Microsoft vs Google War

Well,  Microsoft has teamed up with Yahoo to try and start clawing back some of the search engine market from Google.
Yahoo used to be the king of this market but newcomer Google swept in, did it better and kicked ass.
Why would Microsoft be so foolish as to team up with a company that allowed this [...]

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Police Went Too Far

In case you aren’t a news junkie and aren’t following the story I am referring to, I am talking about the case of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr..
Mr. Gates had just returned home from China and got home to find his front door jammed.
It wouldn’t open. He went in through the back door, and [...]

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Fun Day At Work

So, in my little end of cubeville at work, 2 out of the 4 banks of fluorescent lights are burned out. The upper brass and building management have offered to replace the burned out bulbs, but I find it much too bright in my area when al 4 are on, so I’ve said, no thanks [...]

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Another Dragonfly

Dar finally caught up with a blue dragonfly this weekend at the arboretum. She got several good shots of it, I think this is my favorite.

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Between Worlds

Take a balloon. Fill it with air. This is our known universe.
Take another balloon and blow it up inside the other balloon. This is an alternate universe. The 2 occupy the same space, but the barrier between them is thin.
Keep blowing up balloons inside each other and you get the concept of how easy it [...]

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Patience

“Happy anniversary baby”, Jen said as she poured the wine. “Do you remember when we first met? Can you believe it’s been 5 years?”
Mike poked the fire, shooting sparks up the flue. “Actually, that’s not true. I’ve been planning this trip to the cabin for quite some time now to surprise you. It’s really [...]

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Too Many Options

I ended up thinking of 2 more story ideas for Jason’s Clarity of Night writing contest.
I have a feeling the contest is going to be glutted with vampire stories.
My first 2 story ideas were vampire stories. The first was comedic the second was darker and nastier.
Now don’t get me wrong. I like vampire stories, especially [...]

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Support This Artist!

Brad Sucks. Funny name for a band, but I’m loving his music.
One man operation, publishes all of his music on his own website at www.bradsucks.net so you can purchase his music there and all the money goes to him. Instead of making record execs rich, you support the artist directly.
Albums are priced very reasonably at [...]

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