Afternoon Open Thread

12 Comments

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   Mindmouth on March 28, 2005 at 1:23 pm

   I came across this article in my local paper and thought it was very interesting:

   Creating An Electronic Town Square With Blogs

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     emmasnacker on March 28, 2005 at 1:51 pm

     Gs’bo not too far from me.
     I have seen the future, and it is us. Thanks, I needed that.

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       Mindmouth on March 28, 2005 at 1:55 pm

       You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

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   emmasnacker on March 28, 2005 at 1:48 pm

   You had to bring that up again! Just came looking for the horselogger link. The trouble is, they’re trying to ram all the wrong kinds of drug therapies down our throats. I want natural ones!  
   Anyhoo,  New reason to buy Chesepeke Bay License Plates! More money to train Woodsmen.  

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   Mindmouth on March 28, 2005 at 1:54 pm

   This seems like a good place to put this, since I just remembered that I wanted to post it. Thank you, Booman, for the ‘Trusted User’ page we get to read when we make TU status. It explains exactly what TU status is for and what it means. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen it explained, and I appreciated it very much!

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   lorraine on March 28, 2005 at 2:41 pm

   Is there someone in our community who might be able to tell us what’s going on in Zimbabwe? I’ve been reading bits and pieces, but I’m worried that the Archbishop and the Mugabe may be headed for a bloodbath.
   Thanks.

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   lorraine on March 28, 2005 at 2:55 pm

   For those who haven’t seen it, George McGovern has a piece on patriotism in the online version of The Nation.
   McGovern

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   MaggieEh on March 28, 2005 at 3:58 pm

   I’m trying to post my first diary here, but after previewing, when I hit ‘submit’ I get a red message saying ‘Sorry, that section does not exist.’ I thought I might be hitting the wrong submit button and tried opening a different new diary entry page, pasting, and hitting the submit at the bottom instead of the top one, but I still got the same message and no diary posted.

   Any suggestions?

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     BooMan on March 28, 2005 at 4:10 pm

     I get back to you momentarily.

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     BooMan on March 28, 2005 at 4:17 pm

     I may have fixed the problem.

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       MaggieEh on March 28, 2005 at 6:40 pm

       Thanks! I just posted it up.

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   Dean Pajevic on March 28, 2005 at 4:14 pm

   There’s a very important Supreme Court ruling coming up that may affect the Endangered Species Act. I’ve been hunting for info on the “cave bugs” that are protected by the ESA and which are causing major problems for some Texas developers. But, I fear I don’t know enough about the science, and the importance of the “cave bugs,” to do the story justice.

   If you want to do the diary, please go for it. This excellent article from today’s LA Times will give you a great start.