Hi! Happy Thursday. The week is almost over! Project Runway and Jersey Shore are on tonight! It’s National Ice Cream Day! Continue reading
Dürer's Rhino
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Imagine waking up to this view. Continue reading
What are you doing out of bed? It’s Saturday! I hope you’re sleeping in, not nursing a hangover, and don’t have to work, because that would suck. Continue reading
While we’ve all been watching the Tea Party squeeze the government by the balls, a measure was passed by the House Judiciary Committee that could have a profound impact on our privacy should it be passed into law. Internet providers would be required to maintain records of customer activity for 12 months in the event it’s needed for legal investigations.
Data retention has been high on the Republican wish-list for a decade. It’s ostensibly intended to help law enforcement build cases against child pornography and internet predators. If that’s the case, they are throwing an awfully wide net: Continue reading
Michelle Bachmann, David Wu, Joe Wilson, Anthony Weiner, Allen West; the list goes on and on. Our elected delegates have a knack for making us look bad and wishing we were from another state. We all have one, a representative for our state, riding, constituency, etc., that defies logic, reason, and common sense on a regular basis and makes us cringe. Today’s Question of the day: Which of your national representatives make you facepalm?
Mine is pictured here, Virgina Foxx from Banner Elk, NC. Continue reading
We’ve all had a dirty job or two, haven’t we? We had to get through high school and college working a series of demeaning and often unsanitary part time jobs. Today’s Question: What is the dirtiest job you’ve ever done? Continue reading
The United States Postal Service operates at a huge loss, 8.5 billion in fiscal 2010, and is taking steps to close the gap.
We just don’t need or use our physical post offices as we once did. Our checks are directly deposited, we schedule our bill payments through our bank, we read our magazines and look at our catalogs on the internet. The volume of mail handled drops every year and the price of postage cannot keep up with the costs of maintaining post offices in nearly every zip code. Continue reading
A cold drink on a hot day is heaven. Whether you drop frozen berries in your glass of pinot gris, keep ice-cold beer close at hand, or cool your liver with a steady stream of gin and tonics, everyone has a summer drink. Today’s question of the day: What is your favorite summer libation?
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The radio is one of the most important inventions of the 19th century. It transformed the way we communicate and opened a world of potential in entertainment. Y’all seem like a public and talk radio crowd. Today’s QOTD: What are your favorite radio programs? Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I like to change my desktop background fairly frequently. At the office, I prefer wallpaper with a calendar. At home I like backgrounds that inspire or amuse me. Today’s Question of the Day: Where do you find your desktop backgrounds? Continue reading