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Archive for April, 2008

In Canada

In Canada for a funeral. No Blogs likely until May.

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Free At Last

On Nov. 20th of last year I wrote about a photographer in Iraq jailed by US authorities.
http://wavemancali.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/serious-question/
He was freed today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed;_ylt=AlLk5L2Kl1u4ehfgYWLUzQCs0NUE
2 years. All charges dismissed.
Will he see 2 years of pay? Will he ever be compensated for his 2 years of imprisonment? Somehow I doubt it.
He was working to try and bring you a picture of [...]

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My Results

Well yesterday I showed a web site that chooses your ideal US living location.
Apparently Darlene and I will be not be in the same location
My number one is Hopskinsville, Kentucky apparently. My number 2 Paris, Tennessee is Darlene’s #8 so maybe we can compromise.
Seven in my 24 are in North Carolina. I have [...]

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Ok, I found a web site that is supposed to find the best place for you to live in the US depending on your personal preferences.
I need you all to take the test and tell me where they throw you to see if it’s all a massive real estate marketing scam
www.findyourspot.com
Double Warning. It [...]

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There is a particular flower in that blooms now and for the next few weeks by our mailboxes that I am dreadfully allergic to.
Unfortunately I think they bloom close to where I work too because my allergy symptoms are not leaving me at work either.
Keeping the windows closed at night in the apartment has helped [...]

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Idiocracy

If you haven’t watched the movie Idiocracy, leave now and watch it or be prepared for spoilers because I am going to ruin it for you.
Ok run along, I’ll wait…..
In Idiocracy Luke Wilson plays an average guy in the army who never takes charge and is essentially wasting his life away with no drive or [...]

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So this weekend, the phone rings and as usual when it’s a recorded message you get 3 hello’s out before the recording starts. Just before I hang up the recording starts.
Normally the second I hear that it is a recording I hang up, but since I’ve been annoyed of late by telemarketers I’ve listened occasionally [...]

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A large French luxury yacht has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
While I feel for the 30 crew members currently held hostage, I have to admit I greatly question the series of events that led to it’s capture.
The prices to take a 10 day jaunt on this ship start at $3465. [...]

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So, Deal or No Deal is doing casting calls where my wife works Saturday.
I am thinking of going.
I am also thinking of not going.
The +’s would be appearing on the show and maybe winning a million dollars, maybe winning some money on a horse race.
The -’s would be standing in long lines, low, low chances [...]

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