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I’m on vacation in Miami through tomorrow evening, so posting from me will be much lighter than normal. The Traffic Jam linkfests will appear at 16:15 Eastern both days as well as the occasional post. My co-bloggers may fill the slack with some material of their own.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’m headed to the Bahamas for a short vacation. I don’t expect to do any posting until Wednesday morning. My guest bloggers will be picking up the slack until then.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’m headed out of town early in the morning (20th High School reunion–my, how time flies) and won’t return until Tuesday afternoon. I’ll have computer access and may post the occasional something and will check e-mail occasionally, although neither with my usual frequency.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Enjoy your trip. I too will be blogless for a weekend cub scout camping trip. But for both our readers I want to mention a candidate that no one is talking about. Let’s not forget Pat Paulsen 4 President, even though he passed on, his campaign shall live forever. Find out where he stands on everything from Auto Safety to the Draft.
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My computer is tango uniform at the moment, with some sort of problem involving the motherboard. Fortunately, the contents of the hard drive are intact, if only accessible for minutes or seconds at a time before the machine overheats and freezes. Dell is going to replace the offending parts in the next day or two but, in the meantime, I’m without computer access at home.
Perhaps this is the excuse to buy that notebook I’ve been thinking about getting. . . .
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Neither rain, nor hail, nor sleet …
But a screwed up Dell computer can keep Dr. Joyner from his blog rounds….
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If you have Windows 2000 on a Dell tower and installed one of their recent service packs — some time within the last six months — then that could be it. I’ve had the same problem and the only way to solve it is uninstall the SP. You will need boot disks to do it. Sorry I can’t be of more help.
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Lots of unfun errands after work and then a ‘net outage once I got home. I may muster up energy to do some more blogging later tonight.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Family is due in town in a bit and we’ll be doing the DC touristy thing through Sunday. Blogging will be light to non-existent over the weekend.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
So long as you spend the weekend in atonement for the famine it’s ok.
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Take your family to the WW2 memorial – or else you owe them an apology :-)
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Light to zero blogging the rest of the evening. I’m off to grab dinner and make a brief appearance at Blogorama. DC area bloggers–or anyone who can get there in time, I guess–are invited to attend. It starts at 7 p.m. at “Rendezvous Lounge, conveniently located at the scenic intersection of 18th Street and Kalorama.” (Yes, you were given advance notice.)
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Oh sure give advance notice and quash my ability to complain about not getting invited…
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Posting will be light today. I’ve got events in DC this morning and this evening. The current plan is to come home in between to catch part of the ‘Bama-UConn game but I may just stay downtown if the morning event goes long.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Posting will be light today as I get settled into the new job. Not only will I likely be busy inprocessing and whatnot, I suspect it’ll be a couple of days before I’ve even got a ‘net account set up at the office. I’m led to believe that I’ll be able to compose the Traffic Jam at some point before leaving, however.
I’ll almost certainly not be checking e-mail until this evening.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
It only took 2 weeks for me to get a computer and a network account at my new job. I hear I’m one of the lucky ones, it’s been worse for others…
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Best wishes. I hope that everything goes well.
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Congrats on the new job! I’m glad something came up for you so soon. My husband has been out of work for over a year – although for much of that time he’s been back in school. He just started looking again about a month ago – and hasn’t gotten even a nibble. It’s discouraging, but eventually things will pick up.
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Jim says: James,
That is ok, I just started at the primary site for my new job. Luckily, the accounts from my old job migrated or else I would have to wait over 3 weeks to get new accounts.
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Congratulations!
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I’ve got a meeting and then I’m off to attend a Building 21st Century Borders: Policy Development to Meet New Threats at Heritage. Posting will resume early this afternoon.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
The power went out whilst I was in the midst of compiling the Traffic Jam. More bloggy goodness will be forthcoming later, presuming the electricity continues to flow.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Well, that’s a bummer. Glad you’re OK, I was a little worried because you usually explain non-blogging plans ahead of time.
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I’m in and out of meetings all morning, so light posting until after noon.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Off again to fight the DC traffic to attend the second and final day of the Fletcher Conference. Most of the Joint Chiefs, including the Chairman, are scheduled to speak today.
Blogging and the Beltway Traffic Jam linkfest will resume this afternoon barring complications.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’m attending a conference hosted by the Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis in DC today. I’ll either be back around 5 if I forgo the last panel or it will be 10 or so if I attend the panel and then stay for the dinner, etc. rather than fighting traffic for two hours.
In the meantime, amuse yourself with the many fine blogs on the blogroll.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’m back at the office after a delay for–of all things–wind which the Dulles airport was apparently experiencing at sufficiently high levels to cause them to close all but one runway.
Winners of the open caption contest and a new Beltway Traffic Jam will be coming your way this afternoon.
Update (1431): I had some problems with my OTB email account that I have now resolved. The upshot was that I had 1200-odd messages from Message Delivery system, along with comments, Trackbacks, and whatever else might have been sent the last few days. If you sent me anything important and I didn’t respond, it got dumped with the trash.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’m flying down to Alabam’ to see the folks in a bit, returning Monday morning.
Dad has cable modem access and I’ve got all the requisite links and passwords saved, so there should be some blogging activity starting this afternoon.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Once again, I’m off to an academic conference for the weekend. This time, I’m headed to Carlisle, PA and the Army War College. I’ll be back late Saturday evening but will have an old grad school colleague in tow and may not get to blogging until Sunday afternoon. Enjoy some of the fine sites on the blogroll until I return.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Paul says: Enjoy some of the fine sites on the blogroll
That blogroll doubles (or more) your hits from me.
Having that time based “HOT” thing is cool. I come here, check who is HOT! (other than the aforementioned babe bloggers) then I follow the link.
I wish people people would do that with their blogroll.
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I’m off to Dan Drezner country for a conference on the Armed Forces and Society. I may get a chance to blog while there but it’s unlikely. I’ll return Sunday afternoon.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
By Popular Demand: A Caption Contest
Since James of OTB is out of town, there are apparently some CC withdrawal symptoms out there. So, as suggested by a reader, here’s a CC to get you through the lull at OTB:…
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I’m off to attend a luncheon at the Heritage Foundation. Blogging will resume this afternoon.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
A little late getting started this morning. A managed to get a rather large screwed embedded into a tire and had to get it replaced. (The tire, not the screw. I’m not sure where the screw came from, but it wasn’t mine.)
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Well, the cats and I are now in the new townhouse and officially online using my wireless connection. I’ve been at the move since around 6 this morning and this is the first time I’ve had the computer on or, indeed, plugged in today. I’ll likely do some light blogging after I’ve had a shower and something to eat.
This was easily the worst move I’ve ever made–from a three-story townhouse to another three-story townhouse is the pits. I had professional movers to help me bring the big stuff and it still took eight hours. On top of that, the center pieces of my armoires couldn’t be manuevered up the steps. I’ve had bad moves into apartments, but one would think a three-bedroom house would be designed to accomodate getting grown-up furniture into the bedrooms.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Talking about grown up furniture, where I live in Vermont the mattress stores all carry split boxsprings because the stairways of 70 year old houses were not designed with the dimensions of a queen size mattresses.
And of course I found this out when the movers tried to get my bed into my rental house and the clearance was an inch less than needed.
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Funny. I have a king sized bed but, fortunately, it came with spilt box springs. The mattress is a real pain to get up stairs but, unlike my armoirs, is somewhat flexible.
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Cats? So where are the pictures?
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Moving is a pain no matter how well planned. Congrats on getting in at all! :lol:
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I’m about to head off to do the rest of the painting. Probably no blogging until early evening.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Posting will continue to be light today as I prepare for the move. I’m going to try to see some of the Cowboys-Jets game but am taking possession of the new place today and want to get the kitchen and bathrooms set up and get the ceilings painted today. I’ll likely be online at some point later this evening.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I will be attending the American Political Science Association meeting in Philadelphia through Sunday. Posting will be light if not non-existent until then.
Please enjoy the archives and the many fine sites on my blogroll until I return.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Paul says: Awwww man!
No Taranto, Sully is gone, now James takes 5.
I’m going to go thru withdrawals. LOL
Paul
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I’ll be attending a conference at the Heritage Foundation all morning. Blogging will resume early this afternoon Eastern Time.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Tom Royce says: The guy makes it to “Mortal Human”, and now takes a break…
Congrats James! You deserve it.
Tom
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Posting will be light to non-existent the remainder of the day and will be somewhat lighter than usual throughout the long weekend. I’m flying down to Alabama (well, actually, to Atlanta and then driving to Alabama) for the holiday and to celebrate my mom’s 60th birthday. I’ll ping weblogs to let those using blogrolling know when I’ve updated. In the meantime, feel free to peruse the archives and to check the blogroll for sites that are updated.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Posting will be light this weekend. Friends have come into town and I have various activities to attend to, not the least of which is watching the first couple rounds of the NFL draft. It’ll be interesting to see what the Cowboys do with the 5th overall pick. More coverage of the draft and the Cowboys can be seen through my co-blog with Steven Taylor, Dallas Cowboys Football.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
I’ll bet you get a really nice reception up there in D.C. with your Cowboy allegiance. :-)
I’m curious to see what the cowboys do as well. They’re “due” for another Emmitt or Troy.
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Okay, so what’s up with drafting a cornerback at No. 5?!?!?
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Strangely, I see a surprising number of people with Cowboys paraphenalia around here.
Newman was the right call, I think. The team needs a shutdown corner, a starting running back, and a pash-rushing defensive lineman. There wasn’t a surefire running back in this draft with McGahee injured and the best d-lineman went to the Bears with the 4 pick. Newman was rated the #1 player in the draft by at least 10 different clubs. This is a passing league; you have to have several high caliber CBs to win. The Cowboys, arguably, had one: Ross.
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So you mean to tell me that they actually picked the “best available player” this year? Here’s hoping that he holds to expectations. I wish they’d have gotten this caliber CB when Neon was there to help train him.
Maybe Bill Parcells will do face-lift Jerry some good after all.
BTW, I can’t help it. Every time I see OTB, I think it’s “Off Track Betting.” Perhaps you missed the true name of this blog. ;-)
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:)
It looks like both 2002 and 2003 Jerry resisted his natural urge to “wildcat” and just trusted the board put together by his scouting department. The disasters have come in drafts like 2001 where he reached to get Quincy Carter, who almost everyone thought was a 4th round pick, with a 2nd rounder because he “HAD to have” him. That draft was awful because the Cowboys reached several times for high risk/high reward types. I think Mario Edwards is all that remains of his class.
The Dallas Morning News team had Newman as the top overall player this year and Roy Williams last year. They’re apparently cut out of similar cloth.
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OTB STATUS: I have to venture inside the beltway for a meeting, so no new posting for a few hours.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
OTB STATUS: I’m blogging from the office during breaks in my work. I’m relying entirely on text-based Internet sources, having no television here. I’ll be interested in seeing how far ahead or behind of the television news networks my “coverage” is.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
OTB STATUS: I’m about to leave for a meeting which, ironically enough, will require me to venture Inside the Beltway to the National War College at Ft. McNair. That and some social commitments will have me occupied until the morning. So, the next update will likely not be until tomorrow morning. Entertain yourself with the Caption Contest and the blogroll.
About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.
Have a relaxing time James.
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I gotta an eye for these sort of details
OK, this is gonna go ’round in a bit of a circular motion, so stick with me here. I was perusin’ the offerin’s over on OTB, where it appears that James has abandoned his efforts for a few days so…
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