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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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Somewhat Unrelated Thoughts
* I'm not sure how I missed this earlier, but The Closer on TNT is one of the best cop shows out there. It isn't gory like CSI and it isn't as narrowly focussed as Law & Order, it's just good television.
* Speaking of The Closer, this week's episode had Ken Davitian, who played Borat's producer, Azamat, in the Borat movie, in a minor role. It was a bit of a shock and I'm afraid he might suffer a bit from typecasting in the future. Once you've seen the guy run naked through a hotel, it's hard to watch him in other roles.
* I was thinking about writing an entire post about the hanging of Saddam Hussein, but then I read Christopher Hitchens's column on Slate and thought it would be simpler just to link to it. In short, everything about Saddam's hanging -- from the rush to the gallows to the amatuerish execution itself -- lends itself to increasing sectarian violence in Iraq and serves as a prime illustration on why the death penalty should be universally opposed. You know you've reached a sad state of affairs when the most dignified man in the room is Saddam.
Posted by on 4 January 2007 at 2:42 AM
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