Win Big, and while … Continue reading

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The latest French pop sensation!

For those of you that were just so on beyond excited about the last musical genius from France that I posted about, I have a new sensation for our adoration. Again, this comes from my wonderful French class (yes, this … Continue reading

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Explain to me why the world isn’t crazy. Please?

From Slate, an article about a sexual assault case where the words rape, assault, victim, and even “sexual assault kit” have been banned from being used in front of the jury. Also, Darth Cheney asserts that he isn’t part of … Continue reading

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We can all rest a little easier today

Breathe a sigh of relief, my dear lackheaders, as I have a bit of information that should come as good news to us all. And in these dark times, anything that shows to me that the world is safer than … Continue reading

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Sound bite-me.

Recently, a friend of mine who is, well, no big fan of Al Gore, sent me a link to a YouTube video of him talking about Saddam Hussein, terrorism, chemical weapons, etc. The title of the video is “Gore criticizes … Continue reading

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