Archive for November, 2004

… On not being left behind

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Dore writes “The Department of Education wants to collect personally identifiable information on all college students, including name, address, birth date, gender, race, and SSN. Privacy is assured. The No Child Left Behind Act, which holds primary and secondary schools accountable prompted this line of thinking. Now colleges should be held accountable. If you made [...]

Too Much of a Good Thing is a Good Thing

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Well tonight, H&R Block is going to have a huge opportunity for exposure on Jeopardy!, so I figured I could offer a little help for the competition by offering some exposure on the widely read thedustindotcom. So, when tax time comes, don’t forget about Jackson Hewitt Tax Service: Get More In Return ?

Things You Shouldn’t Miss Out On…

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

… just because you don’t have his screenname. From Eric’s away message: Injuries from riding motorcycle: 0 Injuries avoided because I wear a helmet: 1 today as I left the parking garage the gate arm lifted, but as I drove under the arm it decided to come back down and hit me right in the [...]

A Moment of Truth

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

And, on the tangent, I wish George Lucas were as good at making movies these days as he is at making movie trailers. Truer words were never spoken. If you haven’t seen it, you can check out the teaser trailer for Episode III here.

Unfinished, Lightly Rehearsed

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

My plan, in allowing so much time to pass between musings, was to pack as much grandeur as possible into these early days of November. I had hoped that by this time one week ago, I had expended my final breath on the truck routing problem that has permeated my inner workings the last several [...]

Non-Partisan Disgust

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

It’s not a perfect world where you can trade TV ads for food, but is this really what is most important? Both sides spent a combined $600 million on TV and radio ads, more than twice the total from 2000. Source: Yahoo! News

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