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From the "I Hate People" Department
From AFP via Yahoo! News:
CHICAGO (AFP) - Forget about the lost furnishings and finances, the most pitiful victims of the subprime mortgage crisis rocking the United States are the family pets.
Shelters across the country have seen sharp upticks in the number of people giving up their pets in recent months because they have been forced out of their ( Read more... ) -
Didn't we try this shit before?
"Stimulus" agreement reached...
Under the deal, nearly everyone earning a paycheck would receive at least $300 from the Internal Revenue Service. Most workers would receive rebates of $600 each, or $1,200 per couple. Families with children would receive an additional payment of $300 per child. Workers who earned at least $3,000 last year -- but not ( Read more... ) -
The previous post:
Courtesy of my wife tinkering with my PDA phone, and generally trying to be a cute annoyance.
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A reason to be jealous of the PS3 and Xbox360 guys:
Alas, no Wii version. I know it has souped up graphics and all, but it can't be SO taxing that it wouldn't run on Nintendo's console. It's almost a bit of a slap in the face that it isn't on the Wii... almost like what was going on with the whole GoldenEye on Xbox business.
As for the trailer itself... all I can say is "Woo!". The new graphics and ( Read more... ) -
The "Paris Hilton Effect"
Yeah, so I got tired of looking at that Family Circus comic each time I pulled up my blog. Haven't felt like writing or ranting much lately. This isn't for lack of material, though... I think it's just a matter of overload and a general inability to muster the gumption to work up a good froth over it.
Which brings me to this:
"The rich have ( Read more... ) -
The NOAA has a sense of humor:
It snowed in Florida! Here is the NOAA weather bulletin for this event:
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SXUS72 KMLB 032201
RERDAB
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE
455 PM EST THU JAN 03 2008
...BELIEVE IT OR NOT...
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DAYTONA BEACH...
A FEW SNOW FLURRIES WERE REPORTED ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST
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The Reverend's Opening Salvo for the New Year!
Yeah, so maybe you saw all the hoopla about oil trading for over $100 a barrel for the first time in history. This is sort of a big deal:
As a result of the record high in oil prices, consumers now face soaring fuel bills, while their spending is being squeezed by higher mortgage payments and rising energy bills.
Well, apparently this happened ( Read more... )
