Thursday, October 02, 2003

Reuters.  Gore in talks to buy TV news channel.  We are in the final stages of becoming a nation that has only unabashedly partisan "professional" news coverage.  That makes weblogs more important than ever. 10:42:11 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

Word Spy.  This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance. 10:34:50 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

Rush Limbaugh has many more problems than just racist remarks.  OxyContin (hillbilly heroin).  My guess he bailed (resigned) before he his contract with Disney was nullified by a "morals clause." 10:24:50 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

6 degrees theory update:  The main reasons for choosing the next person in a message chain were geography-and work-related, and those people tended to be acquaintances rather than friends.  NOTE: So, friend of a friend is flawed.  It is aquaintance of an acquaintance. 7:51:36 AM    Comment_ Trackback []