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Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Woman planning to sunbathe gets overrun by thousands of frogs [FARK] Charles Fort lives! 10:11:28 PM  Permalink  comment []

Insightful Washington Post Editorial By Madeleine Albright. Squandering Capital By Madeleine K. Albright for the Washington Post. (Madeleine K. Albright was secretary of state from 1997 to 2001.) Three years ago, America had vast diplomatic capital based on the goodwill we enjoyed around the world, and vast financial capital based on our international economic leadership and a record budget surplus. Now our capital of all kinds has been dissipated and we are left with more intractable dilemmas than resources or friends. As someone who has served in positions of responsibility, I know it is much harder to devise practical solutions from the inside than to offer theoretical... [On Lisa Rein's Radar] 10:08:31 PM  Permalink  comment []

Goofy Guy Named Gary Enlivens Otherwise Intolerable Wedding Reception [The Onion] 10:01:08 PM  Permalink  comment []

Alerts Were Lacking, NASA Shuttle Manager Says. In her first public statement, the official who ran shuttle management meetings during the fatal Columbia mission depicted an agency in which internal communications failed. By Matthew L. Wald with John Schwartz. [New York Times: Science] 9:53:43 PM  Permalink  comment []

Giants Break Away It's just phenomenal watching my San Francisco Giants. All season, but especially since the All-Star Break, they've just been whipping the daylights out of the National League and especially the division. I have to give credit to Felipe Alou; it just feels like it's always the right man at bat, always the right man on the mound. The Diamondbacks look like fools tonight, with mistake after mistake after mistake. Mentioning Alou, my pal Roger always talks about how well Alou talks to the press. Case in point: in this morning's Chronicle, they talk about how Alou 's coaching record reached .500 yesterday. Alou's reply: "I know that I am better than .500 as a man." 9:52:10 PM  Permalink  comment []

Times They Are Surreal in Bob Dylan Tale. As a movie, Masked & Anonymous is an unholy, incoherent mess. As a Bob Dylan artifact, though, it is endlessly, perhaps morbidly, fascinating. By A. O. Scott. [New York Times: Movies] 5:07:46 PM  Permalink  comment []

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