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Entries for March, 2010

Lincoln-Kennedy-Obama Coincidences

Though I wouldn’t usually compare Barack Obama to any great President, in these instances, I have to say there are eerie similarities. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946, when Barack Obama was elected President, he was 46. Lincoln & Kennedy were directly concerned with Civil Rights. Barack [...]

Comments Dismissed

A strange thing has been happening here with the comment sections. All comments are immediately deleted before being posted. When you attempt to send your comment on a post, it instead is sent off into the ozone somewhere. It is a systems issue and the tech support people said you should try first logging out [...]

Your Weight In Stones Sounds A Lot Better

I am updating my weight loss blog that I put on here last year around this time.  I had broken my leg but had still lost some weight.  To date I have gained all that weight back and then some.  I now weigh approximately 12.14 stones.  I need to lose about 3.5 stones.  I am [...]

Bank Robbery – Phoning It In

From the Stupid Criminal of the Week Department: An attempted bank job unfolded Tuesday afternoon at a branch of the People’s Bank in Fairfield, CT. Authorities said a bank employee received a phone call from a person demanding that $100,000 in large bills be gathered, or there would be a “blood bath” if the orders were [...]

Bad Tax News Turns Into Good Tax News

A while back we did our taxes for this year and TurboTax told us we had to pay $900 this year. We were stupified <?>. Our son Johnathan ran the whole thing through again the other day and found out we actually should get a refund of $2500. He said we can still claim him [...]

Rebels Without A Cause

Teen thugs appear in the landscape in neighborhoods and throughout all generations. In the 50s and 60s they were immortalized in film. James Dean and Marlon Brando. It was cool to be like those macho dudes. In reality, James Dean was a sad little gay man who slept with motion picture producers that might have helped [...]