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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Daily Kos: WASHINGTON Ñ Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) refused repeated requests for a roll call vote that would have put senators on the record on a resolution apologizing for past failures to pass anti-lynching laws, officials involved in the negotiations said Tuesday. And there was disagreement Tuesday over whether Saxby Chambliss, one of Georgia’s two Republican senators, had supported the measure when it was approved Monday night. As dozens of descendants of lynching victims watched…

If you don’t live in California and thought that maybe I might have been injured or affected by the 7.0 (!) earthquake that happened tonight off of the coast of Crescent City, California, you would be mistaken. Crescent City, CA is about 360 miles north of Oakland, near the Oregon border. We didn’t feel it at all.

As aggravating as it is being a freelancer sometimes, you occasionally get certain perks. So I’m working from Nova on 2nd St., just south of the Macworld offices in San Francisco. I just filed a story (free WiFi is great) for Wired News. Just a few minutes ago, I was offered a shot of Intrigue liqueur. A sales rep walked into the bar and was showing off some new products to the bartender. Being as I was the only one…

Thanks, Cory. Update: And TechDirt. And Defamer. Technorati Count

02:00 AM Jun. 13, 2005 PT by Cyrus Farivar In Hollywood, where everyone’s a freelancer and career networking veers between art and warfare, a new weapon is emerging as champion: instant messaging. Movie producers, directors, actors and crew workers bouncing from one job to the next have traditionally relied on agents and Rolodexes for finding their next gigs. But these days, many are discovering it’s easier to post their job availability on IM. Instead of displaying simple “away from my…

I’ve now got over 200 pictures on Flickr, including a lot from my 2002 Australia trip. More coming this week.

There’s nothing like coming home and being greeted by a little meow and a ball of fur running to greet you 🙂

So when Baran is curled up and insists on sleeping on my belly or my thigh, it’s very cute. But then I’m reminded of last night, when I quickly was reminded that cats are nocturnal. I tried letting her in my bedroom — bad idea. She jumped on my face and then that was that. I did some research, and discovered this site. This helps: Anytime during the day or evening when you see your cat sleeping – wake him…

Here’s a few snapshots, as promised. And btw, Flickr is cool. I now have a photo stream on my blog site.

You know, there are days when the freelancing isn’t going as well as it could, when I think back to my undergrad days as a Political Economy major, and I wonder what my life would have been like had I actually followed through on my college essays. Most of those were about how I wanted to be Secretary-General of the UN, or to work for some big international GO/NGO. I was accepted to the London School of Economics to do…