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Sites I read regularly:

James Lileks
Read the Daily Bleat, then check out the other strange sections of his site.

Eject!Eject!Eject!
Some really interesting Essays.

Vodka Pundit
Lots of linking to interesting articles and I like his commentary.

IMAO
Seriously rude humor of a political bent. If you think political correctness is a good thing, don't bother to visit.

The Smedley Log
A worthwhile blog, with essays and other interesting material


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The Developer's Corner
Fahim Farook is the guy who created the Blog software I use on this page.

FreeMind
FreeMind
FreeMind is the mind mapping software I use to organize my ideas for entries and essays. Be warned, however, that it requires having extensive Java installed on your computer to work. (see details at sourceforge). Both downloads are free, but the Java download is 90+ MB, so your really have to want it to make it worth your while if you don't have a high speed connection.

Get Firefox
Firefox is the browser I use instead of Internet Explorer or Netscape










Cziltang wanders the trackless wastes in search of truth, beauty and personal enlightenment. He had tried to be self-sufficient, growing his own ideas, but they withered and died in the great intellectual drought that gripped the land in his youth. One day, as he gazed at the parched landscape around him, he realized that somewhere there must be ideas growing. Somewhere, rational discourse must still survive. Since that day, he has searched for a mythical land of fields and forests of living ideas. Now and again he finds a thought or two in the rubble of an occasional deserted outpost of civilization. Its a hard way to live and its not much of a life, but that's just how it is, out here in the
Ratlands

Monday, May 05 2003
Personal Folly section
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Just added a personal folly section. It includes a picture of my football buddy. (not what you're thinking...)by Cziltang 
Posted: Monday, May 05 2003 11:41:00 PM



Substance Abuse Treatment Essay
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I had a little unexpected time this evening so I cleaned up the essay on Substance Abuse Treatment and posted it. Not the best work I've ever done, but it has been nagging me for quite a while and now it is done, although it is a topic I am likely to come back to in the future.by Cziltang 
Posted: Monday, May 05 2003 08:20:34 PM



Site Updates
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A quick check of the news sources shows not too much change on the state budget situation. And, of course, I still don't know how all of this is going to play out on the local corrections scene. I have uploaded all of my Stupid Criminal Tricks stories written to date. All the links appear to work, and I've asked a friend to check it out to make sure I haven't missed something. I've also posted the essay I wrote on Why I support the War in Iraq. I originally wrote it sometime around March 6, 2003. I don't remember the exact date, and I've moved it a couple of times and saved it in different formats, so that is the best estimate I could come up with. One other note: in the original article there was a link to an article in The National Interest online. The link to the specific article doesn't work now, so I removed it. by Cziltang 
Posted: Monday, May 05 2003 04:10:01 PM



Sunday, May 04 2003
Archive Problem
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Noticed that last week's archives disappeared. I'll be watching the forum at Rooksoft, as I see that someone else has had that problem recently.by Cziltang 
Posted: Sunday, May 04 2003 02:22:54 AM



Additions to "Stupid Criminal Tricks" and other notes
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Finished adding "The Twisted Tale of Frozen Frank" to the SCT section. It is one of my favorites. The Crazy Dave stories still aren't on the site, but I will get to them. I think I fixed the color compatibility problems. I fixed the archive tag problems by removing them from all pages except the weblog page. I figure no one will need to jump to the archives directly from an essay anyway. (Actually I figure no one will jump anywhere, as I expect 2 or 3 of my more polite acquaintances to take a look at the site in a "polite obligation" sort of way and that should pretty much sum up all my traffic.)by Cziltang 
Posted: Sunday, May 04 2003 01:47:42 AM