No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

Not-so-Occasional Comments on Life, Death and Many Things in Between by Laurie Mann

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Viggo Mortensen Joined Michael Moore's Slacker Tour in Columbus Ohio on 10/30!

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I am a huge fan of Viggo's, and a moderate fan of Michael's. I thought about seeing Michael when he was on tour in Pittsburgh a few...
Saturday, October 30, 2004

Don't Panic - Suicide Bombers, Anthrax and Other Fears of Modern Life

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[[I wrote this in the fall of 2001, for obvious reasons, and want to republish it here because I think it's a useful essay to consider j...
Friday, October 29, 2004

"We Don't Know When the Explosives Were Removed"

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On 10/28/2004, KSTP broadcast video that proved the explosives were at Al-Qaqaa and still under IAEA seal in early April 2003. Further, Ame...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Maybe Lunar Eclipses Are Good for the Red Sox

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I'm pretty cynical about sports, especially about the Red Sox. I remember well the debacles of '67, '75, '78 and especially ...

Oh How I Hate to Live in a Swing State...

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There's only so many times you can hit "Mute" when yet another lie-filled Bush ad shows up. Of course I'm still going to ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

On Travelling, Lawn Signs, Bumper Stickers and Political Advertising on Television

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All things considered, I've done a lot of traveling this month and have been to four different states in different parts of the country:...
Friday, October 22, 2004

Yet More Bush Lies and Misjudgements

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I only have a few hundred megabytes of space on the Web, so I can't list them all. However, I have been tracking some of them on one of ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

I May Have Severe Political Burn-out But Nothing Will Stop Me From Voting

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I'm at the point where I tune out of commercials and I'm listening to classical music at work rather than NPR. However, despite my e...
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Why the US Does Not Have Enough Arabic Translators

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Since keeping its base happy was more important than actually collecting information on terrorists, the Bush administration discharged as ma...
Sunday, September 12, 2004

Gee Whiz, Slow Again!

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After renaming my blog a few weeks back, I haven't posted in nearly a month. I was somewhat overwhelmed by getting ready for Noreascon ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Would You Like Your Very Own "Teresa Heinz Kerry for First Lady" Bumper Sticker?

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Oh, what a deal I have for you. Jeanne Clark from Women Leaders Online has been acquiring the following bumper sticker: If you are attendin...
Monday, August 16, 2004

Getting Ready for Noreascon

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I'll be helping out at Noreascon IV . If you're looking for me, the best place to find me as at the FANAC exhibit on the Concourse ...
Sunday, August 01, 2004

In the Second Row in Rainy Greensburg for the Kerry/Edwards Rally

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I volunteered to work at the Greensburg Kerry rally. But unlike the July 6 Edwards announcement rally, where I felt like I was being more u...
Friday, July 30, 2004

With Dick Cheney as Angela Lansbury....

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I'd never seen either version of The Manchurian Candidate. Until tonight. Throughout the movie, all I could think was: Angela Lans...
Tuesday, July 27, 2004

I'm Beginning to Wonder if "Shove It" Was a Set-up...

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The video was only recorded by Pittsburgh's Channel 4. Scott Baker is Channel 4's correspondent on site in Boston. It's unclea...
Monday, July 26, 2004

Blogging the Democratic Convention from Pittsburgh....

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OK, so I didn't make it to Boston this week. I had volunteered to work months ago, but came to the conclusion I was too burnt out and w...
Tuesday, July 20, 2004

A Clear Sign that the Apocalypse Is Coming...

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Michael Jackson to be Father of Quadruplets
Sunday, July 11, 2004

And Now That I've Seen Fahrenheit 911...

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*Sigh* I have a review of it here . I've had a weird few days. I've had bronchitis, on and off, for over a month. I keep almost ge...
Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Oh to Be in Pittsburgh Today! (July 6, 2004)

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Wow, it's been a very long and very interesting day. Our alarm clock went off at 5am. Now, many days, I'm awake that early, but usu...
Sunday, June 20, 2004

Take a Deep Breath...

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I haven't been posting much recently because I've been finishing up the Tenn collection, Dancing Naked , for Noreascon 4. It took a...
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