Thursday, August 26, 2004  Tricks of the Trade  "And when doing
botanical work in South America, steer clear of the monkeys:
They will throw sticks at you with surprising accuracy."  This
and other equally useful lessons from various occupations can be
found at the link. I should have known the trick for attorneys,
but didn't.  I saw this post from, an excellent weblog for
wasting time reading about technology and other random, geeky
things (thanks for telling me about it, Kathy!).  Wednesday,
August 25, 2004  Pornography and Environmentalism  The New York
Times had an article recently on attempts in California to
require actors in pornographic films to use condoms. The actors
had mixed feelings, stating that the requirement may reduce
business and put people out of work.  I doubt they're arguing
that condom use would reduce the amount of pornography that
people bought, so what they're really saying is that the condom
requirement would drive business towards out-of-California and
out-of-the-US production (I k