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  • From the Football

    30 May 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    I swear, I think this is the best laugh I've had in a LONG time..... lgf: Voting a la Francaise The French are voting on the European Union Constitution, and polls suggest it has a good chance of being rejected. Young Katia Volman chose a very French...

  • GOOD news of the day...

    25 April 2005 ( #meme )

    You Are 33 Years Old 33 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29:...

  • Jung Test

    25 April 2005 ( #meme )

    INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population. Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs) People of this type tend to be: quiet, reserved,...

  • I sure hope we find out how this ends

    17 May 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Man Claims Firing Over Drinking Wrong Beer - Yahoo! News Ross Hopkins, 41, filed suit in Weld County District Court, saying American Eagle Distributing Co. has no right to tell him what kind of beer to drink when he is off-duty. Hopkins said he was fired...

  • Quite the quote

    10 April 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Belmont Club : Karol Wotjyla More than half a century later, near the end of his life, Wotjyla's Last Will would pass over his world-historical role in the destruction of Communism, as if it never happened, to return to memories of family and friends....

  • Lovely Post

    28 May 2005 ( #Commonplace )

    WHEN 'EVERY WORD IS JUST RIGHT,' WRITING TOUCHES THE SOUL - Yahoo! News There's no grand lesson in today's column, no little truth struggling to break into your morning, just the sense of sadness that comes with the death of a writer whose words have...

  • Always a good day....

    01 May 2005 ( #Background )

    ....when I have the newest Springsteen on my stereo. Devils and Dust "I got somethin' in my heart, I been waitin' to give I got a life I wanna start, one I been waitin' to live No more waitin', tonight I feel the light I say the prayer I open the door,...

  • Draft Stuff

    24 April 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    The New York Times > Sports > Pro Football > Very Different Calls to Arms, and Legs, in Round 1 of N.F.L. Draft It was a difficult day for Rodgers, rated the second-best quarterback in the draft by many scouts, just a shade behind Smith. But more than...

  • iCopulate

    01 April 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    ThinkGeek :: iCopulate It's not easy being single. At ThinkGeek we believe everyone deserves a little lovin'... Geeks can't survive on technology and BAWLS® alone. But how about your iPod®? It's sleek and sexy, but has probably never had a date. If you...

  • Okay, now I think I'm going to be sick....

    12 June 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Mother Explains Fatal Pit Bull Mauling - Yahoo! News SAN FRANCISCO - The mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in his own home by one of the family's two pit bulls says she had been so concerned about one of the dogs that she shut her son in the basement...

  • Yahoo! News - U.S. Accuses Marine of Desertion Again

    06 January 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    A Marine charged with desertion in Iraq after mysteriously disappearing from his post has again been declared a deserter - this time for failing to report to his U.S. base. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who claimed he was abducted by anti-coalition forces...

  • another post on gay marriage

    04 April 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Asymmetrical Information: A really, really, really long post about gay marriage that does not, in the end, support one side or the other My only request is that people try to be a leeetle more humble about their ability to imagine the subtle results of...

  • West Virginia Lightning - Static Electricity at Home

    28 December 2004 ( #Background )

    Sparky Anyone can create simple electrostatic spark discharges at home. The human body can generate and carry tens of thousands of volts, and produce sparks identical to lightning, only smaller. And I am getting REALLY tired of doing just that. I feel...

  • The Minister of Defense

    26 December 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

    Former NFL star Reggie White died Sunday morning at his home near Huntersville, N.C., ESPN's Chris Mortensen has learned. The former Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles defensive end, a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame who retired as the NFL's...

  • Weekly horrorscope

    11 April 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week April 11 through April 17 Libra Relationships are going through a very interesting phase this week, especially as the Solar Eclipse, in your opposite sign of Aries, takes place on Friday. You may have come to the conclusion that something was...

  • Edwards? Clinton? Nah, 2008 could be Russ Feingold's year

    21 March 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Interesting article in today's Chicago Trib online about an election which is a long, long way off, about the possibility of a Feingold run for office in 2008. In Wisconsin, while John Kerry barely eked out a win in one of the most hotly contested battleground...

  • Damn radios, lol

    09 April 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    I've been trying all morning to get into the WWSP online radio to listen to a little bit of Trivia--but I keep getting the error message that "the server has reached it's limits". Figures...maybe I should have locked into the feed before Trivia actually...

  • The daily meme and formatting practice

    27 February 2005 ( #Background )

    bold the states you've been to, underline the states you've lived in and italicize the state you're in now... Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana...

  • Hmmmm......decisions, decisions

    27 June 2005 ( #Background )

    AAS Degree Requirements History HIS 101 US History to the Civil War 3 cr. HIS 102 History of the US: From the Era of the Civil War to the Present 3 cr. HIS 127 The World in the 20th Century 3 cr. Political Science POL 175 International Politics 3 cr....

  • Shakey

    30 March 2005 ( #Commonplace )

    Shakey: Neil Young's Biography Hit the bookstore yesterday, after going to visit my orthopedic surgeon, since I figured I would need a little reading material for the next couple of days. I also mistakenly thought I would be able to wait until AFTER the...

  • Deep Throat

    01 June 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Nation | Blog | The Online Beat | The Mysteries of Watergate | John Nichols ...Far from being someone who feared for the Republic, Felt was a protégé of longtime Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover. Felt certainly couldn't have...

  • 'Louie Louie'

    05 May 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Band Banned From Performing 'Louie Louie' - Yahoo! News BENTON HARBOR, Mich. - A pop culture controversy that has simmered for decades came to a head when a middle school marching band was told not to perform "Louie Louie." Benton Harbor Superintendent...

  • Tuesday night date?

    12 September 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

    Well, I'm off to my PACE leadership convention/ school. Rumor has it that we're going to have a special speaker at the Tuesday night banquet. Since John Kerry is campaigning in Milwaukee on Tuesday and appearing in Madison on Wednesday.......hmmmmmm,...

  • REAL Fireworks for the Fourth!!

    26 June 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Fireworks Likely When NASA Blows Up Comet - Yahoo! News Scientists hope the July 4 collision will gouge a crater in the comet's surface large enough to reveal its pristine core and perhaps yield cosmic clues to the origin of the solar system. NASA's fleet...

  • I'm B-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck!!

    10 September 2004 ( #Background )

    Yep, back again after managing to kill the blog (again). You would think I'd learn to quit playing with stuff, wouldn't you? I managed to rebuild most of the entries, but I did lose a few along the way. So, while I work on restoring those, here are some...