Archive for August 6, 2004

Caveat lector

Functional Ambivalent’s Tom Johnson has a truly excellent piece in The Louisville Courier-Journal. It’s about the fallout from his estimate of the cost of the federal day of mourning for Reagan’s funeral — Here’s a warning from a weblogger: Be cautious of what you read.

The Week Quiz

NewMexiKen is back, scoring 11 correct out of 12 on The Week Quiz.

Dare you try?

So much time, so little to do

From The Week:

Topeka, Kan., officials were chagrined by the initial response to their search for a new slogan for the city. Entries submitted to the local newspaper include, “Topeka, you won’t get a lot of unwanted relatives visiting you,” “Topeka, it’s not as bad as you think,” and “City of morons.” Tourism official Stephanie Wallingford said the city might forego adopting a new slogan. “I don’t think they were terribly positive,” she said. “No slogan is better than a bad one.”

Choices

Let me see — stay in this room and blog or go outside to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls?

Blog?

Range?

Blo… See ya’

We Love Lucy

Lucille Ball was born on this date in 1911.

NewMexiKen once read that Ms. Ball’s image had been seen more times by more people than that of any other person in history.