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I don't know why you say Goodbye I say Hello (4 images) [jackdied] Apr 01 2006, 18:44 EST [updated Apr 01 2006, 22:36 EST] [permalink] A "Dear John" letter I received today (via email): John, from Joy of Cooking pg. 385 Bring enough water to cover lobster to a boil One tablespoon salt for each quart water. Immerse tail first. Allow water to reutrn to a boil. Reduce the heat at Full Text Why I Like the Free Market [andrewdied] Mar 27 2006, 16:41 EST [permalink] CentOS is a linux distribution. They had a run-in with a city manager who claimed that CentOS broke into their city website and defaced it. He threatened several times to call in the FBI, even after the CentOS fellow told him how to fix his problem. (His Full Text PSA: How to behave on a hidden camera show [jackdied] Mar 26 2006, 00:49 EST [permalink] There are three rules you should follow if you ever happen to appear on a hidden camera show. Immediately following the "reveal" Curse loudly Punch the guy in the face Don't sign the consent form unless you have followed steps 1 and 2. Taking adv Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 25 2006, 19:31 EST [updated Mar 25 2006, 19:33 EST] [permalink] Heat Vision and Jack [bobsalive] Mar 25 2006, 19:04 EST Jack Black's comedy pilot ends up on YouTube. Pretty Funny. The villai Full Text Strange Cab Ride Part LXLVIC [jackdied] Mar 25 2006, 01:34 EST [updated Mar 25 2006, 01:46 EST] [permalink] I'm chatty with cabbies ("schools are on spring break, how's goings?") in general. This particualr cabbie, a Moroccan, added a qualified good but added all his friends are moving south to greener pastures. I asserted the pastures were greener elsewhere Full Text On NASCAR [andrewdied] Mar 23 2006, 15:20 EST [updated Mar 23 2006, 15:33 EST] [permalink] NASCAR may have taken the spot as the favorite sport in the andrewdied household. I've been told on and off for a long time that I'd really like NASCAR. This year my wife started watching it and I got sucked right in. Everyone now has a favorite driver, Full Text Sunday Bowling Report [jackdied] Mar 19 2006, 16:36 EST [permalink] This week hit a nadir on attendance. Since there were only three people I'll post everyone's scores. Between last week and this week Hughes went and got himself the full outfit: shoes, a ball, and a bag . Total cost about $150, bowling isn't expensive Full Text Vanderbilt TV News Archive [jackdied] Mar 18 2006, 13:51 EST [updated Mar 19 2006, 17:31 EST] [permalink] I ran accross Vanderbilt University's Television News Archive while googling around. From the website: The collection of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive includes nightly news programs broadcast by the national television networks (ABC, CBS, and Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 17 2006, 15:47 EST [permalink] It's Clobbering Time [jackdied] Mar 16 2006, 12:36 EST Baby seal season starts this week in Canada. 325 thousand small coats. Full Text Sunday Bowling Report [jackdied] Mar 13 2006, 22:35 EST [updated Mar 14 2006, 11:10 EST] [permalink] I normally stick a Sunday post-game report in quickies but haven't for the last few weeks because I've been sucking badly. Not like "can't beat the girls" badly like "can't beat the ten year old girl two lanes over with the six pound ball" badly. This w Full Text On Spelt [andrewdied] Mar 13 2006, 15:06 EST [permalink] Spelt is a relative of wheat. It has a thicker husk, is higher in protein, lower in gluten, and was grown extensively by the Pennsylvania Dutch. The PA Dutch stopped growing it as wheat took a bigger hold in America, partially because wheat has a higher y Full Text Summer Camp Goodness [jackdied] Mar 11 2006, 10:04 EST [updated Mar 11 2006, 12:57 EST] [permalink] In the last post about machetes I linked to the website of the summer camp I attended in the 80s. Keewaydin was a great time for me, and I'll plug it for anyone that has children. It consumes the full summer, two months, with only one parental visit all Full Text First they came for the machetes [jackdied] Mar 11 2006, 08:51 EST [updated Mar 13 2006, 14:35 EST] [permalink] In a parody of itself the MA senate has introduced a bill to ban Machetes. Ooph. Will it pass? who knows. Machete related crime is an actual occurrence in the Bay State; the guy who cut/shot up a gay bar in MA before killing himself and a cop a few day Full Text Another Colorado Teacher Suspended [andrewdied] Mar 10 2006, 16:06 EST [permalink] This happened in January but I didn't hear about it until this week. 9News has the report. This elementary school music teacher showed her class a short, puppet version of the opera Faust. A parent complained because it showed Mephistopheles, the devil. Full Text More reasons to dislike Fair Trade Coffee [andrewdied] Mar 10 2006, 15:04 EST [permalink] Reason magazine has an article on Fair Trade coffee. I've written about Fair Trade coffee before. If you haven't heard of Fair Trade coffee, it's basically a brand name for coffee that purportedly pays coffee growers more money than the open market would Full Text The Welsh Discover America [andrewdied] Mar 10 2006, 11:22 EST [permalink] Last year I mentioned St. Brendan the Navigator, a sixth century saint who apparently discovered America. (Sadly, he is not on any icon I've seen with all of the North American saints.) Today I ran across an article describing how the Welsh re-discovered Full Text Children and Free Riders [jackdied] Mar 07 2006, 00:16 EST [updated Mar 07 2006, 00:21 EST] [permalink] The Chicagoboyz blog (a favorite, they've had a link on our right navi for years) has posted a followup titled Family Free Riders II, a companion to Family Free Riders (duh). The original post starts Economically, every society needs children. Childr Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 04 2006, 14:48 EST [updated Mar 04 2006, 19:44 EST] [permalink] Live Action Simpsons Intro [bobsalive] Mar 04 2006, 14:48 EST And pretty accurate, too. The production values seem high, I wond Full Text Puerto Rican Conspiracy [jackdied] Mar 04 2006, 13:10 EST [updated Mar 04 2006, 13:14 EST] [permalink] Did you know two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate Truman? I certainly never learned that in school (via A History of Puerto Rico). 1950: On November 1, two Puerto Ricans from New York (nationalists) attempt to kill President Harry S. Truma Full Text Why is immigration a hot-button topic in Colorado? [andrewdied] Mar 03 2006, 17:07 EST [permalink] Our very own [bobsalive] asked me, as the resident Colorado expert, "why immigration is such a hot-button issue in Colorado"? It's not anything I had ever planned on posting, but if one person has asked about it, I suspect others are curious too. Personal Full Text On foreign aid [andrewdied] Mar 03 2006, 14:53 EST [permalink] An article in Foreign Affiars reviews a book by William Easterly, The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. 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