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Thursday, September 30, 2004

Morning moon

Moon over North Grand Avenue, September 29, 2004, 6:45 a.m..... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:52 PM

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

New Amazon discount

Probably by now everyone has heard of the superslick new search engine at A9.com. If.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:41 PM

5 things about the monster in my basement

It's virtually silent It scares little kids It fascinates old men It contains no moving.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:20 PM

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Electoral vote 35 days to go

On the eve of the eve of the first presidential infomercial, we have these numbers.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 9:18 PM

Monday, September 27, 2004

Ego feeds

In a comment on my post from yesterday, Jason asked: How does the Google-PubSub-Feedster hookup.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 9:57 PM | Comments (2)

5 Monday morning things

I’m hearing a nagging, little voice from far away (*) My co-worker annoys me to.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:11 AM

Sunday, September 26, 2004

I went to a garden party fund raiser

In Winnetka. Really. Like, a long time ago. More on that in a second. But.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:20 PM | Comments (2)

Oh, that Mark Fletcher

The best thing on the web right now has to be Bloglines. The Mercury News.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 3:38 PM | Comments (3)

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Cleaning pennies with taco sauce

Cruft has written an excellent article with photos and conclusive evidence on his research in.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:47 AM

Friday, September 24, 2004

Bucket

Hanging bucket..... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:39 PM

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Electoral vote 41 days to go

With a whole bunch of new polls coming out, the numbers are evening out a.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:55 PM | Comments (3)

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

The other Roger and me

Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, has his own web site (rogerebert.com redirects.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 9:49 PM

Monday, September 20, 2004

State Capitol Shooting

About 1:30 this afternoon an unknown man shot a security guard in the chest at.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 3:51 PM

Sunday, September 19, 2004

Flowers for Matt

They are Asters. I'm not really a gardener, but I'm pretty sure that's what they.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:12 PM

Thoughts on the Supreme Court

It's a little surprising that none of the justices retired from the U.S. Supreme Court.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 2:05 AM

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Discarded

Trashed office furniture shot downtown on a recent Sunday afternoon. Getting rid of old.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:10 PM

Friday, September 17, 2004

Electoral vote 46 days to go

According to most recent data from the EVP 2004, at some point this week, John.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:32 PM

Five things for Friday night dinner

Perfectly grilled melt-in-your-mouth rib eye Salad dripping with Italian dressing Garlic toast Baked potato with.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:14 PM

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Projectile voting

I meant to mention in my previous post that the Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 has.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 9:35 PM

Electoral vote 49 days to go

Sticking with the Electoral Vote Predictor 2004: Tuesday, September 14, 2004: Kerry 238 | Bush.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 5:53 PM

On moderated comments

Several of the new blogging systems, and now even some old ones, have the built-in.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:38 AM | Comments (2)

Monday, September 13, 2004

Library

Our local public library was open for 24 hours straight Saturday (midnight to midnight).... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:01 AM

Saturday, September 11, 2004

Testing Feedburner

Testing Feedburner. Again, I've made a bunch of changes in the middle of the night,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 1:49 AM

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Conversation with SBC

Excerpt from a much lengthier conversation with SBC wherein I just wanted one thing and.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 7:00 PM | Comments (4)

Gmail

I may be the last person I know to get a Gmail account. Since then,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:52 AM | Comments (2)

Vote or Not

Are you registered to vote? If not, please do so as soon as possible. You.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:44 AM

Monday, September 06, 2004

Slip Sliding Away

I can feel the three day weekend quicky slipping away. It was great while it.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 9:19 PM

Labor Day

On this day, the first Monday of September, Americans celebrate Labor Day. The exterminator. The.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:44 PM | Comments (1)

Electoral vote 57 days to go

Keeping track via the Electoral Vote Predictor 2004: Tuesday, September 6, 2004: Kerry 247 |.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:25 PM

Drinking

There's a debate raging in our community that may end with the city revoking.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:03 AM

Sunday, September 05, 2004

Those democratizers

In the "What Else Happened" section of today's entry in the Lewis and Clark weblog,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:36 PM

Memories of RNC 2004

Belatedly. Unfortunately, we didn't learn anything new or anything that wasn't already suspected. By re-electing.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:31 PM

Friday, September 03, 2004

Together again

Just the two of us. I knew that someday my true love would come back.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 1:22 PM | Comments (1)

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Stand up, Dick

Vice President Dick Cheney takes center stage tonight after he's nominated as the candidate to.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 6:22 PM