07 Jul 2004, 11:06 a.m.

Tasteless Sudan Joke Inside!

Sepoy shows his students the truth about colonial administration - with a role-playing game! "Several came up to me afterwards and said that British rule in India came alive as the behemoth bureaucracy I had …

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07 Jul 2004, 10:49 a.m.

"I'm tired of being Bob Dole's straight man."

Clinton gave the inaugural Dole Lecture at the University of Kansas six weeks back. Lots of jokes (Clinton and Dole: vaudeville waiting to happen) and also many thoughtful passages. Now, here's my take on where …

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07 Jul 2004, 10:42 a.m.

Did You Mean: C.S. Lewis or Philip Pullman?

I've read James Morrow's Only Begotten Daughter and Bible Stories For Adults and now I'm reading Towing Jehovah. Like, say, Stephenson, he loves naming things, "Father Thomas Ockham" for one. Lots of great analogies: "A …

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07 Jul 2004, 10:27 a.m.

Roots and Canberries

I add fake ground beef to pasta or mixed-veggie dishes for the burst of protein. "You're wasting meat by adding it randomly as filler."

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06 Jul 2004, 19:56 p.m.

My grandmother has died. She was 85 years old…

My grandmother has died. She was 85 years old and died of old age, basically, and was in pain for some time before her death. I did not know her very well (she spoke only …

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02 Jul 2004, 10:21 a.m.

Wow, Sense!

Seems to me that Santa Clara county is doing the right thing vis-a-vis Cary Verse's re-registration. If your neighbors chase you from their community everywhere you try to live, re-registering (including your motel's renumbering of …

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02 Jul 2004, 10:16 a.m.

Also Includes "Really quick, is God on America's side?"

Sharpton, with whom I often disagree: "...George Bush has so let down what conservative -- I remember when conservatives were respectable." In the same debate, Kerry: "...is this president a legitimate Republican or conservative? Because …

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02 Jul 2004, 9:53 a.m.

After the Weekend I Won't Be As Bitter

Six dollars.

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02 Jul 2004, 9:47 a.m.

Everybody's Working, Till The Weekend

Jade and her friend Ari witnessed me at the SF Comedy Club on Wednesday night. I did pretty well but didn't win any prizes. At least some people got the "I am Indian, but I'm …

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30 Jun 2004, 13:03 p.m.

"The government should pay for goods and services in wishes and fairy dust."

We should try not to spend much more than we earn, as people, as businesses, as governments. Note to Leonard: mentions agriculture subsidies!

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