Daily Archives: March 30, 2004

Cuellar takes the lead

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Some 300 new ballots have been found in Zapata County, and they have combined to give Henry Cuellar a slim lead in his primary race against Rep. Ciro Rodriguez. More than 300 votes were discovered during a Zapata County recount … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“The Complete Peanuts”, Volume One

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Mark Evanier reviews the first of the Complete Peanuts volumes and explains why you should spend a few extra bucks and order it straight from the publisher instead of Amazon. Check it out. Continue reading →

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Bloglines

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve been migrating all of my regular reads into the Bloglines RSS aggregator. I’ve been wanting some kind of aggregator for my blogroll for awhile now, and as I’ve been getting a good number of referrals from Bloglines pages, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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She got game

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Cool. In what could prove a significant step in the evolution of women’s athletics, a high school girls basketball player did more than just compete in a slam dunk contest Monday against five of the nation’s best high school boys … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BlogAds followup

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Martin Frost is the latest candidate to run BlogAds, joining fellow Texan Morris Meyer in tapping this market. I’ve been wondering ever since Ben Chandler’s much-ballyhooed (and now copied) success at running BlogAds how other candidates would do now that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Buy-curious

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll let Julia explain it all to you about Lynne Cheney’s hot lesbian Western bodice-ripper. I just wanted to note that I knew some people at Rice who considered it a good time to crack open a few brewskies and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How do you say “Opening Day” in Japanese?

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Devil Rays beat the Yankees earlier today by the score of 8-3 in the Tokyo Dome. The hosts did their best to duplicate the atmosphere of games back home, with some twists, of course. The Yankees, including Hall of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Calvin Murphy charged

Posted on March 30, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’m in shock. Hall of Fame basketball player and Houston icon Calvin Murphy was charged Monday with sexually molesting five of his daughters more than a decade ago. Murphy, a television commentator for the Rockets, surrendered to authorities after being … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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