Author Archives: WorldWideWeber

Merging

Posted on September 8, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

There is much that is wrong with the world—seriously wrong. One feels silly speaking of this particular wrong. It is admittedly trivial. But it seems to be intractable, and so perhaps worthy of passing consideration. The evil of which I … Continue reading →

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Lazy

Posted on August 28, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

I haven’t posted much since I got back from the beach. I just wander from blog to blog, enjoying my sense of aimlessness, dropping a dumb comment here and there. All kinds of dumb things have happened in the world, … Continue reading →

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Willpower

Posted on August 16, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Ever since the news of the foiled alleged liquid-explosive multiple-airliner plot in the UK, I’ve been racking my brain trying to recall where I’d read that the primary approach to terrorism should be internationally cooperative police work, not large-scale military operations, but … Continue reading →

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AutoDEET

Posted on August 11, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Snippet of RealLife™ dialogue: She: Those gloves really stink. He: Yep. That’s my car repellant. She: Greeeaaat.

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Havoc

Posted on August 1, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

While we’re on the subject of insects [ “Spiders aren’t insects!” — “Oh, don’t be such a freaking literalist!” ], here’s an urgent message from Physics Today: In 2005, we all witnessed, via the international media, the devastation that hurricanes … Continue reading →

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Postcard

Posted on July 29, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Greetings from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where WorldWideWeber (or WoWiWe, as some like to call him) is gradually exchanging his usual subterranean pallor for a more robust brownish cast. He has not seen the “shark” that several others … Continue reading →

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Ceasefire

Posted on July 21, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

No comment: (I thought I was done with flags, but I guess not.)

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Spiel

Posted on July 21, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Well, the Germans have arrived. Five out of five comments in the spam filter today came from Deutschland. All for poker sites. I will say this for them: the comments were extremely terse, with only one link apiece. Chinese spam … Continue reading →

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Inverted

Posted on July 20, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

A grieving mother flies the US flag upside-down. Anonymous neighbors take action. A farmer follows suit in support. He is charged with disorderly conduct. And he gets death threats. I wonder if such acts would become felonies if our militant … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on July 19, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

A young woman found an album of photographs under the carport of an abandoned building near the Orlando airport. It had been exposed to the elements and the snapshots were in varying states of decay. She took pictures of them and published … Continue reading →

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