Daily Archives: February 4, 2004

Maria Gisela Hiciano, holds her daughter Rebeca in her arms as her father Franklin Martinez, caresses her at the CARE clinic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004. Rebeca, a Dominican infant born with a second partially formed … Continue reading →

Ever been in the middle of a million-and-a-half people? That’s how may turned out for the New England Patriot Victory Celebration in City Hall Plaza in Boston.  The Dowbrigade advised his students to go downtown and check it out, but … Continue reading →

LONDON (Reuters) – Something sinister is troubling Britain’s usually genteel world of dog-showing, and at the center of it all lies one question: Who called Mrs Joyce Mann a "puppy farmer?" Mann, this year’s Crufts Best of Show judge and … Continue reading →

If anyone needed a graphic demonstration of the principles espoused in "A Note of Caution" they need look no further than the savagely efficient 10 day evisceration of Howard Dean. Our take on the episode is a variation on the … Continue reading →

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court Tuesday fined four Germans almost $18,000 for capturing some 200 rare Cape stag beetles, the South African Press Association reported. The four men were arrested near the town of Ceres in the Western … Continue reading →

MIAMI (AP) – Eleven Cubans trying to sail to Florida in a 1950s Buick converted into a tailfinned boat were intercepted at sea by the Coast Guard and will be sent back to their homeland, exile activists said Wednesday. Marciel … Continue reading →

There are only 16 more teaching days until the Great Experiment. Those of you checking our math may have noted that two days ago there were 19 teaching days left. Seems we had somehow forgotten President’s Day. Each day now … Continue reading →

Worried about Mad Cow disease? The Dowbrigade’s student’s are downright terrified, to the point that they refuse to eat beef while in the US. God knows what horror stories their worried Asian mamas heard that they passed on to their … Continue reading →

Congratuatios to the lovely and talented Jessica the Cyber-librarian on making her much-anticipated 100,000 reads. This is just the beginning, kiddo, a million hits is right on the horizon. Check out j’s scratchpad to pump her up even further!