Monthly Archives: August 2008

Big White One, Little White One and Poop

No, it’s not what you probably thought it was although I’d be interested in what ran through your mind when you first read the title. In the risk of disappointing anyone as to the actual subject of this post, it has to do with medications actually and the one’s I have to take everyday to [...]

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Laptop at the Quilt Shop.

Yesterday was my day to watch the quilt shop and I had this great idea of bringing Laurie’s faithful old laptop with me along with my thumb drive in hopes that I could use the time normal spent reading and dealing with customers, writing and dealing with customers instead.
So, with (armor clad) laptop case in [...]

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What Was the Point, Russia?

To the ones who give the orders,
I read today that Russia is beginning it’s withdrawal from Georgia after beating a violent path to the city of Gori. But what destruction came at the hands of the Russians was nothing compared to the destruction caused by the Ossetia, Russia, and, in one case, Chechnya looters [...]

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Google’s AdSense for Feeds-Not!

I saw a headline on the news about Google’s new AdSense for Feeds service finally being made available to the general public, something which I’ve been waiting on for some time now. So I read up on this new offering on Google’s AdSense blog and then headed into my long standing AdSense account figuring this [...]

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Dear Julia, We Never Knew

There’s not much that happens these days that actually makes me waggle my hairy eyebrows but yesterday’s news about Julia Child made me not only waggle them, I actually read two full articles and today, the just released CIA report about her work in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII; the forerunner [...]

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The Most Important Voter Issue For 2008 is…

Finally! Truth in the media. Hope you enjoy this bit of commentary from The Onion as much as I did.
 

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

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40 Days and 40 Nights

When is it going to stop raining? The summer had a fine start up until July rolled in and it’s been raining ever since. The way things have been going weather wise over the last 40 days or so I’m just hoping I’ll get one final chance to mow the lawn before the snow flies. [...]

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