Failure to add 2+2, Big Dig
May 05 2006, 21:40 EDT
Gee, do you think today's headline: 6 Managers at concrete firm facing fraud charges Has anything to do with this from two months ago? Two Shot to Death at Allstate Conrete Pumping Co Does that count as a tip to the police, and if so can I collect a
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Strange Cab Ride
Apr 30 2006, 13:39 EDT [updated Apr 30 2006, 13:54 EDT]
Getting out of Fanueil Hall after last call was a pain. The cab stand was dry and the cabs that did come through were cherry picking for the best fares. A girl next to me kept shouting that this behavior is illegal but that didn't get her or me in a cab
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Posing Politicians and the Price of Gas
Apr 28 2006, 21:45 EDT [updated May 01 2006, 00:05 EDT]
Politicians of both Red and Blue stripes have proposed gasoline rebates, gas tax cuts, and price shifting (someone else will pay more, so you pay less) as solutions to ease the burden of higher gasoline prices on the common man. Politicians of the
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Your week in Quickies
Apr 27 2006, 14:54 EDT
More things need jets [andrewdied] Apr 26 2006, 11:28 EDT If you've ever wondered what a Volkswagen Beetle or a scooter looks like when
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Tony Snow for President
Apr 27 2006, 00:48 EDT [updated Apr 27 2006, 00:53 EDT]
There, I've said it - and I think said it first. This is all a plot to place a likable, opinionated, well known, talk-radio-show-having Republican in the White House in 2008. Bonus conspiracy points by way of his cancer. Mortal wounds are definite anti
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Vice City: Part II
Apr 24 2006, 23:42 EDT [updated Apr 25 2006, 00:03 EDT]
Saturday night was at the Trop but Friday was in NY. It turns out that lots of bars have Beirut tables (dive bars, but those are the kind you visit during a bachelor party). Molson + Beirut + 5pm start == Hurt. The Groom was out at 10:30, I was retired
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Vice City
Apr 24 2006, 21:57 EDT [updated Apr 24 2006, 23:07 EDT]
Dateline: 3:30am Saturday, Atlantic City, at a Hold'em table in the Tropicana. I'm in town for a bachelor party that started twelve hours ago. They say there is a mark at every table and if you can't spot him ... Everyone else spotted one. I was a bit
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Tax Day in MA
Apr 18 2006, 21:36 EDT [updated Apr 18 2006, 21:51 EDT]
Today, the 18th, is the last day to mail taxes in MA. Due to the made-up holiday "Patriot's Day" yesterday MA residents and anyone who has to send a return to the IRS office in MA got an extra day. Patriot's day not-so-coincidentally coincides with the B
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Babbling Fan
Apr 18 2006, 11:15 EDT
Last night was the last home game of the season for the Washington Capitals. The may not have had the greatest season but, they have stayed positive all year long and continued to work hard and vastly improve all the young talent they have on the team. A
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Your week in Quickies
Apr 17 2006, 15:05 EDT
500 lb Potato Battery [jackdied] Apr 17 2006, 15:05 EDT Generates 4 milliamperes at 5 volts. (Via)
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US Flags OK again in Colorado schools
Apr 07 2006, 11:06 EDT
Colorado has had a few rallies in favor of illegal immigration lately, both in Denver and in walk-outs at schools. At some of the high schools students in favor of, um, not breaking the law wore clothing with US flags. A couple of principals took umbrage
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Trying new ways to build open source
Apr 06 2006, 22:26 EDT [updated Apr 06 2006, 22:28 EDT]
How can you get open source folks to work on a problem your company needs solved, short of hiring them all? Most open source people are hobbyists, and the rest probably work for someone that isn't you. EWT decided to fly a bunch of people out to Reykjav
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99942 Apophis to miss Earth in 2029
Apr 04 2006, 13:29 EDT [updated Apr 04 2006, 13:34 EDT]
The Paramus Post is writing about the astaroid dubbed "99942 Apophis" Shortly after sunset Friday, April 13, 2029, if the sky is clear enough, people across Europe and North Africa will see an asteroid appear as a bright point of light flying 19,400 mi
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Sunday Bowling Report
Apr 02 2006, 16:43 EDT [updated Apr 02 2006, 16:48 EDT]
Things went OK this week so I don't have to pretend it didn't happen. Caucasians were the dominant choice but Black Russians were a popular second. I won't make any jokes about the Special Olympians bowling downstairs. jackdied: 130, 132, 135, 143 b
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