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Scary Stuff

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Was driving to Copper Mountain yesterday and it was very icy on I-70. About a mile before the exit to Copper, I was about 5 car lengths behind this Toyota 4Runner in the passing lanes. Suddenly it starts fish-tailing, goes into the right lane in front of the car it was just trying to pass. […]

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The Year 1909

January 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The year is 1909. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 : The average life expectancy was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. There were only 8,000 cars and only […]

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All’s Well in Denver

December 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I also just finished reading “Eat, Pray, Love” – which is a very good read, great ideas and a good story to go along with the ideas. Have you read this? You should. Thanks are going well here. It’s funny, my sister has an unbelievable amount of rules to follow regarding her household that I […]

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There’s a lot you can do on a 12-hour drive

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Drove from Phoenix to my sister’s house in Denver yesteray, and it was anything but boring. Technology is a wonderful thing. Here’s all the things I did: Continued rating every song on my iPod (2700) of them. You listen to them and rate them from 1-5. Easy, and it helps you to create playlists. “My […]

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Want to Throw a Shoe at Bush?

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s your chance: https://www.sockandawe.com/

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Iraqi Shoe-Throwing Reporter Becomes the Toast of Iraq

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

From Reuters: The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the government as a barbarian. TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi remained in detention on Monday, accused by the Iraqi government of a “barbaric act.” He […]

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Iraq cabinet backs pact giving U.S. troops 3 years

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Yahoo!! Immediately, it takes away any authority of the US. About time. And this cannot be a coincidence…. It calls for U.S. forces to leave the streets of Iraq’s towns and villages by the middle of 2009. Dabbagh said U.S. forces would hand over their bases to Iraq during the course of 2009 and lose […]

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Shopping Carts Dirtier than Toliets?

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

No one disputes that carts harbor microbes. In a study released last year, University of Arizona researchers who sampled bacterial content on 60 grocery-store shopping carts in the Los Angeles area found that cart surfaces had exponentially more bacteria than what they had measured in about 100 public restrooms, from toilet seats to flush handles. […]

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Halloween at Wrigley’s

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

The video is poor, but there ya go…

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Las Vegas Trip

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

My sister’s diatribe is worth listening to…again, ignore my stupid laugh.

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