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The Radio weblog of Hal Rager

Sunday, February 17, 2002

"The new Radio feature I'd most like to see is the kind of simple staging server that someone mentioned on their blog ages ago (unfortunately I didn't bookmark the post). I'm a member of the Writing Is Rewriting school. No matter how "happy" I am about a particular piece of writing, I frequently tweak it by modifying my word choice or order and making "minor" grammatical corrections. ... If there was a staging button that allowed me to see the formatted post on a new page with an editing window below for making further corrections. I could then return to the desktop website home page to publish." [Jonathon Delacour] Boy howdy yes. I'm a card carrying menber of the can't spel club besides being in the Writing is Rewriting school. 9:46:23 PM    comment   trackback []

cool. the My Pictures tool works as advertised. 8:33:16 PM    comment   trackback []

Mummy discovered, experts baffled A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada was stunned this afternoon by the discovery of a recent mummy in his living room. "Ritual mummification is generally not practiced in modern times", said Archaeologist Hal Rager, who coincidentally resides at the discovery site. "The mummy is unusual in several ways, not the least of which is the use of a brightly colored heirloom weaving as the outer burial shroud", Rager said. "The inclusion of a Canid burial also suggests that pets had a treasured place in the daily life of these people." "The artifacts accompanying the burial [some of which are visible in the picture --ed.] could be for the use of this person in the afterlife", Rager added. When asked about the sudden appearance of the mummy in his living room, Rager was stumped. "When I left the room, Audrey [Rager's wife --ed.] was feeding our four-month old infant son, Ian. I suspect something is gravely amiss here." When forensic experts began to examine the mummy, they were taken aback when it abruptly sat upright and yanked the shroud from it's face, revealing that it was, in fact, Rager's wife, Audrey. The mummy then replaced the burial shroud and did not move for a considerable length of time. The forensic team eventually became bored and retired to watch curling coverage at the XIXth Olympics in another room. "If anybody calls looking for me, I'm on the case and it might take a while because of the complicated factors involved. I will be maintaining radio silence, so leave a voice mail message if it is that important. I mean really, Olympic curling is on." It turns out that the dog was merely sleeping as well. 8:28:07 PM    comment   trackback []

fiddling self == Nero; Rome == burning 5:46:06 PM    comment   trackback []

Thomas Jefferson. "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens." [Motivational Quotes of the Day] 8:33:28 AM    comment   trackback []