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Archive for 2009/01


Circuit City to close its doors

Welcome back!Once again, I’m a day late commenting about this, but that seems to be standard procedure these days.
Anywho…
I heard on the news last night that Circuit City is going to become the latest victim of this recession. That’s a shame. I’ve only shopped there one time, when I bought a 486 back when they […]

Does ANYONE speak proper English any more?

The local news people did it again.
Last evening they ran that same tired old report they run every year explaining all the things you should do to avoid “busted pipes”. What drives me up the wall about this annual report is not the fact that it’s the same list that’s been hammered into our heads […]

More unpleasent news

Daughter Number Three has had a problem with her back for the last couple of years. When it wasn’t noticeably improved after seeing a chiropractor for a year, her general practitioner referred her to an orthopedic surgeon.
We knew she had scoliosis, and we knew it was more than just a mild case, but this […]

How do you ‘forget’ a $34,000 debt?

I saw on the news last night that Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, “forgot” to pay $34,000 in self-employment taxes from 2001-2004.
Ummm… How?
Seriously, how do you FORGET to pay $34,000 in taxes over a three year period, especially when the IRS is issuing the occasional reminder?
This sounds like something I heard Steve Martin […]

Numbers you might need

Here are some useless facts I found and thought I’d pass along. For the record, if this is right then somebody’s using some of my toilet paper ration!
* A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
* A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
* An adult porcupine […]