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Yearly Archives: 2006
Poem by my tenant
My tenant, Gary White (no relation), penned this: Joe As I sit here and write, I sometimes hear the cat food bowls clinking and tinkling On your doorstep. When I look out, expecting to see Festus chomping away There are … Continue reading
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Maybe I’m not as old as I thought
I’ve marveled at how Weird Al has been able to stay on current for over twenty years with his parodies. I thought I had gotten to the point that I was unable to relate to him now because I am … Continue reading
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Apparently, my terrorist-reporting skills are in question
Why you should hug a Muslim If a terrorist group gets active, you don’t think it will be Joe White Guy who will turn them in, do you? Thanks, Roy!
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Oh, and by the way…
Anne and I got engaged Friday night. Looking at March 17.
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This seems almost too cool to be true, but I hope it works
Take the landfills and convert them to fuel, all at lower emissions than a natural gas plant. Wow. globeandmail.com : Forget incineration, Florida county wants to vaporize its trash
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Found Blinky, but where are Inky, Pinky, and Clyde?
Walking back from Christy’s Donuts and Kolaches the other morning, I noticed something I had missed every other time I had been by the intersection of Montrose and W. Gray: It is a mosaic of one of the Pac-Man monsters, … Continue reading
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “Busted by the bloggers”
from Instapundit CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “Busted by the bloggers” To the right of the masthead at the Web site porkbusters.org is a quote attributed to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott: “I’ll just say this about the so-called porkbusters. I’m getting … Continue reading
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Where is common sense?
I never followed the JonBenet Ramsey case, but when this guy claimed to be the killer, why didn’t they just take a swab while he was in Thailand and check his DNA before going to the huge expense of bringing … Continue reading
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My next pocket knife
85-blade “pocket” knife (hat tip Boing Boing) Cory Doctorow: Wenger’s “Most Incredible Knife,” a $1,200, 85-blade Swiss-Army-style knife is apparently not a joke. I guess if you had really big pockets? Link (via Charlie Stross)
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