Archive for June, 2006

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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

This George Washington cartoon is wicked funny and required viewing.

I heard he had like thirty fucking dicks.

Good Knight

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

What has the world of chess come to? Could this chess champ be any finer? Do chess players really drink and dance? And other unexpected questions.

I might have taken chess more seriously in my youth, if I knew it was going to be this exciting.

No Longer Simply Speculation

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

John Saca has secured a loan from Deutsche Bank for $375 million that will allow him to start on the foundations for Sacramento’s largest building as soon as next month.

I was wondering if this deal was actually going to come through, but it looks solid now. Periodically there have been reports of stuff like this that have disappeared, but this seems to have traction.

Some people around have been a bit resistant to the idea of this tower, but I think that anything that helps concentrate people more in the downtown, and less in the suburbs is a good thing. Plus, it isn’t destroying any important or interesting buildings. I say go for it. It will be more than twenty stories taller than any other building in Sacramento.