AUTHOR: TomCarr DATE: 9:13 PM ----- BODY:

Taliban in our midst...

In the now In Vouge stlye of comparing anyone you don't agree with to the Taliban, I'd like to offer this one. People who open their car doors and slam then into the cars they are parked next to. This is a sneak attack, no credit is claimed, and there is a definate dollar damage to the wounded car(go do a Kelly Blue Book price comparision between a car in Excelent condition versus one in Good condition...one dent is the only difference)

I, myself, received three within the first month of owning my car. My friend, Eric, just got a ghastly one over the weekend. This is bullshit...have some fucking respect, people. Just try to be AWARE of your surroundings, for chrissake. -------- AUTHOR: TomCarr DATE: 5:43 PM ----- BODY:

National Philanthropy Day...

...is today. I made donations to OxFam and FIRE.

How 'bout you? -------- AUTHOR: TomCarr DATE: 7:38 PM ----- BODY:

Back...

Let's see...I take three weeks to remove myself from general civilization for some R & R and prepare for the new job, only to come back and find that nothing has changed. I don't know why this always upsets me so much...I suppose it's where the idealist in me meets the realist, and they don't like each other very much.

I'm glad to see the good folks still holding their own, even though the media is getting just about everything wrong...I wonder what effect Sept 11 has had on when/where most people get news. I've noticed that most the the blogs are reporting hight activity, and are now starting to create linked netwrosk to each other...this is a good thing, and does make me happy. The more people start fine tuning their news gathering with a lot of independant voices, instead of just using a filter on the AP wire, the better informed opinin is going to be accross the board. I hate normal news channels, so I'm extatic now to have some informed, inteligent op-eds to feed myself with.

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