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Monday, Jul 01, 2002

smoke signals

i dont even smoke cigarettes anymore and im outraged. seven bucks a pack!

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Saturday, Jun 29, 2002

cry me to the moon


the boy who cried wolf
he wore a sheepish grin
had trouble with the truth
now he takes his fizz with gin

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blind ambition

the truth may set me free
but not how jesus intended
too many words spoken
and meaning is upended

my knee jerk reaction
the damage may be done
too late for a retraction
past time to get some sun

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Friday, Jun 28, 2002

common ground

"A great untold story of our time is the staggering privatization and abuse of dozens of resources that we collectively own. The plunder is widespread,affecting public lands, the broadcast airwaves, the Internet, the public domain of knowledge and creativity, publicly funded medicines, and even our genes. As companies quietly seize our common wealth, however, our government often fails to protect us, sometimes actually giving away our common assets."

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com con

as the worldcom turns: A blog about WorldCom

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girls with curls

somehow missed the rondelles. kind of a cuddlier new-wavy sleater-kinney.

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far far away

my favorite music file sharing agent, audio galaxy, has succumbed to rectitude no doubt under threat of lawsuit.

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Tuesday, Jun 25, 2002

dhailiwood

"Well, having met the new face of global news, it seems to me that, in TV at least, the first path is the more likely. I tried so hard to like Daljit Dhaliwal, the British presenter who has just signed a mega-contract with CNN, because, apart from anything, I really don't want to be enemy number one with the net nerds for whom she is the sexiest thing since Rosie Millard. But, boy, was she uptight. When I arrived at the station's London HQ, a press officer confided to me that she was worried the interview room was on the chilly side. Actually, the temperature was fine until Dhaliwal walked in and started treating even the most innocuous questions as personal insults."

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a real kick in the pants


if only we could
rewind the clock
for with each tick
it only mocks

like drops
upon the windowpane
it rolls on down
unless in spain

but lets be plain
you cant decamp
there is a flame
but no magic lamp

or faeries wand
to fend off decay
just anarrowed sign
that reads "one way"

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vietnumb

"A team of scientists is providing new evidence confirming the devastating legacy of America's chemical weapons program in Vietnam -- a legacy which officials in Washington continue to question."

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