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On this day - October 10, 1973
On this day in 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.
At the time, Agnew was facing charges including bribery, extortion, tax fraud, and conspiracy. The feds dropped everything to one count of tax evasion in return for Agnew agreeing to resign the Vice Presidency.
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HOLY--German Farmer Doing Well After First Double Arm Transplant!!
I am not making this up...
German farmer doing well after world's first complete double arm transplant
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The Word of the Day is 'Limerance'
Word of the Day - Limerance
While randomly surfing around Wikipedia (I'm strange, I know) I came across this term...
Limerance: An involuntary state of mind which seems to result from a romantic attraction for another person combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.
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Aaaaaaagh.
I just lost an entry I had been working on during breaks for about TWO HOURS. And the 'restore saved entry' didn't fricking work.
As a newb, this is the first time I've experienced this. Not fun. DO NOT WANT. -
Ned Yost has been FIRED
I'm not making this up. It hasn't even been mentioned on the Journal/Sentinal website yet, but Brewers Manager Ned Yost is history.
My question: why do this NOW? WTF???? -
Thrilling Courtroom Drama Pt. 1
The scene: The County Courthouse. The players: me, a defense attorney, the defendant, and the judge.
I arrive having just spent two days preparing for this motion hearing, where I will be required to present evidence proving to the Court that the drunk driving arrest of the defendant (let's call him "Lushie McLush") was lawful. In other words, I ( Read more... ) -
Am I having fun? I dunno...
So here I am, seated in a spacious, 3-unit log cabin surrounded on 3 sides by a beautiful blue lake. I've eaten myself silly after having won in golf and I'm wondering whether I'm having a good time. Am I *stupid ( Read more... ) -
And I'm nearly off...
To da great white north to play golf with my Dad for the next 4 days! Woo ( Read more... ) -
'Don't Know What You've Got' Isn't Just a Song by Cinderella
So my internet connection at home is down for the second day in a row. If I wasn't such a megageek, I wouldn't be able to update this thing. But I am a megageek, and I've fooled my laptop into thinking my 3G cellphone is a wired router ( Read more... ) -
Not What I Want in a Dating Site
So I'm recuperating from my Thursday raid into the bowels of Veeshan's Peak in EQ2 by surfing the web when I encounter the worst name EVAR for a dating website ( Read more... )