Archive: 2004

January 2004

• 01: Happy New Year!
• 04: Overheard
• 04: Albert Camus
• 04: Quote of the Day
• 09: When Technology Falls Into the Wrong Hands
• 10: Fun With Obituaries
• 13: Pursuit
• 13: A Moron's Guide to Success
• 18: Ugly in Tinseltown
• 18: The Way We Are Living
• 19: Dogfood
• 22: Happy New Year!
• 22: Lessons From a New Dog Owner
• 25: Today's Text
• 26: Celebrity Interviews Send Me Into a Homicidal Rage
• 27: At the Cotillion
• 27: How Annoying Am I?
• 30: Small Consolations
• 30: Paradigm Shift

February 2004

• 03: Lewis vs. Clark
• 03: Market Recap for Dummies
• 10: Atkins Died
• 10: My Favorite Valentine Movies
• 10: Wholesome Authority
• 11: Dead Poets
• 13: Profiles in Management: The Tank Commander
• 14: Happy Valentine's Day
• 16: Hideously Uncomfortable
• 17: Who Doesn't?
• 17: Genius or Geek?
• 19: Doggie Love
• 19: Adventures in Housebreaking
• 23: Love and Marriage
• 24: I'm in the Mood for Soup
• 24: A Lot of My Problems
• 24: Mass Confusion
• 24: Leadership Questions
• 26: Rainy Day Women
• 27: Issue of the Day
• 29: Phraseology
• 29: A Riddle

March 2004

• 01: Separated at Birth
• 01: French Marines
• 01: Stop the Presses
• 02: We Need to Know the Truth
• 04: The Noble Pug
• 04: Come On!
• 05: Happy Birthday, Spam
• 06: Today's Text
• 06: I'd Like to Buy a Bowel
• 08: You've Got a Problem
• 08: Kids in America
• 08: Quotes on Kerry
• 08: Foreigners for Kerry
• 09: Better Look Again
• 09: Song Lyrics That Didn't Resonate Till Years Later
• 09: Like Father, Like Son?
• 10: Zelda Fitzgerald
• 10: Warren Buffett Gets the Last Laugh
• 11: Mr. October
• 11: I'd Like to Buy a Bowel II
• 11: Mother and Son
• 12: A Brief History of Democratic Statesmanship
• 14: John Kerry, International Man of Mystery
• 17: France Weighs In
• 17: Best Explanation of the Spanish Election Results
• 19: Welcome to Southern California
• 19: Rent-A-Book
• 23: Less Than Zero
• 24: Nice Try, Kid
• 25: Fight On!
• 29: Lost in the Mind

April 2004

• 05: Thoughts on Starting a New Job
• 05: A Pat on the Head
• 05: The European Approach
• 14: Life's Work
• 18: A 10-Year-Old Sings The Beach Boys
• 19: Role Model
• 19: Concord Hymn
• 19: Crafting a Mission Statement by General George S. Patton Jr.
• 20: Other People's Money
• 23: Explaining
• 23: Real Simple
• 26: Not as Consoling as It Should Have Been
• 28: The Comfort of Methodology
• 28: She Said, He Said
• 28: The Ambition of Others
• 29: World War II Memorial Opens
• 29: iet-Vay am-Nay ad-ay auseam-Nay
• 29: How to be Annoying

May 2004

• 02: Raising Kids and Dogs
• 02: A Promising Email Turns Disappointing
• 02: HW Solves Two of the Thorniest Problems in American Education
• 04: What Would Jesus Download?
• 08: Below and Above the Stars
• 16: Abandoned
• 20: A Tradeoff
• 29: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
• 30: Lost and Found
• 30: What I'm Reading
• 31: Sex Tips for Girls
• 31: Working Late

June 2004

• 06: People I Thought Were Dead
• 06: Obesity vs. Thought
• 06: Meet the Press
• 12: I Sit By The Window
• 13: High-Visibility Management
• 16: Two Short Arguments For Affirmative Action
• 16: This Just In
• 20: Clinton on Iraq
• 24: One Never Knows
• 26: Inspired Idiocy
• 26: One Thing Bill Clinton and I Have in Common
• 26: Meet the Press
• 27: Predictable, Unfunny and Eminently Forgettable
• 27: Mixed Reviews
• 27: Pacifism

July 2004

• 03: Strike a Pose
• 04: Ghosts of Christmas Past
• 11: Verbification
• 14: Tediocrity
• 14: You're as Old as You Feel
• 20: Antifreeze
• 21: Good Game! (Bleccch)
• 24: At the Dog Park
• 24: Thanks, Bill!
• 31: Vignettes from Disney World

August 2004

• 01: Wasted Time
• 05: This Date in History
• 09: Dogfood
• 18: Chapel of Love
• 18: Fortunately I Rarely Travel
• 21: Now That You Mention It
• 22: Man Plans, God Laughs
• 22: Mom Learns to Play Chess
• 22: Look Homeward, Angel
• 23: That Explains It
• 25: Instants
• 25: Things That Might Have Been
• 30: More Evidence There Are Way Too Many TV Channels
• 31: Interpretation of Dreams
• 31: What You Lookin' At?

September 2004

• 01: Hollywood Confidential
• 02: The Blog of Anne Frank
• 02: Fishtailing
• 09: I Feel Safer Already
• 18: Artistry
• 18: The Family Lawyer
• 19: A Lazy Sunday Afternoon
• 24: Hu's on First
• 25: Jury Duty
• 26: High Noon

October 2004

• 02: Into the Digital Abyss
• 10: Temptation
• 11: The Flintstone Nickel
• 12: I Love the BCA!
• 24: Start Spreading the News Blame
• 30: Fight On!
• 30: Quote of the Day
• 31: Happy Halloween

November 2004

• 03: Election Wrapup
• 04: Le Hamster est Mort
• 06: My Fantasy Football League Fantasy
• 06: Homework Follies
• 11: Who Wants Chili?
• 11: Worse Than it Looks
• 16: The Greatest Legend of All Was Real
• 26: Redefining Race
• 26: Ancient History as Told by a 6th Grader Who Watches Too Much SportsCenter
• 27: The Meaning of Golf
• 27: His Master's Voice
• 28: Bird Teams
• 28: The Great Ones

December 2004

• 04: The Potential for Fidelity
• 04: A Joke I Learned in Traffic School
• 04: Great Moments in Parenting
• 05: Two Simple Rules
• 10: Pilot Season
• 10: Things NOT to Do in North Korea
• 10: Today's Text
• 10: Something I Learned Today
• 11: I Don't Feel Good
• 12: Clarence Thomas, Judicial Nincompoop
• 14: Christmas at the Office
• 15: Learned Helplessness
• 17: Use the Database
• 22: Mister Lucky
• 22: My Dog Reviews How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• 22: A Pretty Good One-Sentence Analysis of Blogs
• 29: Tsunamis: Another Reason I Just Stay Home
• 29: A USC Man Looks at UCLA Football
• 29: Do It Yourself

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