Archive for December, 2003
House party a success!
Last night was a thrill. We ended up with over 50 people at our house, a new record for us. Combined with another house party in DuPage County, we had over 75 people attending fundraisers for Howard Dean. And this is a county that most equate with Orange County, California.
More importantly, we raised nearly $3,000 […]
Moving
Hi there… in the next few days, I will be combining this weblog with my personal blog. On or before January 1, you will find this site at http://www.rklau.com/tins/.
TINS is an acronym: There Is No Spoon. It’s a line from the first Matrix, when “spoon boy” tries to help Neo see the world for what […]
Dean House Party in Naperville, IL
For those of you reading this who are local (to me, that is), consider yourself invited to our house party for Howard Dean on Tuesday, December 30.
And for those of you who are not local but who would like to show your support, please feel free to click the link above and donate a few […]
Merry Christmas!
Life is never dull with two kids under 4 on during Christmas. Some highlights for me:
Thanks to my Great Uncle Jim, we had “reindeer food” for the kids to throw outside last night. Ricky (nearly 4) was certain that we needed to spread some in front and in back, so that whichever way the reindeer […]
Febrile seizures
Stepped out of the shower this morning to hear my wife yelling my name. (Even in the best of circumstances, that’s not a Good Thing.) My youngest son (21 months old) was having a seizure — full-blown, eyes rolled up into his head, rigid body, rhythmic twitching from head to toe.
He was completely unresponsive. It […]
Lafayette Basketball on a roll
With wins over Drexel, La Salle, Cornell and now Princeton, Lafayette Basketball is off to its best start in 30 years (8-1 so far).
I got to be at the first round of the NCAA tournament when Lafayette got in in 1998 (their first trip in 50 years, the second longest drought in Division I basketball, […]
A two man race
Kos has the link to the latest Newsweek poll (from 12/18-19, numbers in parentheses are from 12/11-12):
Dean 26 (24)
Don’t Know 20 (14)
Clark 15 (12)
Lieberman 7 (12)
Sharpton 7 (5)
Kerry 6 (5)
Gephardt 5 (10)
Edwards 5 (5)
Braun 1 (3)
Kucinich 1 (2)
Others are reporting that Clark may be emerging as the anti-Dean. Clark certainly isn’t pulling punches, pointing out […]
Donate your frequent flier miles to the troops
Operation Hero Miles – Official Website
Many soldiers on R&R leave must purchase high-priced last minute airfares to connect to their hometowns once their military flights land at the airports in Baltimore, Dallas or Atlanta. Soldiers on “Emergency Leave” must still pay the full cost of their domestic travel when they are rushed home for the […]
Changes coming to the weblog
I’m making this list as much for my own benefit (as I start implementing all of this), but there are a number of changes coming to tins (what is tins? More on that in a minute):
I’ll be folding my Howard Dean blog into this one. My original intent with the separate blog was to create […]
Movable Type 2.65
I’ve upgraded this site to Movable Type 2.65, which addresses a couple vulnerabilities discovered in Movable Type. If you’re running MT, this is a simple but necessary upgrade. Shouldn’t take you more than 5 minutes.
If you notice anything funky, let me know!
