Nozell, rhymes with Oh Hell

A coworker used the NH.gov webform to send a comment to Craig Benson, NH Governer.

Check out this disclaimer that was at the end of the response.

This email and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the addressee or the person who delivers email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error. Any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to it and then delete the email. Thank you.

Any use is strictly prohibited? No printing?! Doesn’t is seem a bit excessive since this is coming from a government employee?

This just came across the local Linux Users group mailng list:

Special guest Luncheon with FCC Chairman Michael Powell

Lunch and Remarks 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13th
C.R. Sparks - Bedford, New Hampshire

Tickets $25
To RSVP: www.nhhtc.org

The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the New
Hampshire High Technology Council, the New Hampshire Association of
Broadcasters and The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce are
hosting a special guest luncheon with Federal Communications
Commission Chairman, Michael Powell.

Chairman Powell has emerged as one of the most visible and active
chairpersons in the history of the Federal Communications
Commission. The future direction of wire and wireless communications
in the United States rests squarely in the hands of Chairman Powell
and his colleagues at the FCC as they seek to find a balance between
regulation and free market competition. Issues such as voice-over
Internet and decency in broadcasting are also on the Chairman’s
agenda.

Luncheon guests will have the opportunity to engage in a Q & A with
Chairman Powell. This event is made possible through the generous
support of our sponsors:

Cedarpoint Communications
Verizon Communicatons-NH
BayRing Communications
New Hampshire Association ofBroadcasters

Any Howard Stern fans or href="http://www.eff.org">activists in the area?

Today is the birthday of Mithras the Sun God!

But the actual choice of December 25 for Christmas was made under the
Emperor Aurelian because this was the date of the Winter Solstice and
was the day devotees of Mithras celebrated the dies natalis solis
invicti (birthday of the invincible sun).

Mithraism, like Christianity, offers salvation to its adherents.
Mithras was born into the world to save humanity from evil. Both
figures ascended in human form, Mithras to wield the sun chariot,
Christ to Heaven. The following summarizes the aspects of Mithraism
that are also found in Christianity.

“Mithras, the sun-god, was born of a virgin in a cave on December 25,
and worshipped on Sunday, the day of the conquering sun. He was a
savior-god who rivaled Jesus in popularity. He died and was
resurrected in order to become a messenger god, an intermediary
between man and the good god of light, and the leader of the forces of
righteousness against the dark forces of the god evil.”
- Pagan Origins of Christmas

http://a
ncienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa122397b.htm

The great festival of the Mithraic calendar was held on December the 25th, and
the 16th of every month was kept holy to Mithras.

http://www.ku.edu/histo
ry/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Religion/Mithrais
m/David_Fingrut**.html

Now that Wendy and I are done with our annual late night parental duties, it is
time for bed. Look for holiday pictures here later today.

Amazing sweeping battle scenes, but if you are a Tolkien purist, you’ll hate it
.
I saw the 8:40-12m showing last night and it was a pretty full theater.

This afternoon we all went to Nashua North High School to watch the
dismantling of the sand Mandala representing Compassion. After about
25 minutes of overtone chanting (beautiful and impossible to describe)
to mark the beginning of the ceremony the head monk gave some
background on Buddist beliefs, Tibetan culture and thanked everyone
involved. Then rather quickly the sand mandala which took four days
to create was swept up and then marched down the the river and
dispersed onto the water. The idea is the compassion embodied by the
art will be carried by the water to everyone who needs it in the
world.

Related Links:

• Construction of Sand Mandala by the monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery >
• More of
  my photos (offline, fixing home server)
• Drepung Gomang Monastic University website<
  /a>

This week the Buddist monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery (Tibetian
Colony in India) are visiting Nashua. We took the kids to see the
beautiful Sand Mandala they are building at the high school.

Related Links:

• More of
  my photos
• Schedule for the Tibetian Mon
  ks while in Nashua
• Drepung Gomang Monastic University website<
  /a>

It is 12:01am and I just got back from a showing of Matrix
Revolutions and wanted to rave about it. While the special
effects were outstanding the movie wasn’t satisfying. There wasn’t
enough explanation of why it ended the way it did and what, if
anything, was the next step.

If Matrix Reloaded is Wrath of Khan, Matrix
Revolutions is more like the one with the whales. Nice to see
everyone again with their new toys, but it doesn’t give the thrill you
were expecting.

Another advantage of living in New England with its relatively small
states is being able to listen to any of three public radio stations.

Last week WBUR had their fund
raiser, this week is it NHPR (aka
WEVO) is having theirs. Perhaps href="http://www.wgbh.org">WGBH will be having theirs next week…

Yes, I’ve donated to NHPR, but that doesn’t mean I want to miss the
programming…

Why did they use such long lasting poster material?

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I’ve been driving by this poster for over a decade and finally got
around to taking a photo of it. It is at the corner of Daniel Webster
Highway and Industrial Drive (Exit 10) in Merrimack, NH.

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Map to October 28, 1992 rapture poster in
Merrimack, NH

By way of href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20030429/0259220.shtml">tech
dirt this morning information I saw this href="http://www.wired.com/news/">Wired News href="http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,58651,00.html">article
about my adopted “Live Free or Die” state considering making war
driving legal. Read the href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2003/HB0495.html">NH
House Bill 495.