http://www.rawegg.net Notes on whatever occurs to me to write about. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:21:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was violently taken from us. I'm just an average middle class white guy from a little town in Iowa who was 4 months old when was killed. On this day it, it's hard to realize that I'm older now than he was ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=12 Exactly one year ago today, one of the big stories of the day was how Hillary Clinton's campaign was breaking all sorts of fundraising records as she took in $26 million in the first quarter of 2007. The latest numbers I've seen shows that she's raised about $170 million ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=11 Well, as I suspected, Ramiele was voted off this week. No surprises there. I think she actually sang the song better tonight through the tears. It's funny how I didn't realize how short she is on TV until she was stuck between the two tall blonds. Anyway, the highlight of the ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=10 Like most people, I've been pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of all the top contestants in the 7th edition of Idol. While some are definately better than others, unlike the past seasons there is no one who I just can't believe actually made it this far. So with that ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=7 A bit delayed, I just found out awhile ago about the the new agreement between Comedy Central and South Park creators to launch a new site (http://www.southparkstudios.com) where, among other activities, you can view every single complete episode of all 12 seasons of South Park free and legally. Yeah, I ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=5 Two interesting stories of note this weekend: Ira Glass and This American Life spent the entire show this weekend focusing on examples of how the current executive branch of the US Government essentially decides that it doesn't have to follow the law whenever it doesn't feel like following the law.  These ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=4 This site used to be the home of a little out of the way web radio station called Raw Egg Radio. Well, life happens and one thing leads to another and it got to the point where I couldn't afford the time or money to keep the stream on the ... http://www.rawegg.net/?p=3