Wuthering Heights? Is that the cover of Wuthering Heights?

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Okay… WTF? Seriously, did they do this to one of my favorite novels? This is the kind of thing that makes me want kick someone in the shins. Preferable the person that did it.

Wuthering Heights Book Cover

I really don’t think this is an “update” of the book, just a modern cover. So strange.

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More on Electronic Voting: Not Ready For Prime Time

Salon has an excellent article that covers a great deal more about the flaws in the electronic voting system. It’s a subscription article, but well worth the one day subscription. There’s also a free to read article about the investigator who found many of these flaws. In addition to being notoriously easy to hack, there’s also the problem that a leading owner/manufacturer or voting equipment is a GOP fundraiser who promised to deliver the state of Ohio to Bush next year.

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September 20th, 2002

Everybody seems to be remarking on the 1-year anniversary of the tornado that struck Indianapolis. I tend to remember the date because it was day I learned that my cat Idgie was dying. I had to have her put to sleep the next day.

Idgie

I sat down today with Dru and Huck and Annabelle and petted all of them and talked to them about Idgie.

Dru, hiding under the bed.
What?
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Top Ten Conservative Idiots (#127)

Bush has to back-track and deny all the claims he made about a connection between 9/11 and Sadaam Hussein, without actually admitting that he made all those claims. Also, the Republicans are made that the California recall has been delayed, but the delay was based on the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2000 election — you know, the decision that put Bush in office.

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Voting Machines and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The IEEE has written a draft electronic voting machine standard, and there are some concerns about that standard, and how it doesn’t necessarily solve the problems of electronic voting. Also, there is some concern that certain vendors are hoping to create a standard that locks out smaller or independent voting machine vendors. Read more about this here, or a synopsis is more layman’s terms here.

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Arrgh. It be “International Talk Like a Pirate” Day!

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The pirate speaks,”September 19 be officially “International Talk Like a Pirate” Day.” Why? Because talking like a pirate is fun, that’s why. In case you’re having trouble talking like a pirate, there’s a translator here. And if you want, you can create your own Pirate Name.

Incidentally, my co-worker Brent is out today because his wife is in labor and having a baby… on International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers!

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