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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

Happy Anniversary to us!

Yesterday was our 5th Anniversary! There was a point last year when that seemed like a milestone we might not reach. Weird thing about stress, when there's no specific source that you can address directly, it can turn inward and devour you. If 2002 went in the books as a down year in the marriage market, then 2003 has definitely been a bullish run with no signs of slowing down. The key to the metaphor is you have to be in it for the long haul. Market timers should just stay single. In light of the recent move, we decided…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

Dean, Kucinich and The Democrats

I've been checking out this Howard Dean guy that's running for the democratic nomination and, on the surface, he seems like the something different I'd be willing to vote for. While I like his outspokenness and grassroots approach, I am disturbed by the fact that he's supported by the NRA and he is in favor of the death penalty. MoveOn.org is running their own primary to determine if and whom they will support for the Democratic nod. They've got a great resource for checking out all nine of the candidates and, after reading through some of it, I'm leaning towards…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

A friend forwarded me this letter to the editor from the Syracuse New Times: Beating the Bushes Has anyone considered that the impending pre-emptive war on Iraq sets a dangerous historical precedent, given that our motive for attack is based on the notion that we "think" Saddam Hussein will use his weapons of mass destruction against us? He hasn't in the past 12 years, so why would he use them now - unless he was provoked? Think China will decide to invade us because we have weapons of mass destruction and the "think" we might us them? Geven that we…

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A guillotine, a Sister of Battle, and a scrapbook picture from the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

The differences(or lack thereof) between Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Iraq from the CIA's World FactBook (last updated 2/13/03) Government type K: nominal constitutional monarchy SA: monarchy I: republic Constitution K: approved and promulgated 11 November 1962 SA: governed according to Shari'a (Islamic law); the Basic Law that articulates the government's rights and responsibilities was introduced in 1993 I: 22 September 1968, effective 16 July 1970 (provisional constitution); new constitution drafted in 1990 but not adopted Legal system K: civil law system with Islamic law significant in personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction SA: based on Islamic law, several…

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