Author Archives: WorldWideWeber

Homer

Posted on September 30, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

I was at work in Virginia, chatting with my kid, who’s in college in Massachusetts. That in itself is wondrous. (I think I averaged two phone calls per quarter to my parents while I was in school. She talks with … Continue reading →

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Misinterpreted

Posted on September 13, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Even before my recent romp through the Susan Sontag wonderland of On Photography, I was a devout photoskeptic (who happens to enjoy taking photos—go figure). This little item at Slate is worth a brief meditation. It concerns a photo of … Continue reading →

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Terrific

Posted on September 12, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

For fans of the “war on terror,” the last few days have been downright terrorlicious. Other minds more loquacious and quicker with their fingers have explained why they preferred not to mark the anniversary of an attack by a handful of … Continue reading →

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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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