Monthly Archives: January 2007

Wil, you crack me up!

Posted on 2007-01-30 by Jim Vanderveen

Wil Shipley writes some interesting stuff in [his blog](http://wilshipley.com/blog/index.html “Wil Shipley’s blog, ‘Call Me Fishmeal’”), but something in [this post](http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/01/ad-nauseam.html) just cracked me up: Google employees are the Kobe Beef of computer programmers (because Google is made up of a … Continue reading →

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The End of Suburbia

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Jim Vanderveen

My family recently watched “The End of Suburbia”, and it caused quite a bit of discussion. Our teen-aged daughters’ perspectives were especially interesting. This is a movie that I think everybody should see, if for no other reason than to get people thinking about how their lives will change post-Peak Oil. Continue reading →

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Racism in Arden Park

Posted on 2007-01-20 by Jim Vanderveen

Racism is still with us. My wife opened the curtains this morning and got to see this: I’m so mad about this, I can’t even write anything more about this right now.

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Netflix “friend” link

Posted on 2007-01-15 by Jim Vanderveen

I was just over on [Uneasy Rhetoric][] who is unfortunately taking an [indefinite hiatus](http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/01/09/indefinite-hiatus/) from blogging. That’ll be a great loss for Sacramento. But the good news is that I ran across a comment by [Margaret][] and stopped by her … Continue reading →

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