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Archive for January, 2009

Change We Can Believe In

Posted in Politics, Rants and Raves, tagged , on January 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It is now one week into the Obama administration, and the healing is supposed to have begun, and he is bringing us change that we can believe in.  I think I remember a campaign promise about bringing a new level of ethics to Washington, DC.   One hopes he doesn’t bring it in from Chicago.
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Doing Math While Blonde

Posted in Homeschooling, Humor, tagged , , on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I was checking the math work of an unnamed blonde daughter of mine whose name begins with “S”. 
She is usually a good student, but on one problem, the answer key said that the answer was 100.  S_____’s answer to the question was 50.  Looking at her work, I could see that she did the math [...]

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You Know it’s Below Zero (Fahrenheit) When…

Posted in Autobiography, tagged , , on January 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

You step outside and your boogers freeze.

My 13-year-old car complained mightily about the weather.  The first time I moved the steering wheel, it made a whining noise that sounded like a Nazgul with bronchitis.
Then I noticed that the fuel gauge was reading below empty, and the Low Fuel light was on.  I got some of [...]

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Time is Precious: a Chess Lesson

Posted in chess, tagged on January 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I haven’t posted a chess game for a while, but here is one that I finished recently that is very instructive.  It shows what terrible things can happen if you waste time.  [Maybe there is a life lesson in there too.]
You can click on this link to open the game in another window, then click on [...]

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Think Your New Year’s Was Wild?

Posted in Dumb and Dumber, Rants and Raves, tagged , , on January 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The French used to celebrate New Years’ Eve by setting up for glorious hangovers the next day.  Now they are getting more serious.
More than a thousand cars torched on New Year’s Eve
REUTERS – At least 445 cars were torched over the night of New Year’s Eve in France, a 20 percent rise on last year, [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions For 2009

Posted in Autobiography, Uncategorized on January 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Tis the season to make New Year’s Resolutions.  I wonder if putting them up on the Internet for everyone to see will help me to keep them.
1.  Make sure to take the Mrs. out once a week.  Getting time alone with SheWhoPicksUpToys is a challenge around here, so I want to get out with her more, even [...]

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