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September 13, 2007

Protecting "our" children from books whether you like it or not

I was watching the local news on Wednesday when I came across a story about a book controversy in a local school district. It seems some parents complained about The Chocolate War an assigned book that they thought to be offensive. What is ironic is that one of the book and film's main theme is "conformity" - where the majority imposes orthodoxy in thoughts and belief. That is what censorship does. It imposes an orthodoxy in thoughts and beliefs by suppressing any that are contrary.

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August 31, 2006

Cowtown Qube

Qube was the first try at interactive television and debuted in Columbus in 1977. It was a demonstration project from Warner Cable (now Time-Warner Cable).

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August 20, 2006

Funny church sign

While out and about today I came across a sign in front of a local church that made me chuckle.

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August 10, 2006

Where have you gone Dexter Fletcher?

I was watching the TV last night as the History Channel was playing - yet again - the series "Band of Brothers". It is the 10 episode series about the men of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne during World War II, that was first shown on HBO in 2001. It is produced my Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. So while watching it I was surfing the IMDB and Wikipedia looking at info on the series. Looking at the bios of the cast I came onto the guy who played SSgt. John Martin in the series. The name of the guy was Dexter Fletcher. The name sounded familiar so I looked at his filmography and my jaw dropped.

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October 24, 2004

Why The Dispatch endorsement of Bush is a vote for Kerry

My local newspaper, The Columbus(Ohio) Dispatch, printed their endorsement for President this morning (October 24). They picked George Bush for another term in office. Why?

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July 18, 2003

The Corrs, Please come to Columbus

The Corrs, Please come to Columbus, Ohio on your next tour

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July 10, 2003

I am going to try

Reading an old diary of my time in college brought back some memories. Some good and some not so good.

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October 26, 2002

Check this site out! Humanist

Site link to the Humanist Community of Central Ohio

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