September 2006

O’s fans protest

So full up front discolure –  I’m not a baseball fan by any strech.  Partially for two reasons, my only memory of professional baseball when I was younger is that it would throw a giant monkey wrench into my afternoon TV watching habits.  Also, I was a terrible player during my little league career, mostly

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New Server!

Last week, I moved this blog, email, and other sites including Soccer Blogs, to a newer, more powerful server. The database is mauve, which Sandy tells me is the best color for a database. You should notice its a lot peppier – about 100% peppier, than the old server which was beginning to show its

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Oppose DOPA

Please take 5 minutes to let your legislators know that you oppose Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA).  Like much legislation with a why would you oppose it type name, the bill is overreaching and censors legitimate speech. Cutting off social networking’s legitimate uses is bad enough, but DOPA also gives the FCC wide latitude to

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Ethnic Dining in DC

Self described "economist by day and diner by night" Tyler Cowen writes an article in the Washington Post on ethnic dining in the Washington metropolitan area. People are often surprised when I tell them there are many Bolivian restaurants in the area, although less so than before. In his article, he interviews Victor Serrano, owner

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Unsettling times in Bolivia

The excellent MABB tells us that Things are Getting Ugly in Bolivia.  My native country is in the midst of rewriting the Consitution and it is turning into a divisive process. The main message is that the Constitutional Assembly is in serious crisis. There are calls from the separatists in Santa Cruz (la nacion camba)

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