Month: July 2006
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Morons
WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP?AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it’s not Walter who’s lacking intelligence.WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS:Police in Oakland, CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside…
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Change
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.Arnold Bennett
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Has George Bush started World War III?
The Middle East was an unstable place before the War on Terror/Saddam/radical Islam started, but it seems things are heating up even more with Israel popping off at it’s neighbors. Is this the precursor to another global conflict?
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Ray Kurzweil
Last night, the Graduate Programs in Software, IT & IS at the University of Saint Thomas celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a talk by Ray Kurzweil.His talk was most interesting and focused mostly on his belief that all progress in technology follows a logrithmic curve. We live in a linear world, but that isn’t how…
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One day at a time
One day at a time—this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone…Ida Scott Taylor
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Full set
After six years of problems with one of my molars, the crown was cemented on my dental implant this morning. After a crown, a root canal, an extraction, an implant, and finally the new crown, I can chew with the left side of my mouth, and eat popsicles without pain. Yipee!It all started in July…