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The Trip Home

The snow started falling around noon and kept falling for hours. By the end of the work day, the streets were very slow going and the bus stops were packed solid. I lucked out and found a cab and took it to the subway, which wasn’t affected by the weather. The bus stop at the subway was packed with people who’d been waiting for a while:

People waiting for the bus at Dufferin Station, Toronto, on the snowy evening of March 1, 2007.

People waiting for the bus at Dufferin Station, Toronto, on the snowy evening of March 1, 2007.

People waiting for the bus at Dufferin Station, Toronto, on the snowy evening of March 1, 2007.

People waiting for the bus at Dufferin Station, Toronto, on the snowy evening of March 1, 2007.

There are more photos of the snow at BlogTO.

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I Hereby Declare These Guys "MySpace Band of the Week"

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you — direct from Brookline, Massachusetts — the garage band Tunnel of Love!

The band 'Tunnel of Love'.
Click the photo to visit their MySpace page.

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We Appreciate the Candor, Tom

Photo of TV showing CNN with caption: 'DeLay: I Don't Think'.
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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The Freelancer’s Guide to Working From Home

Here’s a comic from Ben Claassen’s Dirtfarm:

'Dirtfarm' comic: 'Long-lost Freelancer's Guide to Working at Home'.
Click the comic to see it on its original page at full size.

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"You’ll welcome me as a liberator…OF YOUR PANTS!"

Gotta love the placement of the Washington Monument and the Capitol in the background…

Cheney and Bush in a passionate kiss
Picture courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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In Fact, I Was at the Malls of Montezuma, Checking Out the Stores of Tripoli

Photo of Marine barracks whiteboard that says: 'America is not at war. The marines are at war. America is at the mall.'

It’s a tough job, and whether or not you agree with the U.S. administration’s policies, you’ve got to hand it to the marines for doing a job that many politicians (and their families) don’t want to do.

(Psst! Don’t understand the title of this article? It’s adapted from the first lines of the Marines’ Hymn.)

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"Satan: King of Empires"

Old comic graphic: 'Satan - King of Empires!
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

A couple of observations:

  • Zadcat makes the same observation I did: What about the Ottoman empire? And I’m certain there was at least one Chinese empire that could’ve given the Greeks and Romans a run for their money.
  • Even using their old names, I can locate the first six empires on a map, but I can’t seem to find “Antichrist” anywhere.