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October 20, 2003
Thanks Breean
I finished Tricky Business [amazon.com] today. It's Dave Barry's second novel, the first being Big Trouble. I liked that also but Tricky Business is more humorous and I'd say more polished.
Dave (I have a hard time referring by last name to someone who writes about boogers 95% of the time) has defined and absolutely perfected the Miami crime drama. It's about dumb criminals, corrupt politicians and unlikely heroes. And boogers. What more could you ask for?
Posted by sam at 10:25 PM | Comments (0)
Sharks with frickin' laser beams
Remember Real Genius with Val Kilmer? The climactic scene shows the government bad guys trying to use a satellite-mounted laser to kill someone. Apparently this is now for real [from /.].
In the movie Val and his cohorts are able to save the day and redirect the laser towards a house full of corn kernels, making their evil professor look stupid and discrediting any military purpose the technology might have. Where is our real-life hero?
Posted by sam at 09:30 PM | Comments (0)
I'm not going to claim there's any link here, but...
U.S. Budget Deficit Hits Record $374.2B: more than double last year's deficit. The A.P. is nice enough to point out that the previous record was set in 1992 "when President Bush's father was president."
Posted by sam at 04:28 PM | Comments (0)