Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Friday, April 25th, 2008
A 2007 report (pdf) found that, in 2006, almost one out of three Americans – more than 60 million people – used the Internet to get political news and information and to discuss campaign races. Over half of Internet users say that they use it because of the amount ...
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
<UL> STYLE!!!
I had about 1000 words written on health insurance this morning that ended up in /dev/null thanks to an unfortunate click of the Back button.
Is TO a shithead or what?
However, it was good to see Deion Sanders call him out for spitting in DeAngelo Hall's face.
Our dog has a ...
Posted in Misc, Navel-gazing | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations (the technique is called a "roving bug").
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Food For Thought, General, Misc, Montana, National | 3 Comments »
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
According to a well known Jewish commentator, Dennis Prager: "No."
But, among the most reasoned of responses, Eugene Volokh covers the “how un-American†angle, beating Prager’s comments to a Constitutional pulp.
For those who may not be familiar with the term Tanakh, this is an acrostic of Torah (The Law), Nevi'im (The ...
Posted in Faith, Food For Thought, General, Misc, Montana, National | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Craig, here's somethin' I picked up from the SeniorDiscounts E-Newsletter, November 29, 2006:
Most online retailers provide a place to enter coupon or promotional codes during the check out process. Enter these codes and the total amount you are being charged will automatically adjust for the discount being offered.
A quick way ...
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
I was visiting with a friend the other day about the general state of affairs in the world, and he made the following observation, which I think is an interesting notion, and I'm still trying to digest it:
The United States is still a Puritan nation, but now we've replaced "God" ...
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
How many more days until Election Day?
Until then, I'm with these guys.
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas with Willie and Waylon and the boys.
This successful life we're livin's got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry's train songs and Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in ...
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Monday, September 4th, 2006
. . .you get the horns.
The Spousal Unit™ told me this as she came to bed last night, and I wasn't overly surprise. We all owe one death to the world, and it's always collected.
Irwin was definitely an interesting character, but I have little respect for the man. ...
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
In the first of a 13-part series of articles beginning in today's (Sunday, July 30) New York Times, "New research from around the world has begun to reveal a picture of humans today that is so different from what it was in the past that scientists say they are ...
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
Some Minnesota bloggers have rated 100's of beers.
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Come on . . . Big Bucks . . . No Whammies . . . STOP!
Oh, come on. You were thinking the same thing.
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
Here it is.
I don't care who you are, that's just wrong, right there.
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Monday, April 25th, 2005
No point asking when it is.
No point asking who's to go.
No point asking what's the game.
No point asking who's to blame.
Cuz if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
Cuz if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.
If you're gonna try, just stick ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2005
You guys and gals rock.
That shit is tough work. I consider myself a fair-to-middlin' typist, and I think it'll take me twenty minutes of work to every spoken minute to get this project finished.
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Friday, April 8th, 2005
I just got back from a school function, and of all the teachers in that elementary school, there is not one man among them. Not one.
Seems to me that there is discrimination afoot here, and someone ought to do something about it.
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