Monthly Archives: December 2007

This is mostly a note to myself – I don’t expect it will mean anything to too many others who read this… I’ve been wrestling with what seemed like strange behavior of Firefox in rendering floated divs in html/css. Internet … Continue reading →

NewstalkZB had a news item in tonight’s 5pm bulletin on increasing violence in NZ middle schools. Ross Tyson, the principal of Cambridge Middle School was quoted as saying, “Much of the violence is born from an attitude that children can … Continue reading →

From Joe Klein in the latest Time magazine – A recent study of Arkansas, conducted by the nonpartisan Urban Institute, estimated that immigrants there pay more in Social Security and sales taxes than they cost in social services like health … Continue reading →

Very late here and I should be asleep, but just a note to say that I was thrilled tonight to be able to attend a benefit dinner for Lydia Home at which the guest speaker was Josh McDowell. Josh is … Continue reading →

It’s been six months since I mentioned here how impressed I am with Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. I have continued to find him the most impressive candidate I’ve seen. Last week Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball had a couple … Continue reading →

First substantial snow here this afternoon. Here’s what we have to look forward to overnight, courtesy of accuweather (we’ve already had the power go off twice in the last hour) – A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT … Continue reading →