Real Life

Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.

Take Back Your Poor

Quoting from this site: Frist initially advanced a bill largely limited to border security. He then embraced Bush’s concept of a broader measure including provisions relating to illegal immigrants. But in doing so, he left behind GOP conservatives, who see the measure as offering amnesty to lawbreakers. Because, of course, no Republican has ever broken […]

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Waaah!!!!

It broke!ย  My car broke!ย  Waaah!! Poor baby, it needs a new timing belt.ย  Fortunately I have the kind of car that doesn’t get destroyed when the timing belt goes, I just need a new timing belt. Hey, it’s only $400.ย  *sigh* But–there is good news.ย  I finally called the mechanic my friend promised could

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An Affordable Alternative

So you don’t want to talk to your next door neighbor or your dog as you grocery shop?ย  You don’t want to try to look important while you ignore business people or restaurant workers or others completely deserving of a bit of politeness?ย  You’d rather not have everyone in your life able to reach you

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Restoring More Than Buildings

Quoting from this site: It is unclear how many students are spending spring break helping with the recovery effort. But nearly 700 students from 85 schools in 27 states will be on the Gulf Coast with Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., this week alone. Thousands of others have been here in recent weeks, and more are

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One Down, God Knows How Many To Go

I got the 100th day report in the mail, finally.ย  I told my friend I had finally beaten Excel into submission, but really I just went around the problem.ย  It was something in the pasting, screwing up the formatting.ย  And I couldn’t find how to make it show me what it was doing. For future

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Lead the Way!

Quoting from this site: The explosion of the Challenger in 1986, after 24 consecutive shuttle flights, grounded all U.S. manned space missions for more than two years. (Compare that with the early history of aviation, when 20 of the first 40 pilots hired by the Post Office died in crashes within three years, with no

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