the reality tunnel

rock hour
Originally written 03/19/2002

I’m sitting in my flat and watching the rock hour on viva plus, which is this german music television station. I think this is hands down the best rock hour ever, even better than the one with german rap core band, such a surge. Tonight’s show [...]

death and taxes
Originally written 03/21/2002
Typically, I find death and taxes to be synonimous, but last year I found out that quicken has a free e-filing service for individuals with household incomes less than $25,000. It’s super slick and the refund that they calculated was bigger than the one I figured out by hand.

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tobacco executive admits that he thinks smoking is dangerous
Originally written 03.14.2002

Came across this article which describes how

From the article:

THE head of Britain’s biggest cigarette company has made an unprecedented admission that smoking is bad for you and that people are “better off” avoiding tobacco.

The comment by [...]

quote of the day
Originally written 03.14.2002

“With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.”

–
Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate in physics (in a recent speech to the members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science)

the empire strikes back
Originally written 03.13.2002

This press release came through my inbox today. It seems that the Lorrilard tobacco company is suing the American Legacy Foundation. The tobacco company alleges that the ALF’s Truth campaing engages in villification which violates a clause of the Master Settlement Agreement.

I guess this would happen sooner or [...]

taking the public out of public radio
Originally written 03.13.2002

Dana sent this e-mail to my mailing list which describes problems at a local Yellow Springs, OH public radio station. What’s happening is that they’re following a trend of many public radio stations and axing locally generated programming for the syndicated NPR shows. What follows is [...]

today was a good day
Originally written 03.13.2002

Today was a good day. It started out by heading off to my (optional) computer architecture lectures. Lectures are so much better when you aren’t obligated to go to them. Only three other students showed up, but we were treated to a fairly [...]

catharsis
Originally written 03.09.2002

I should really be doing my computer architecture assignment right now, but I really can’t be asked. I just really feel like writing something. I guess I should write about something that happened to me, like the Icarus Line/Aereogramme show the other week, or something like that, [...]

go forth is the best album of 2001, hands down
Originally written 03.09.2002

Ok first off, on one of the few notes on which buddyhead.com and I agree, Les Savy Fav’s latest album, “Go Forth”, is easily the best album of last year. It’s so good for so many reasons. I [...]

i wish they could even qualify as the prejudicial board betty
Originally written 03.09.2002

Ok, random thought number two. I was skateboarding today, and having a good time. It was at Bristo square again, and as is usual on a Saturday, the place was packed with the locals tearing it up, [...]