Monthly Archive for October, 2005

The Office Move

Published by jim on 10/26/2005 in 0 Comments

The view from my desk

We’re moving our offices from the sub-basement of the Statehouse down to an old rehab’d building. As much as I’ll miss walking into the statehouse everyday, the new digs are soooooo much sweeter than the sub basement. I’ve created a photoset on flickr where I’ll dump move-related pictures as I take them.

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Wow! Is this guy ever setting himself up for some hate mail.

Published by jim on 10/24/2005 in events 4 Comments

The Blog | Cenk Uygur: If You’re a Christian, Muslim or Jew - You are Wrong | The Huffington Post:

Vonnegut has been saying the same thing for years, only he’s funnier. Maybe that’s why people like him? Anyway, I thought Cenk’s post was worth the 5 minutes it took to read.

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