When I came home from work today-later than normal-I switched on the TV in the bedroom to watch the news. To my chagrin it was full of nothing but Michael Jackson. In disgust, I threw the remote control at the TV. Fortunately-I missed. However it did little to assuage my
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Something to be thankful for.
Note to self. Don’t book a 9:50 tee time when the temperature is over 97 degrees…………..
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The boys at Jib Jab that is. One of the biggest misconceptions held by the idiots who write drivel on the right, is that folks like me did not understand what they were getting when they voted for Barak Obama. Quite the contrary. Obama has a big list of faults
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I am saddened, but not one bit suprised, by this. Courtesy of Hemlock: As I shut the window and turn up the air-conditioning, the two Filipino elves let themselves in. They are carrying various provisions essential at this time of year, from bug spray to Pimms, as per instructions left
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Just got back from the baseball game. Stars crushed Chattanooga 12-1. First, the sad news about Farah Fawcett. All though I was more of a Kate Jackson fan-all men of a certain age can remember her poster. I never had one in the room-but I wil confess to impure thoughts about
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Normally, I adore Filipina women. No, really I do-and not for the reasons you gutter rats may think. While in Japan I got to observe both the good things and the bad things about Filipino society up close; from time to time in other cities I got do good works of
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Can having US support be bad for a revolution? Apparently so.
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He’d been crying on stage about what a socialist Taro Aso is. Loss-making Japan Airlines (JAL) could receive up to 100bn yen ($1bn; £635m) in state aid, say reports, on condition that the airline’s management improves. Any loan would be made through state owned Development Bank of Japan (DBJ).
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Whenever a man hears these words: The star of TLC’s "Jon & Kate Plus 8" filed for a no-fault divorce Monday inMonday in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania. She says in papers that she’s willing to "negotiate a fair and reasonable" settlement with her husband of 10 years. Fair
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Alas, you can no longer buy Kodachrome: Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday that it’s bidding farewell to Kodachrome, its oldest and the first commercially successful film. At first, it seemed like another moment to engage in brief, Pavlovian nostalgia of the rotary telephone or monophonic record album sort. There were pro
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