"We are experiencing an unusually high call volume..."

I hear this on virtually EVERY tech or customer support number I find myself calling -- does it seem like bullpoop to you? Because it certainly does to me. It seems to be saying "WE KNOW WE DIDN'T STAFF ENOUGH OPERATORS BUT HA… Read full post »

Secure two whole or four split chicken breasts. Locate your cutting board, a rolling pin, and a few sheets of wax paper. FLATTEN the chicken with the rolling pin, and there is no rolling involved, here.

Have your house boy or manservant prepare the grill. Light a chimney full… Read full post »

The right temple or arm on my regular glasses broke a week or three ago: it wasn't a clean break in the plastic, but rather a metal fitting that holds the temple onto the front part of the frame had broken.

So, like any geek worth his salt, I found my… Read full post »

Today I got up, got cleaned up, found my good Felco trimmers and collected all the cherry, grape, Roma and globe tomatoes that were ripe. Took those over to a senior center for "backyard produce collection" which I felt good about. I wish I'd had more ripe fruit.

Then I went… Read full post »

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA
. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley
Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by the Salina
Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina, KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one
hour)
1. Give nine rules… Read full post »

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87-year-old Ore. woman dies after hit by stun gun

By TIM FOUGHT, Associated Press

Phyllis Owens apparently didn't know day from night when she died at 87, an hour after sheriff's deputies closed in on her as she reached for a handgun, an officer said Friday.

"We had to respond," said… Read full post »

After yesterday's so-far-successful installation of some cheap bookshelves (meaning that they made it through their first earthquake last night about six), I decided to squander more of my meagre household budget and invest in an eight-foot length of 7 1/4" MDF board, which was neatly bisect… Read full post »

If, by some miracle, California's Proposition 19 passes this fall, marijuana will be more or less semi-legal.  That would be an improvement.  The argument for hemp / marijuana as part of our economy is best laid out in Jack Herer's "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" and I don't intend to replic… Read full post »

During my perpetual de-cluttering, I have moved vast tonnage of printed matter into the garage and back into the house, shuffling and boxing it as I went. This past week I happened to assemble ALL of my books in one place and I was surprised at just how many books I… Read full post »

HuffPo: We also do not allow the promotion and propagation of conspiracy theories, including those about 9/11.

Well, the physics of the matter cannot be debated, now can they? Or does physical science somehow find itself excluded from this particular moment in history? 

SHEESH(tm).

 

 … Read full post »

U.S. pledges $15 million to preserve site of concentration camp

(CNN) -- The United States will donate $15 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, pending congressional authorization and appropriations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

Speaking at the Schindler Factory Museu… Read full post »

I took my daughter to the San Diego Fair today. 

It was fun, I guess, if loud and crowded (nothing like it will be tomorrow and Sunday). They really vacuum money out of you left and right, which gets kind of old -- $7.50 for 1.5 liters of water?… Read full post »

Baltic Dry plunges

Created 30 June 2010Written by Stephen Wilmot

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a basket of shipping rates closely watched as a leading indicator of economic growth, has lost over 40 per cent since late May. While the BDI is infamously volatile, the parallel with 2008, when… Read full post »

Hamas founder's son granted asylum in San Diego

By Keith Darcé, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:28 a.m.

Federal attorneys cleared the way Wednesday for the son of Hamas’ cofounder and security chief to remain in the United States… Read full post »

You will recall that the former Australian PM was forced out of office not long after complaining about Israel's having forged/cloned Australian passports to carry out the murder of a Hamas official, yes?

From the Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au

Former ambassadors question silence on the '… Read full post »

copypasta:

Michel Collon, a Belgian journalist and author, in his book "Israel, let's talk about it," has slammed European media over decades of "lying" to people in order to support Israel.

Collon, in his book, has recounted "10 big lies" spread by Western media in order to "justify… Read full post »

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was forced out not long after he blew the whistle on Israel's forgeries of Australia passports used in the murder of a Hamas official in Dubai. Now we have a new Australian PM who favors the Rothschild "carbon credit" economic bubble scheme. Anyone feel lik… Read full post »

U.S. government panel now pushing "vaccinations for all!" No exceptions…

by David Gutierrez, staff writer

(NaturalNews) An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that every person be vaccinated for the seasonal flu yearly, exc…

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I was taking Kid #1 over to a friend's house when I saw the Salvation Army truck heading the other way, towards our cul-de-sac.  They would be picking up the modest pile of clutter I stacked on our stub driveway this morning.

Kid #2's barely-used softball shoes, assorted clothing that… Read full post »

Moustache wax is a stiff pomade applied to a moustache as a grooming aid to hold the hairs in place, especially at the extremities. It can also have restorative properties, which become more important as the hair length increases. The wax is commonly scented and… Read full post »

My favorite climate change joke: An ant is fervently boinking an elephant. The elephant (with engaged ant) bangs its head on a tree branch and says "Ow!" to which the ant replies "Take it all, bitch." That would be an image of mankind pretending that anything we do could change the… Read full post »