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Whaddya think? $19/hour? Not bad. I’m applying.

I think that Kerry had a very forceful showing in tonight’s debate (I was watching on PBS at the j-school). – He was articulate, clear, and didn’t get into long-winded answers. – He was polite, and listened attentively to Bush. – Bush committed the same error that Gore did in the 2000 debates, he jumped in right after Kerry spoke. Of course, Gore actually interrupted, and Bush didn’t, but Bush seemed ready to pounce on whatever Kerry said. – Bush…

After spending lots of time agonizing over my blog, and with Lux from the OCF, I managed to restore my blog as it should be. Thanks!

Moveable Type seems to be doing strange things to me. Forgive me while I attempt to correct the problem. My whole right-side menu seems to have disappeared and I can’t figure out why. If anyone can help, please email me. Update [8:23 PDT]: Ok now it cuts off after “Scott Rosenberg.” Argh. Any MT gurus out there?

Then you’d be living in Pitcairn Island, one of my favorite geographical oddities. This island, population 46, currently has seven of its men undergoing a total of nearly 100 counts of sexual abuse, including the mayor. These charges stem from 1999, when a British policewoman visiting the island was told of abuses by a local Pitcairn girl. The residents of the island are descendants of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty and the local Polynesian population in 1790. I love…

So it completely slipped my mind. If you want me to send you a postcard from lovely NYC, drop me an email (not comments) with your address.

Today we hit up the courts in downtown Manhattan. It was the opening of the murder trial of NY rapper Freaky Zeeky who was injured in a gun battle in May 2003 that left him injured and his bodyguard dead allegedly at the hands of Chauncey Dillon, 29. Our whole RW1 class went down into the courtroom and watched from the very beginning as they went through the jury selection process and everything. Wow, that’s amazingly boring. They have about…

Well, technically it was the comedian Darrell Hammond, he of “Saturday Night Live” fame, a man whose imitation of the former president is so dead-on it is difficult to separate the two in your mind. Mr. Hammond, who had dropped in unannounced with a Yankees cap on his head, took the stage and promptly started a pretty good imitation of the current president and his use of the word terror. “I like the way he says it: `Tear-ah!’ ” Mr.…

Eight female Muslim students were the victims of a hate crime Thursday night when three males threw water on them and screamed derogatory statements, police said. The UC Berkeley students were stargazing from the Vista Parking Lot at the Lawrence Hall of Science when they were confronted by three white males in a black car about 10:30 p.m., said UC police Capt. Patrick Carroll. The males sprayed the victims with water and threw water bottles at them before driving off,…

I hope that all who are observing Yom Kippur have an easy fast this weekend. And particularly to Shawn Green, who has found a way to balance his heritage with his duties as a baseball player. And for this weekend, for those who care — GO BLUE! He is someone who does not practice his faith but wants to honor it nonetheless. He is someone who does not consider baseball more important than life, but who does not want to…