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Posted in Sports on Feb 29th, 2008
The Braves and the Dodgers opened their spring training games against other Major League teams yesterday (the Braves beat the University of Georgia on Wednesday) with the Dodgers winning 5-4.
One thing people noticed was the way the Braves bullpen couldn’t hold a 4-2 lead in the 9th.
I noticed that the Dodgers played five young players [...]
Posted in History on Feb 29th, 2008
Today is the 5th Friday in February.
That don’t happen much.
In fact, this is only the second time it’s happened in my lifetime.
Of course, it’s because February is usually only 28 days long, and that means only 4 of any named weekday in that month.
But this is a leap year. So February gets 29 days. And [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 27th, 2008
Now the New York Times is questioning Senator John McCain’s eligibility to be President of the United States.
Yes, the same John McCain that previously ran for President in 2000. But he wasn’t the GOP front-runner then.
And it was raised by the same New York Times that made unfounded allegations of an “inappropriate relationship” between the [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 27th, 2008
News heads have been talking about Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham referring to Barack Hussein Obama as “Barack Hussein Obama.” Most of the talk … and writing in print and on blogs … has focused on what Arizona Senator John Sidney McCain, III, did in response.
You see, Cunningham was warming up the crowd at a [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 26th, 2008
There’s a new poll out today that shows Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) leading everyone in the race for the White House. Not just over New York Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-IL,AR,DC,NY). But over Republican front-runner, Arizona Senator John Sidney McCain, III.
The odd thing is, that poll seems to buck the trend of other [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Feb 25th, 2008
The Wife and I have finally discovered Homicide: Life on the Street.
Yeah, I know. The show went off the air in 1999. 122 episodes. And just now, we’ve started watching it.
I’d seen some episodes on TNT, when they’d air Law & Order episodes that crossed over with Homicide.
But that’s all I ever saw.
When the show [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 25th, 2008
USA Today has a front page article today entitled “Ready on Day One?”
Well, in fact, I can answer that question regarding the three candidates pictured.
We have, from left, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-IL,AR,DC,NY), Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL), and John Sidney McCain, III (R-AZ).
Actually, Obama is to the left of Clinton, politically, but on the USA [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 25th, 2008
A bunch of folks are getting their panties in a wad over a picture being circulated that shows Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) in Somali garb.
And, Drudge reports that New York Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-IL,AR,DC,NY) … or actually, some of her staff … are behind it.
Obama has denounced it. And some are calling [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 24th, 2008
Ralph Nader announced on NBC’s Meet The Press today that he’s running for President.
Good for him.
And good for the country.
You see, he’ll draw votes from the Democratic nominee in November. And that’s good news for the GOP.
And if he helps get Senator John McCain elected, he’ll have helped America greatly.
Now, when New York Senator Hillary [...]
Posted in Technology on Feb 23rd, 2008
Seems that Microsoft is banking on computers not using keyboards anymore. According to an AP report, Bill Gates thinks that touchpads and speech will be how folks use computers:
“It’s one of the big bets we’re making,” he said during the final stop of a farewell tour before he withdraws from the company’s daily operations in [...]
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