Growing Old Disgracefully

CNN.com - Man forgets wife at gas station - Aug 8, 2005 ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- A Macedonian man left his wife at an Italian service station and only realized he had driven off without her six hours later, news agency Ansa said. The couple, who were...

Michael Barone: Cultures aren't equal In The Age of Melbourne, Australia, Pamela Bone wrote, "Perhaps it is time to say, you are welcome, but this is the way it is here." The Age's Tony Parkinson quoted the French writer Jean Francois Revel's Cold War...

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A True Wisconsin Tradition

Published on August 8 2005

Woman Eats 35 Bratwursts in 10 Minutes - Yahoo! News SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst. The woman known as The Black Widow on the...

Great ride today! I decided this was the weekend to do the entire Bearskin/ Hiawatha trail trip. The two trails aren't connected yet, so it means riding on a state highway for a mile or so, but that wasn't too bad. Ken dropped me off up near Minocqua,...

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Take THAT, Winter!!!!

Published on August 6 2005

The Original V8 snowblowers Yes!!! It does blow snow as well as anything else that gets in its way for that matter!! A 454 cubic inch big block Chevrolet...O.K., but in a walk behind snowblower? This unit blows the snow back to where it came from! This...

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Vincent Interview

Published on August 6 2005

FrontPage magazine.com :: In The Red Zone by Jamie Glazov Interesting interview with Stephen Vincent, the journalist who was murdered in southern Iraq last week. Interview conducted by Frontpage magazine--best quote: Vincent: As I’ve noted here and elsewhere,...

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Unemployment Quote

Published on July 30 2005

madison.com | archives: Unemployment Action Needs Strong Voice " Rather than making unemployed people pay for health insurance or go without it, the government should pick up the tab or provide national health insurance. That goes for people's food, clothing...

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I am truly losing it....

Published on July 28 2005

Went for my morning ride up the Hiawatha this morning on the Trek. I was zipping along, passing leisure riders right and left, head down and trying to keep my pedaling speed up. I had the XM on, and was rocking out to Deep Tracks 40--just having a great...