http://thedoug.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Quest for Fire en Vox Thu, 15 May 2008 20:51:53 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/pop.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/pop.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/pop.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 20:51:53 -0700 Ran out of floss last night and forgot to buy more today. I ended up using one of these plastic throwaway flossers that my 8-year-old uses. I was on the second tooth and--pop!--off fell the crown. 11:30 PM. I have to figure out how to get to m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/pop.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100fa9675cfea0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dental work http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/my-life-in-6-words.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/my-life-in-6-words.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/my-life-in-6-words.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 May 2008 03:46:02 -0700 Lakshmi has tagged me. The challenge is to define my life in 6 words, and then to tag 6 others. Unaccustomed as I am to following directions as given, I will describe my life in 4 words (reserving two for future use) and tag two others. Unquen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/my-life-in-6-words.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf559e70002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beauty meme life http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/another-word.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/another-word.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/another-word.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 04:06:51 -0700 From the foreword to The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "Douglas Adams did not enjoy writing, and he enjoyed it less as time went on. He was a bestselling, acclaimed, and much-loved novelist who had not set out to be a novelist, and w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/another-word.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf511c80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life writing creativity http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/one-year-ago-today.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/one-year-ago-today.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/one-year-ago-today.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:59:29 -0700 April 25, 2007 My Dad went into surgery for "benign" (as determined by needle core biopsy) tumors in his pancreas. I went down to be with him and my family that day. It was a Wednesday and my plan was that I would talk to him that night when he... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/one-year-ago-today.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf1c77d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dad cancer http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/photos.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/photos.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/photos.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:49:05 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf161810002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf161810002-50si" alt="Doug1" /></a> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf16ed60003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf16ed60003-50si" alt="Doug2" /></a> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48d101b900001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48d101b900001-50si" alt="Doug3" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/photos.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48cf16edf0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photos doug http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/you-tried.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/you-tried.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/you-tried.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:09:10 -0700 You stole my keys and you said I can't drive Now I'm on the road doing one thirty five You tried to break me down You tried to break me down You slapped my face and you called me names I'm done with you and I'm done with your games You tried to b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/you-tried.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100e398f07bc20005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lyrics song http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/what-and-how.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/what-and-how.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/what-and-how.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:11:00 -0700 When you complain about a situation, you ensure your victim position with each utterance. The instinctual goal--which I've engaged in many many times--is to take a vote; to surround yourself with so many people who agree that you have been wronge... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/what-and-how.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48ce886e70002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> persuasion life productivity management http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/simulated-human-rights.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/simulated-human-rights.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/simulated-human-rights.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:27:01 -0700 Actions of questionable nature undertaken by this nation are often defended--by the common man, if not officially--by the declamation "but we're the good guys." I hear often of the goodness that America adds to the world, and that if our enemies ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/simulated-human-rights.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100e398e7e9760004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> torture human rights http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/still-funny.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/still-funny.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/still-funny.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:11:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48d024a9f0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48d024a9f0001-50si" alt="The Ultimate Hitchhiker&#39;s Guide to the Galaxy" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I first read this trilogy in the early 80's. I thought it was the funniest thing ever to be written down on paper. How many books can (intentionally) make you laugh until tears are rolling down your face? I recently bought the "Ultimate" colle... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/still-funny.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100e398e52a080004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor books science fiction people http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/along-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(The Doug) http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/along-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/along-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:23:24 -0800 They say one has to "warm the pen" But that's not really true The ink will flow with passionate flame If only I listen to you How can I, with impoverished words Capture the beauty which lies within? With what aching stride, what longing ears Can ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thedoug.vox.com/library/post/along-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a5d0be000100f48ce1462f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> river poem