Tip of the Quill: A Journal

Monthly Archives: October 2004


A quick note here to wish you all a very Happy Halloween. Be happy, be spooky, and be safe.

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I grew up in the middle of the woods and cornfields. I went to college in the middle of woods and cornfields. Last night I hit my first deer – in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. Ah, justice. The final score: I walked away unscathed, except for getting a bunch of airbag dust in my […]

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Oh my gosh, folks, you have to watch this show. Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Round on Bravo. This show is incredible – I totally want to do this!

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Jesus, people, how anyone can support the current administration on Tuesday is beyond me, especially when the proof of administration tampering with the electoral process is everywhere. Even the Brits are finding evidence: “New Florida vote scandal feared“, from the BBC. (Thanks, Bill.)

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Awesome. Ohio Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan tells it like it is. Oh, in case anyone was wondering, this weblog officially endorses John Kerry. Duh.

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Wow. Anybody that wants to see something truly beautiful should wake up early some morning and take a trip down Lakeshore Drive here in Chicago, watching the sunrise over the lake. It’s something to see. This morning I woke up at 4:45 AM. I’m not sure why exactly; I went to bed last night sometime […]

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I think this photo helps sum up where the joy of West Wing used to be, and where the real world should be after next week. Wow. Next week. Hard to believe that all of this hooplah will be over in a week, save for the lawsuits, recounts, secessions, and civil war. Buy your bottled […]

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Today saw two more voiceover sites go live: Eileen Kugman and Chad V. Holtkamp. The way things are going, I’m going to have produced over 50 websites in 2004. That, my friends, is a somewhat dubious distinction.

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…And somewhere out there, Ryan Ruopp is doing the Dance of Joy.

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It’s almost complete – he still has to do the MT install for his weblog, and I may need to do a little Flash tweakage – but I’ve finished a brand-new site for my trombone-tootin’ amigo Andy Rozsa. Check it out!

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