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Thursday, April 18 2002

Bush's mistakes being erased from transcripts

Official White House transcripts of Bush (and other administration) speeches are being edited for content; his mispronounciations, calling people by the wrong name, and using entirely wrong words are sometimes edited, thus preventing an accurate historical record.

The Federal News Service offers another source for transcripts of government officials' speeches.

Wednesday, April 17 2002

Straight Outta Compton

Good lil' LA Times article about the forces that brought NWA together and helped launch the gangsta rap industry.

Tuesday, April 16 2002

Sexy specs

Sexy specs: "Glasses, like small breasts, seem to be one of those things that women automatically assume men find unattractive."

Thursday, April 4 2002

Kissing Cousins

According to an SFGate article, a new scientific report states that the dangers of having children with your first cousin are not that high. But still higher than with someone unrelated. "In the general population, the risk that a child will be born with a problem such as spina bifida or cystic fibrosis is 3 to 4 percent; to that background risk, first cousins must add 1.7 to 2.8 percentage points, the researchers said."

Tuesday, April 2 2002

Salon.com savages Michael Moore's latest book

Apparently, Moore's latest, Stupid White Men, is riddled with factual errors.

Monday, April 1 2002

The Onion in History

March 28, 1983 copy of The Onion: "Nancy Reagan Ends Nation's Drug Problem with Very Special Diff'rent Strokes Appearance," "Zapped! Sweeps Oscars," and "Iran Has the Car Bomb."

Neat pix

Engineer drops his digital camera in a river, tries to dry it out, fails, takes pictures anyway. Neat pictures result.

Army and LASIK

The U.S. Army is providing complementary LASIK surgery to personnel who might engage in combat.

About this site

This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

Some online projects I'm working on

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A while ago, I decided to put my money where my mind is on a (roughly) monthly basis and give to:

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Public events documented through pictures...