Archive for June, 2005

Letter to Aljazeera

I was looking through my sent items for an email to a friend. While looking I found an email that I had sent to the webmaster of Aljazeera in April of 2004. I thought I would post it here. To whom it may concern, I am just an American student who is watching what...

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Cancer

This past week has been a scary one. My Grandfather who I care very deeply for is sick. He has cancer in his bone marrow. It is likely a rare kind that is not easily treatable, Merkel Cell Carcinoma. He seems to have come to grips with the possibility of his death. I am...

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Nerds make Better Lovers

Via Slashdot: The New York Daily News has a story entitled Nerds make Better Lovers. The author looks at Courtney Cox, Tiger Woods, Rachel Bilson, and Christina Aguilera’s relationship choices. From this comes the conclusion that being a nerd is in. This article is a very poorly supported one at best. The headline caught...

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What is love?

Tonight I sit here pondering what love really is. It is late and I have work tomorrow; however, I can not sleep. What got me into this state of emotional turmoil? Surprisingly, it was a movie. I am not often moved by movies. That is why my tears at the end of this one...

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Comcast CableCARD update 5: Problem solved

Toshiba has shipped me the new firmware, Seine 1.5.0. The television is working flawlessly thus far. I would like to thank those at Comcast and Toshiba who worked so hard to resolve this problem. If you have a Toshiba television that is not working on the Comcast system, here are the steps that you...

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