Growing Old Disgracefully

Venezuela's Chavez says "gringos go to hell" - Yahoo! News Chavez, a Cuba ally re-elected by a landslide in December, this month launched a campaign to consolidate power by nationalizing key industries, seeking expanded executive powers and pushing for...

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On with the wooly longjohns and snowboots! Think I'll get the skis out--looks like somebody has been laying track this weekend. I'll probably break my neck.

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Fox tests nation's 5th-grade knowledge PASADENA, Calif. - Every parent's nightmare — being exposed for not knowing what's in your kid's school textbook — will soon play out on national television. Fox announced Saturday that it is making a new game show,...

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A favorite site of mine is the Urban Legends page. When I get one of those emails detailing all of the things I can win if I only send Bill Gates a short note, or a long story about a young cancer patient who wants to break the record for emails received,...

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A buddy sent me this joke today. I'm beginning to think my friends are trying to tell me something. I just wish I knew what. While I was watching golf this weekend, my wife and I got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living wills....

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Mamas and Papas' Denny Doherty dies at 66 "There's a part of this thing that if I'm not careful, I'd be just a blob on the stage crying my guts out," Doherty told The Associated Press at the time. "Everybody knows about death and dying and sadness, so...

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Believe it or not, I really *did* have a procrastination post partially written; but was too lazy to put it all together and post it. But now I know the reason why. I have had a nasty problem lately with getting motivated to accomplish anything. I swear,...

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I have a post half-written, but I think I'll post it later. It's all about procrastination.

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America trivia: * The cover artwork on the album History: America's Greatest Hits was the work of Phil Hartmann, who later became famous as a comedian on Saturday Night Live. Hartmann later dropped an "n" off his last name prior to achieving fame. His...

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I am enjoying this show on XM SO much...... But did they have to play the-America-song-I-hate-unequivocally? "Muskrat Love". Ugh. Thankfully, that's over........

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