Monthly Archives: December 2008

Ballot Writing

December 19, 2008 – 11:10 am

There’s a recount going on in the Minnesota Senatorial race between Norman Coleman (R) and Alan Franken (D). The vote highlights the inadequacy of much of the US voting system – the variability of the voting methods used means that if this was a science experiment they’d have to give a margin of error. That’s [...]

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Best. Nativity. Ever.

December 12, 2008 – 10:19 am

Last night was my daughter’s school nativity play (she did great), which featured ukeleles, interpretive dance, a girl playing air recorder, and the theme from The Exorcist. Genius.

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Spring’s Lease

December 4, 2008 – 10:55 am

My daughter goes to a local Brownie pack where my aunt is Brown Owl and Claire is a helper. We found out yesterday that one of the Brownies had died after collapsing at the weekend. It doesn’t seem to have really registered with Lauren, as she didn’t particularly know the girl, but obviously the adults [...]

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Man of Honour

December 2, 2008 – 10:14 pm

From the BBC: A reservist, Darrel Vandeveld was called up as a military lawyer after 9/11 and served in Iraq, Bosnia and Africa. In 2007, he became a prosecutor for the military commissions which tried terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, a role he took enthusiastically. “I went down there on a mission and my [...]

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