Can you legislate bullying? Yes, getting picked on in school sucks. And yes, there’s probably more that should be done, since there seem to be more higher-profile cases of harassment. But is that really something that should be ruled on by state government rather than an individual school by school basis? Like it or not, [...]
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Dear family and friends,I know that you dread filing federal income taxes as much as I do. The forms and paperwork are endless — the rules are cumbersome and are always changing. It’s time to say, “Enough already!” I just faxed Congress in support of a viable and smarter alternative — the FairTax. The FairTax [...]
Just a few minor annoyances to end an otherwise pretty good week: One of the houses that we were going to look at this weekend, has been taken off the market. What sucks is that this one (at least from the outside) had the potential to be a front-runner for us, and the outside of [...]
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In a ploy to attract more interaction from the site, I’m going to try and a) post more often, and b) I’m going to try and set up a weekly “poll” on the side. Today’s poll, which may or may not actually last a week, stems from a radio bit this morning and that a [...]
Blog posts have been sparse lately – work has been going well, I did finally get our Comcast stuff worked out (via a new HD/DVR that was a royal pain to get), but all in all things have been cruising along. I’ll try and pick up the slack! In current news, today marked the official [...]
Normally you’d think if people were going to steal something, it would electronics, or jewelry, or cash. Or if they were stealing food, they’d hit up a grocery store. I caught just a blurb of this on the radio this morning, and even finding any more info on Google News proved to be tough. But [...]
The chronicles of Comcast continue, and another chapter was written today. Words cannot describe the hatred and anger I feel towards the company. If they weren’t the only option to us for high speed Internet….yeah, they’d be gone. As Jen noted, our digital cable box has been on the fritz since this weekend. My official [...]
Awesomeness, now I know you. The Star Wars R2-D2 Trashcan:
Yeah, yeah….blogging from work. I saw this in an email newsletter this morning, and wanted to share it. I think I may have heard bits and pieces a little while ago, but this summary just floors me: “Pop-up ads can land you in jail” – windowssecrets.com The story revolves around a substitute teacher who had [...]
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Anyone have any good ideas for a Seinfeld themed costume that would work for me? There does seem to be a lot going on lately, but really that’s no excuse to let things go stale on here. My apologies…. Won’t Someone Think of the Children?? Courtesy of Ars, it is being reported that Anheuser-Busch is [...]