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One of the best parents-strike-back posts I've ever read
I am sitting here laughing almost to the point of tears running down my cheeks at the way these parents handled their teenage son and his best friend after the kids' attempt at an embarassing practical joke on Mom.... Note before reading: Hopefully you...
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How to secure the Jewish vote
Republican presidential hopeful Thompson: Money-making part of Jewish tradition - - Israel News Speaking to an audience at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington D.C., Thompson said that, "I'm in the private sector and for the first...
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trying to catch up...
This week, class is into Syria and Lebanon, the Hariri assassination and the resulting UN Mehlis report. It's times like this that I realize how little I know about the world. I have realized one thing, however-- I don't do well with this "six countries...
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Ahhh....so *that's* why he was fired
American radio icon Don Imus disgraced, fired after threat to reveal 9/11 secrets - Pravda.Ru In a clear sign of its intent to reign in dissident American media personalities, and their growing influence in American culture, US War Leaders this past week...
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I'm hoping this is one record I *don't* break......
Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate HAYS, Kansas - When 95-year-old Nola Ochs graduates next month, she will be the world's oldest college graduate. The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who...
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Quote of the Day......
..... or, How I Learned Way More About Duck Anatomy Than I Ever Wanted To Know.... In Ducks, War of the Sexes Plays Out in the Evolution of Genitalia - New York Times “Basically, you get a bigger phallus to put your sperm in farther than the other males.”...
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Final on the National Sec. Strategy of 2006
National Security Strategy of the United States In his March 16th, 2006 introduction to the publication of the National Security Strategy of the United States, President George Bush opened with the simple sentence “America is at war.” In this report,...
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Setting the Stage: The Republicans First Debate - The Fix
Setting the Stage: The Republicans First Debate - The Fix Tommy Thompson: Like Huckabee, Thompson remains virtually unknown in national politics but has a compelling story to tell. During his time as governor of Wisconsin -- 1987 to 2001 -- Thompson was...
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And I even think I have some whiskey...hmmmmmmm
Although I'm betting it isn't Jameson's. Guinness. Chocolate. Ice cream. Whiskey. This may just be the perfect drink. Sacrilegious or not, this looks goooooooood. Breakfast booze Wisconsin Cow Bomb 1 pint Guinness 1 scoop vanilla ice cream 2 tablespoons...
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The STrib blows it. Badly. [updated]
LILEKS James :: The Bleat As it happens, they've killed my column, and assigned me to write straight local news stories. Really. My column will end a week from this Friday. (There’s a series of pieces I can’t wait to write.) After that, it's just-the-facts-ma'am...
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biting off more than I can chew....
Here I am, writing a "research proposal" for the big paper in my "Reasearch and Analysis" class. "Research Proposal". [snort] They're preparing me to write a Master's Thesis, when I'm still struggling with how to write a %*^$ correctly-formatted citation...
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Spam, spam, lovely spam.......
Attention: Dear Prominent User Of The Internet Okay. I'm already worried. All this time, I was shooting for inconspicous. How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition. If you don't count...
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One more down...
....um, let's see. 73 credits down. 47 to go. FORTY-SEVEN????!!!! That's like....like.... THREE MORE YEARS. Dear lord. Now I almost wish I hadn't counted. But then again, in three years I'll be age [bleep] WITH the degree instead of age [bleep] WITHOUT...
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And on the subject of "Pardons"?
I thought it appropriate since Mad brought up the subject of pardons in her last post that some of Mr. Clintons' Pardons be brought to the forefront to show what sort of characters he associated with either directly of indirectly. Since Scooter Libby...
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Sorta Weekly Horrorscope
This week July 2 through July 8 Libra You love to be part of the social whirl, and if you can't participate as fully as you would like, you become uncharacteristically edgy. Monday you have to cancel some of your favorite activities due to last-minute...
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Next up.....
Funny how last week I was stressin' BIGtime on the Research course, and wondering if maybe I was reaching too far and trying to do way too much all at once. Maybe I should just take some time and rethink this "going to school" stuff. The paper was kicking...
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Just a little something to knock Harry Potter out of the "Most Important News of the Day" slot
Cheney assumes power as Bush undergoes colonoscopy - Yahoo News WASHINGTON AFP - US Vice President Richard Cheney has taken over the reins of power as President George W. Bush undergoes a "routine colonoscopy" at the Camp David retreat, the White House...
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Flames
My house caught fire this morning. What a fun vacation this is turning out to be. Sitting on the hood of a pickup truck down the street, watching firetrucks and firemen in SCBA, dragging hoses into my house, all I could think was "I am so blogging this"!!...
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The absolutest bestest zinger of the month!!!
Costas Zings Bonds Over Midget Comment NEW YORK AP - A day after Barry Bonds called him a "little midget man who knows nothing about baseball," broadcaster Bob Costas said he wasn't upset with the San Francisco Giants slugger and responded with a jab...
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Personality (or lack thereof)
We've all heard of the Myers-Briggs Personality Test. It's a good bet that at one time or another, most of us have taken it. Personally, I think any test that claims to be able to classify my personality into one of 16 types in 50 questions is just a...
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I wanna be a researcher when I grow up
..... so that I can do studies like this one. How *do* people get jobs like this, anyway? 237 reasons we have sex WASHINGTON - After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate...
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pencils are sharpened...
...and I even found my reading glasses! To heck with being a sex researcher, I'm gonna be an International Lawyer, lol!! Another "semester" begins, as does the feeling of being out of my depth. It's great. SS303 International Law introduces students to...
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Question for KB
Hey Kidbrudder; Don't these guys announce a reunion/tour/album like, every other month or so? A good question, but not the most important question.... Gonna get tickets???? Van Halen & David Lee Roth announce tour With its flamboyant frontman, "Diamond...
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Today's Earworm
I heard this tune awhile back on XM, but it came across the local "pretty music for old farts" radio station last night while I was at work. It's a new-ish song by REOSpeedwagon. Now it's stuck. I always was a sucker for a good old Midwestern-roots rock...
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Weekly Horrorscope
Looks like another long boring week of soul-searching for me. I think I need a vacation. This week August 13 through August 19 Libra There's nothing wrong with wanting more out of life than you have, but you achieved your heart's desire and one of your...