Articles
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Frosty's mini-site
February 25, 2005
My brother’s got a really clean and quite informative site up now; fun stuff at http://www.biztos.com and thoughtful stuff at http://www.biztos.com/frost.
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Camping in the 1920's and 30's
January 24, 2005
My great-grandmother wrote these magazine articles about going camping and travelling with her husband and three little kids… now you can read about their adventures!
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The next Westy?
December 8, 2004
If VW ever builds this camper concept car, I’ll be first in line to buy one!
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Peace Bikers
December 7, 2004
A tale of zero tolerance: “for me it’s less about protesting bush, per se, than about public space and the methods of social control. in a world where property ownership is god and real estate determines culture, public space is precious. that is where people can congregate without some specific authorized purpose. do we want to live in a world where we need permission to gather? i sure don’t.”
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Planning ahead...
November 29, 2004
Some things to do before the Inaugural:
- Get that abortion you’ve always wanted.
- Drink a nice clean glass of water.
- Cash your social security check.
- See a doctor of your own choosing.
- Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.
- Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
- Get that gas mask you’ve been putting off buying.
- Hoard gasoline.
- Borrow books from library before they’re banned
- Constitutional law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer, etc.
- If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.
- Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
- Jam in all the Alzheimer’s stem cell research you can.
- Stay out late before the curfews start.
- Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his “accident”.
- Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.
- Use the phrase - “you can’t do that - this is America”.
- If you’re white - marry a black person, if you’re black - marry a white person.
- Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a base-jumper.
- Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
- Start your school day without a prayer.
- Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
- Learn French.
- Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
- Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
- Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
- Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
- Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
- Visit Alaska before “The Big Spill”.
- Visit Massachusetts while it is still a State.
Disclaimer: this was making the rounds of e-mail; I have no idea who the originator/author is.