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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween

Boo from someone who loves to stick her arm out of a closed closet door.... [click for full entry]

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Afghanistan links

* New York Times journalist, David Rohde, tells the short version of his almost eight.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Kittens

Fifty dollars each, or two for $65.00 at Pet Smart, courtesy of the APL..... [click for full entry]

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Afghanistan

From today's Stars and Stripes: U.S. forces struggle with Washington’s perceptions and reality in Afghanistan:.... [click for full entry]

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Twitterati on Halls Refresh

Again, if people are talking about something, they're talking about it on Twitter in 140.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Lincoln-Douglas Cafe: A short review [updated]

Update October 18, 2009: SJ-R A la carte: The front door of LINCOLN-DOUGLAS CAFE, 312.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

That large Jiffy Pop in the sky

When I first saw that silver hot air balloon floating over the fields of Colorado,.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

A bear story

We don't have bears in Illinois anymore. But, we used to... It was a Friday.... [click for full entry]

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Friday, October 09, 2009

Mountain top coal mining

Except for a vague notion that mountaintop coal mining does exist, I have to admit.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Afghanistan considerations

You know how people used to say that if we pulled out of Iraq, the.... [click for full entry]

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Locomotive for sale

Someone, possibly the Mount Washington Cog Railway people, is selling a "Working Cog Railway Steam.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, October 01, 2009

On truth

"Truth lives on in the midst of deception." -- Schiller.... [click for full entry]

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