all-encompassingly

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editor’s note: below you will find what i consider to be my best work from my second year on this blog (march 2004 - december 2004). other years are here: year one (march 2003-march 2004), year three (january 2005-december 2005), and year four (january 2006-december 2006). — travis
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with the end of another year […]

i will have to excuse myself from the blog for the next six-eight weeks, as i throw together a personal statement and study for the february 12 LSAT administration. the pressure is on, since i’ve only been working on things for a couple of weeks. i may blog infrequently, but i’d like to […]

Contrary to public perception, a tsunami is not typically a single monstrous wave. Usually, a series of giant waves roll ashore during the course of two or three hours.
“A lot of the casualties are not from drowning - they’re from blunt trauma from people being smashed up by debris,” Dudley said. [source]
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which […]

recently, while watching television, i overheard the most retarded quotation of the modern era. i blogged it here, and mason of provo pulse kindly quoted me on his blog.
the reaction on this blog centered on whether jesus could really be said to be the “reason” for christmas celebrations, because of the pagan […]

Read the story of George Washington and the crossing of the Delaware in today’s NY Times.
AS 1776 was drawing to a close, Elkanah Watson, a young man in Massachusetts, expressed what many Americans feared about their war for independence. “We looked upon the contest as near its close,” he wrote, “and considered ourselves a vanquished […]

Regular all-encompassingly reader and esteemed scholar Dr. Richard Kimball sent us the following tidbit from the news today, with comments in italics:
Michael Jackson hosts 200 children at Neverland party
LOS OLIVOS, Calif. Pop singer Michael Jackson today greeted some two hundred children who were brought to his Neverland ranch to play in its amusement park.
“I hope […]

some guy from some atheist organization went on national tv last night and defended the expelling of christmas carols from public schools with this statement:

“jesus is not the reason for christmas.”

hey idiot! if christ isn’t the reason for christmas, then what’s the problem with singing about him in the darn songs? he […]

kobe has publicly denounced karl malone for apparently “coming on” to the young NBA superstar’s wife a few weeks ago. he was upset that someone would treat his wife so disrespectfully.
this is curious, considering kobe currently charged with raping a young hotel worker in colorado. even if the facts point to his innocence […]

when you put it this way, it seems the only way to be fair is to tax workers less:

“What if, instead of paying taxes in money, the government forced you to work on a chain gang in order to pay taxes? If you have to work until 5PM every day, but everyone else […]

are you a democrat who is depressed at the prospect of living the next four years under the evil dictatorship of george w bush? try being more positive! perhaps you could learn something about this from the little north korean girl, mo kin. she lives under the iron thumb of kim […]

read michelle malkin’s post red states, blue states, and babies for more on how democrats have fumbled away the stranglehold they once had on american politics.

HR - Single Season

1
Barry Bonds
2001
73*

2
Mark McGwire
1998
70**

3
Sammy Sosa
1998
66***

4
Mark McGwire
1999
65**

5
Sammy Sosa
2001
64***

6
Sammy Sosa
1999
63***

7
Roger Maris
1961
61

8
Babe Ruth
1927
60

9
Babe Ruth
1921
59

10
Mark McGwire
1997
58**

* Used performance enhancing flaxseed oil
** Took "andro" (androstenedione)
*** Caught corking his bat after setting these records; may have also used a product similar to Bonds’ arthritis rubbing balm

His grand jury testimony has been leaked.
My favorite part (emphasis mine):
Bonds told the federal grand jury last year that Greg Anderson, his personal trainer, told him the substances he used in 2003 were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a rubbing balm for arthritis, according to a transcript of his testimony reviewed by the Chronicle.
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Sheffield […]

courtesy of flynnfiles:

A school bus driver outside of Buffalo was fired for telling school children that not a single cure has been developed through embryonic stem-cell research in twenty-three years. She didn’t molest a child. She didn’t drive drunk. She didn’t even slip up and wish a student Merry Christmas (verboten) instead of Happy Holidays […]