Growing Old Disgracefully

Spam email of the day

Published on February 19 2007

Sometimes these emails are pure poetry... From: Therese Keene Subject: the arteries of broken sinks The officers is undoubtedly grateful to have gained your home bank petition affirmation. we accepted about 21 hours ago We are going to push thru your...

Robert Adler, dead at 93 - International Herald Tribune Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. In his six-decade career with Zenith, Adler was a prolific inventor, earning more than 180 U.S....

URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.The NCAA in 2005 deemed the buckskin-clad Illiniwek an offensive use...

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that old wild single life....

Published on February 17 2007

ABC News: Britney Goes Bald, Reportedly Goes to Rehab Spears' reported rehab visit and new, hairless look is the culmination of a wild few months for the pop star. After filing for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline last year, she started club-...

In the Bullpen » Mellencamp: U.S. Should not Respond to 9/11 or Pearl Harbor I think Chevy should go back to Bob Seger for their next ad campaign. (* "shut up and sing")

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Road Trip!!

Published on February 16 2007

"Hey Laur, we want a couple of you experienced operators to learn about the new process control system going in this spring. We need someone who can teach the other ops how to use it and your name came up in the discussion. How would you like to get a...

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Back very soon

Published on February 13 2007

I promise. Life is *really* getting in the way of blogging this week! Doesn't that bite, lol? Happy Valentine's Day to all you kiddies while I'm here. [UPDATE: I have decided that packing is no picnic, should never be attempted by amateurs like us, and...

And I whine when I have to shovel 7 or 8 inches of the white stuff? I promise I will never complain again ....well, not much, anyway. As long as it stays above zero. P.S. this is a *very old* fat chick pic. :-D N.Y. town's snowfall may be over 11 feet...

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All Anna Nicole, all the time

Published on February 9 2007

Guess everybody's in for that big old half-billion dollar payout, aren't they? Hey. *I* am the father of Anna Nicole's baby!!!! Zsa Zsas husband: I might be babys dad LOS ANGELES - The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long...

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New Toy

Published on February 9 2007

This is just a little experimental post. I was playing with this new version of Word, and I stumbled across a "publish to blog" option. (Ain't software wonderful these days?) Some good news, though! APUS credited me 6, count 'em, SIX!!, credits towards...