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• Bush, Congress Set to Act in Right-To-Die Case

  20 March 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

  Yahoo! News - Bush, Congress Set to Act in Right-To-Die Case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush cut short a vacation to return to Washington and be ready to sign a bill that may keep a brain-damaged woman alive, in a case pitting Christian conservatives...

• I barreled thru this one

  10 March 2005 ( #Commonplace )

  Population: 485 : Meeting Your Neighbors One ... My rating: 4 out of 5 From the book jacket: "After a twelve-year absence, a real-life prodigal son returns to his hometown -- New Auburn, Wisconsin, population: 485 -- and joins the volunteer fire and rescue...

• MSNBC - Carson was everyman, with charisma

  23 January 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

  Carson "The day the music died was February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly's plane crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa. The day television died was May 22, 1992, when Johnny Carson hustled out of a Burbank studio, leaving tear-soaked cheeks, 30 years of memories...

• Yahoo! News - Georgia Edges Wisconsin in Outback Bowl

  01 January 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

  TAMPA, Fla. - One last victory for David Greene, the winningest quarterback in NCAA (news - web sites) history. No. 8 Georgia closed the Greene era with a 24-21 win over No. 16 Wisconsin in Saturday's Outback Bowl. Greene threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns...

• The New York Times > AP > National > U.S. Pledges $350 Million to Help Tsunami Victims

  31 December 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

  CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- The United States is pledging $350 million to help tsunami victims, a tenfold increase over its first wave of aid, President Bush announced Friday. ``Our contributions will continue to be revised as the full effects of this terrible...

• Economist.com | Left-handedness

  27 December 2004 ( #Background )

  Hehehehe, don't mess with Mama Lefty!!! Good to know that I am more successful at something! While there is no suggestion that left-handed people are more violent than the right-handed, it looks as though they are more successfully violent. Perhaps that...

• The Yankee or Dixie quiz

  24 December 2004 ( #Pics and Babbling )

  The Yankee or Dixie quiz Yee-haw, or Yippee--depending on your score....the "Yankee or Dixie" Quiz is BACK!! "41% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category." Odd, considering I haven't been south except for short visits (during which "y'all" returned...

• Snake Problems

  25 December 2004 ( #Pics and Babbling )

  Yahoo! News - Python Is Accidentally Shipped to N.J. Himmerick and 17-year-old son were at home in Jefferson City, Missouri, and couldn't get their get their new DVD player to work. They called the maker, Samsung, and shipped the player to the company's...

• outta here!!

  12 December 2004 ( #Background )

  I've given up on ever getting any response from Jace Herring about getting my site registration transferred to me. I have sent numerous emails with ALL of the information he requested--and now I see THIS posted on the Bloghosts (ex)-website: UPDATE #2...

• Guiness ice cream?

  25 July 2004 ( #Pics and Babbling )

  Guniness Stout Ice Cream 1 cup water 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup Guinness stout In a heavy saucepan whisk together the water and the cornstarch and simmer...

• jobs levels

  05 March 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

  JS Online: State factory jobs hit lowest since '92 Nationally, there are signs of an economic comeback, with initial jobless claims falling, productivity improving and factory orders mostly increasing. Still, Wisconsin's manufacturing positions were down...

• The Next Best Thing

  03 March 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

  The Next Best Thing to Being President With John Edwards's decision to quit the race, expected to be announced officially today, John Kerry's nomination as the Democratic candidate for president is secure. Speculation about his choice for vice president...

• McManufacturing

  21 February 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

  In the New Economics: Fast-Food Factories? "Is cooking a hamburger patty and inserting the meat, lettuce and ketchup inside a bun a manufacturing job, like assembling automobiles? That question is posed in the new Economic Report of the President, a thick...

• your turn next?

  20 February 2004 ( #Current Affairs )

  Op-Ed Columnist: Dark Side of Free Trade "We've allowed the multinationals to run wild and never cared enough to step in when the people losing their jobs, or getting their wages and benefits squeezed, were of the lower-paid variety. Now the middle class...

• for you Pack fans

  13 December 2003 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

  For all you Packer fans... 1. Did you hear that the Post Office just recalled their Chicago Bear commemorative stamps? People couldn't figure out which side to spit on. 2. A man walked into a bar and sat down for a drink. He noted a dog intently watching...

• Happy NY

  01 January 2004 ( #Background )

  Here it is..another year begun..... I'm half asleep/half awake from the after-effects of bringing in New Years' Eve at the Salt mines. (Bet you thought I was going to say from the after-effects of too much alcohol, didn't you?) Brought in the New Year...

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