Category: General
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Easter, so there
The date of this coming Easter is quite early this year. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our…
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Is it Christmas yet?
USA Today, Friday, 16 November, 2007This caught my eye when I was in Milwaukee for a job interview. It seems like the holidays get more and more compressed. We just passed valentines day, and already the stores are full of Saint Patrick’s Day crap; when will it ever end.
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I’ve been beta-maxxed
This week my new HD-DVD player from Toshiba, that I bought earlier this month, was dropped from many retailers, effectively killing the format. Today InformationWeek daily had this quote:Most people are happy just buying a better DVD player, instead of spending $350 or $400 for Blu-ray.Mike AbtIt’s too bad, because that’s exactly why I bought…
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Fame and Technology
This Website spent much of yesterday groaning under the weight of sweaty fingers.NYmag.com, following crash of the site when nude Lindsay Lohan photos resembling those taken of Marilyn Monroe in her mid-30s during a 1962 photo session at the Hotel Bel-Air are posted on 19-Feb-2008.
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Getting to know you quiz
Cut and paste this into a new e-mail. Then edit my answers and replace with your own.Were you named after anyone?No, I was named after the Jonathan apple.When was the last time you cried?When I watched Harold and Maude.Do you like your handwriting?No.What is your favorite lunch meat?Olive Pimento loaf.Do you have kids?Yes.If you were…
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Evil Valentines
Send your sweetie a valentine from the heart of the evil empire; the GOP.via email from John Treworgy, Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:16:41 -0800