Daily Archives: September 11, 2008

Glenn Beck on CNN – Really?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Rick

Was channel flipping for a bit this evening and noticed Glenn Beck pushing back at the Obama campaign for their recent attacks on vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck is very animated, often funny, and darned conservative. And then I … Continue reading →

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Babelcon 2008 – I must go to the geeks; they are my people

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Rick

(Will post about Hurricane Gustav later.) A few weeks ago I squeezed in a few hours at BabelCon 2008 – a science-fiction convention right here in beautiful(?!?) Baton Rouge. Perused the website and decided to drop by Sunday afternoon. After … Continue reading →

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In an altenate quantum universe – "The Large Hadron Rap"

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Rick

What few people know is where my life could have gone quite easily. Particle physics. I was a whiz at chemistry in high school – even got a tutoring gig for five pounds an hour. Teacher used my lab reports … Continue reading →

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YouTube broke the blog

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Rick

Er – what happened to the banner and buttons at the top? No idea – but it was after I tried to embed a YouTube video into the post below. Even removing the video and the post – the theme … Continue reading →

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