Suburban Achievers: Tuesday Trio edition
May 09 2007, 01:09 EDT [updated May 09 2007, 01:19 EDT]
Mike, Kristy, and I joined the Tuesday night bowling league. Tonight was our first night and it did not go well, bowling wise. As a small blessing our opponents were a trio of bowling alley employees (they all average over 190 but because of handicaps t
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Mmm, Fresh Shark
Apr 28 2007, 08:24 EDT
Here is an an article about the prevalence of sharks in Queensland, Australia. The violent fishies are so numerous you can catch them in the canals and boatways that frequently abut condos. The wisdom of spending a pork chop to maybe catch a shark is qu
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Your week in Quickies
Apr 24 2007, 11:22 EDT
I got me an Easter Bunny [teddied] Apr 17 2007, 18:08 EDT A little late for Easter, but bunny tastes good even after the holiday.
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Suburban Achievers (1 image)
Apr 18 2007, 12:18 EDT [updated Apr 18 2007, 12:19 EDT]
Mike: 160, 175, 244, 160 Huzza! Kristy: 106, 117, 132, 118 jackdied: 143, 151, 152, 128 Avg open frames: Kristy 6, jackdied 5, Mike 2.5.
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Scalia Being Scalia
Apr 17 2007, 22:47 EDT [updated Apr 17 2007, 22:56 EDT]
Who said the law can't be fun? Here is a lengthy excerpt from Justice Scalia's recent dissent (joined by Thomas, Souter, and Roberts). In order to contort the statute’s language beyond recognition, the Court must believe Congress’s intent so crystal
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For thee but not for me Corzine edition
Apr 13 2007, 19:07 EDT [updated Apr 13 2007, 19:10 EDT]
First let me say I wish NJ governor Corzine a swift and full recovery. Our politics may not mesh (to say the least) but he is not my mortal enemy by any stretch of the imagination. As a credit to our robust system of government I would have to think him
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PA Dems want your guns, kinda
Apr 11 2007, 22:48 EDT [updated Apr 28 2007, 08:47 EDT]
In Pennsylvania the Democrats picked up state house seats in the recent mid-term elections. PA is a "purple" state so a swing of a few seats either way makes some difference in legislative outcomes and a much larger swing in legislative proposals (i.e. b
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One Laptop Per Child (1 image)
Apr 11 2007, 21:53 EDT
I like the idea of One Laptop Per Child - I really do. The surest way to reduce poverty is to make more stuff and one of the best ways to get more stuff made is to educate the uneducated. I can't but help to look at this picture and think of opportunity
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Golfing with Caddies
Apr 10 2007, 21:06 EDT [updated Apr 10 2007, 21:12 EDT]
I live around Boston and the golf courses I play are generally crappy munis. Last week I was playing some nice courses in South Carolina with family and caddies were required. The thinking goes that if there is more than one guest a caddie speeds up pla
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Who says corporations don't care?
Apr 09 2007, 21:55 EDT [updated Apr 09 2007, 21:59 EDT]
Who loves me? Philip-Morris loves me. At a bar a few years ago I swiped my driver's license into a card reader in exchange for a free Zippo lighter. Every year since I have received a present on my birthday from the folks at Marlboro. This year it was
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