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December 27, 2004

Zoom QuiltRemember those stories you used to write – just a paragraph or two, then you’d pass it along to the next person to carry on writing, and then the next person, etc., etc.?

And you ended up with these crazy stories that took wild turns, taking you to fanciful places where you had to later imagine you way out and on to the next place?

The Zoom Quilt is a pretty wonderful little thing – a collaborative art project where you can zoom in and out, seemingly forever, through exotic illustrations.

Ah, now this feels more like home… :)


December 27, 2004

I found a list called “100 Facts and 1 Opinion – The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration“. It’s dated November 8th.

As always with these sorts of things, I would very much like to find out more information about some of the issues – the skewing of information by selective facts or omission is always a danger.

It’s astonishing (though there are so many far more astonishing things listed that we have just become numb to) that they can cut Pell Grants that help give people college educations, under the guise of saving the government around $300 million, yet spend that same amount on programs that teach sexual abstinence in schools – which is not at all proven effective.

Somewhat coincidentally, there is a detailed article on Groklaw that delves into the right to know and the processes involved – mostly from a civil perspective.