scullywestrex

scullywestrex
Location
Between the malls.,
Birthday
November 21
Bio
Just someone who believes, why use two words when one will do?

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JANUARY 14, 2010 11:39AM

Oops, I did it again!

 
Well, it looks like my second attempt at a posting every day for NaBloPoMo has turned out similarly to my first. I took the challenge for the discipline it would impose. I thought it was a good way to get myself to write every day. Instead,… Read full post »
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JANUARY 14, 2010 1:39AM

Don't laugh. Just don't do it.

 (Video may be NSFW)
 
By now, you've heard of the terrible earthquake in Haiti. What you may not have heard yet is Rev. Pat Robertson's appalling response to that disaster.
 
According  to People For The American Way, Mr. Robertson...well, read it for yourself:
 
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JANUARY 12, 2010 9:43PM

Recommended Reading

Boy, posting every day for a month is proving to be a lot harder than I thought, especially what with this “real life” thing intruding at every turn. So for today's installment, I've decided to steer you, the reader to some postings which yours truly has found to… Read full post »

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JANUARY 11, 2010 11:26PM

Flash Fiction: "Progress"

 

I’ve been watching the town where I grew up decay ever since I was a kid.

First, they demolished the whole north side to put the interstate through.

When developers started building up the suburbs, downtown started losing business to suburban shopping

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JANUARY 10, 2010 11:53PM

Open Call: FerriChrome

tape

 

 

“Ultra Ferri-Chrome 90”. Just those three words on the label of an old analog audio cassette which my younger brother Todd told me contained a recording he'd made on his old boom box of Dad's last birthday party before the accident. Luckily I'd kept the Nakamichi ta… Read full post »

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JANUARY 9, 2010 2:40PM

In less than two weeks, it could be 2004 again...

Masschusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley

 

 

We interrupt this blog to bring you an excerpt from a recent e-mail from MoveOn.org:

In 11 days, we could lose progressive hero Ted Kennedy's Senate seat—and with it, any hope for passing major progressive legislation this year.

A new poll Tuesday showed Democrat Martha… Read full post »

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JANUARY 8, 2010 8:46PM

Today's forecast: lake-effect snow

 

There's something happening here as I write this called lake effect snow. Put simply, if you live in any part of the country where there's a sizable body of water, each winter you can count on a portion of that body of water falling

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JANUARY 7, 2010 10:58PM

Breakfast, in the classic manner.

 

My at-home breakfasts on school days growing up were at best mundane. A treat for me was a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Or two. A close second was Life cereal, allowed to soak in milk until it was not quite mushy. Oh, and with

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JANUARY 6, 2010 11:50PM

Is obscurity a thing of the past?

 

With the availability of sound recording and processing software, some of it free, digital recorders just slightly bigger than a pack of cigarettes which arguably sound as good as the professional reel-to-reel tape decks of yore, and the capacity for instant distribution of one's

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JANUARY 5, 2010 2:48PM

A rant in the form of an open letter

 

Hello, God. It's me. I've been told that the world is the way it is now because You want it that way. I find it hard to believe that You actually wish to promote strife and suffering when I've been raised to believe that

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JANUARY 4, 2010 11:56PM

You'd better watch out...

 

 

I've read on another site that Ireland has enacted, as of January first, a new blasphemy law. Put simply, the new law “... defines blasphemy as publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by

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JANUARY 3, 2010 11:45PM

Waste makes growth

My friend's oldest son, let's call him Dan, is quite the geek. He constantly searches for things from garage sales, flea markets and the curb which he can put to use for the engineering projects which line his basement workshop. Recently his mother and I were having coffee when he brought… Read full post »

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JANUARY 2, 2010 9:46PM

The scenic route

I drove today along Pennsylvania's route 29. It was a beautiful road, plenty of postcard winter scenes that I passed by. The first of only two gripes is that  the road is a roller-coaster! I mean, all those rises and dips must be exhilarating in the summer when there's no traffic… Read full post »

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JANUARY 1, 2010 11:57PM

My first NaBloPoMoPost

Under the wire. More to come.

Seriously, I've tried NaBloPoMo once before, and unfortunately I didn't keep up with it. This is my second shot, and where better to do it than here in this vibrant community!

 No, I don't plan to simply post filler just to say that I've… Read full post »

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