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Here's to you, Dr. Gatorade
Dr. Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade, died on Tuesday.He had retired from the University of Florida in July, at the age of 79.This guy was cool. He came on faculty here in 1961, as a nephrologist. And then back in 196… -
Comments, please
This email was sent to all fifty-thousand University of Florida students. I find it somewhat unsettling but can't quite place why. Comments?To: All University Students From: Vice Pres… -
more politics
I get campaign emails from Barack Obama.That's OK-- I asked for them. I've even given money to his campaign (as well as to others). But I am getting a little annoyed. Some day, perhaps, I'll get around to fighting wit… -
story
Since ChrisRusso is on strike, I'll endeavour to fill in his shoes with this, the shortest science fiction story ever.One day, the last man on Earth was reading a newspaper.Suddenly, someone knocked at the door.-- overhe… -
Give Him the (Big, Black) Boot
Yes, you can have Christmas without Santa. Yes, you should. Here's why.Close the damper, quick! If there's one thing your kids don't need this Christmas, it's Santa. The notion that someone, somewhere, has access t… -
And so Advent begins
In Church-time, the tough season is beginning. It lasts from now until Easter, pretty much. There's some partying after Christmas, but then before you know it you're into Great Lent. Technically, the Little Lent doesn… -
even more politics
Well, it turns out that the Republican National Committee is exactly half as evil and anti-democracy as the Democratic National Committee.The DNC has promised to utterly ignore all votes cast by Floridians in our January… -
colonial misgivings
stolen from Prophetmargin, whom you should read:colonial misgivingsi just read the Bartle Bull book Safari. This is a huge bible-sized tome about the English in Africa and the history of the safari. It's got great e… -
More politics making me angry
UPDATE: Ignore what the rest of this post says. The video in question was not produced or endorsed by the Ron Paul campaign-- it was made and posted by a devoted follower./UPDATEI'm still tempted to jump ship and vote f… -
imperialist monarchist anti-Catholic holidays
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,I know of no reasonWhy Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intentTo blow up King and Parliament.Three-score bar… -
in defense of some oft-maligned words
yes, yes, I'm a linguist and thus well well well aware that words mean whatever we mean them to mean, that certain syllables of certain languages don't have absolutely stable magical abilities to refer fixedly to a singl… -
the real political opponent
I've got a soft spot (dare I say?) for Hillary Clinton, enough that if she wins the primary I won't automatically rule out voting for her in the general election. Her husband wasn't nearly as belligerent and hostile as … -
aaaand the apology
I know, I know, I'm a sucker for apologies and way too trusting for my own good, but I think that Andrew Meyer -- the famously-Tased kid -- means what he says:October 25, 2007The University of Florida CommunityC/O The In…
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