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Zombie Nation
I haven't been paying much attention to what the Republicans have been saying in their race for the nomination, so I don't know what their normal talking points have been. Therefore, I'm not sure if it was in character or out, but I was stopped cold reading about Mitt Romney's withdrawal when he was quoted saying:
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They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil
Here's the factoid about the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard that amuses/frustrates me the most: The CAFE target has been 27.5 mpg for ages. Unfortunately, the test used for finding fuel economy numbers has always been optimistic. For a 2008 vehicle, that 27.5 mpg rating translates to 21 mpg. The 22.5 average for trucks translates ( Read more... ) -
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Hmm. I suppose I should put something here to mention that I'm still mostly using my main website for journal entries. If you want to see updates, friend the feed mike_mt -
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
So was that cigarette girl in The Aviator supposed to be Jean Harlow (played by Gwen Stefani)? I guess I'm assuming so, but the next moment she was on-screen, the hair color was different and everything. I guess I just prefer the darker hair. Anyway, big fan of Cigarette Girl. And Kate Beckinsale aka Ava Gardner... Well, where to begin? I don' ( Read more... ) -
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Well, I came across my envelope of not-yet-matured savings bonds the other day. Ran them through the calculator and got $2000. So, I am not in quite the financial straits I thought I was. I suppose I should actually do my taxes and figure out if I can get more money back from the government that way ( Read more... ) -
Block Printing
Well, Movable Type on my website seems to have finally gone poof. I can't save any new entries for some reason (other than maybe one-liners). Well, it was always the craptacular built-in database version, which is sssslllloooowwww. And, by the time I wanted to upgrade, they'd changed the license ( Read more... ) -
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I suppose my UMN friends might be having the same trouble I am. A good chunk of the on-campus e-mail service is down. 40% of the standard accounts are offline according to the site, and all of the premium accounts (that would be me). All of the web pages on www.tc are down too ( Read more... ) -
Hi Diddly Ho!
I think the last time I tried one of these in my regular journal, everyone ended up hating me because it screwed up their friends page once it hit my RSS/RDF stream. Moderately interesting, though three of these four people I've never met, and one I've only met briefly.
I figure I need to use the LiveJournal side of things once every few months
