Tag Archive 'divorce'

When the Future is Boring

Lee on Nov 15 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Technology

It seems the marriage of David Pollard and Amy Taylor is heading toward divorce, due to Pollard’s virtual affair with a virtual prostitute, uncovered by a virtual private detective hired by Taylor.

It occurs to me that the key thing William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and the 80s cyberpunk movement got wrong when they were conjecturing about the future of networked data communications, was that immersive media digital communities would be cool, awe-inspiring and practical.
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Another Palin Smear Campaign Fails

Lee on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008

Turns out the allegation of the Leftblogs that Palin associate Scott Richter was concealing an extramarital affair with Sarah, was just another desperate conspiratorial invention. TSG uncovers the exceedingly boring and ordinary divorce documents Richter filed a sealing motion for. Unsurprisingly, therein Palin is unconnected with any farcical adultery/business scandal conspiracy.

Apparently Richter filed the motion because he was eager to conceal his phone number and address, in the expectation that people would be shamelessly prying into his private affairs and harassing his family in a vain search for dirt on the vice presidential nominee. Gee, can’t imagine why he’d think that.

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