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Don’t shake hands with men who work at my office, or possibly men in general. I’m serious. Every time I use the mens’ restroom at the place where I work, I am renewed in my commitment to avoid shaking hands with the men who work here. Well over 50% of them walk right out the door without washing their hands.

When Texas senator Kirk Watson appeared on MSNBC a while back endorsing Barack Obama, he couldn’t name one Obama legislative accomplishment, instead emphasizing how “inspiring” the man was.

Another inspirational song I thought I’d share with folks.

So I just saw this article over at Network World about Denon’s $500.00 “Denon Link Cable,” which is just an ethernet cable, and a short one at that. Sent the link over to my buddy, who goes by the nick Brash Brazen. I’ve known this guy nearly all my life, and ever since I made the jump to the Mac back in 2000 or so, he’s given me grief about overpaying for hardware (which, I’ll add, is a myth, unless you build you own box). He is notoriously… frugal… and thinks Macs are a waste of cash. But I’ve discovered he has a skeleton in his closet, and the evidence is here, in all its typo-ridden IM glory.
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How convenient. Since Obama’s “change you can believe in” has turned into lots of dollar bills he can believe in, he’s opting out of public financing. I picked a good day to wear my Obama shirt.

This resignation letter from Flickr cofounder, Stewart Butterfield, to Yahoo has to be one of the most amusing resignation letters I’ve seen.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you really need to. Easily the most awesome concept car I’ve ever seen.

Every day, I hear people using “high gas prices” as the justification for all sorts of ridiculous choices and they’ve been doing so for what feels like ages. I’m starting to feel as though we lack the ability to do simple arithmetic.
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This article was a really interesting read. I have no doubt that people might debate the usefulness of the sources cited in some cases, but even if someone were to discount half of the issues here, there are still a mountain of questions that need answering.

A few choice quotes from Ronald Reagan, courtesy of an e-mail from a friend.
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