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17Jun/100

Horribly Beautiful

The devastating impact of BP's oil spill has only just begun:

(via guardian.co.uk)

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28May/102

My Poor Car

I bring sad news about my car. Today I was in my first (and hopefully only) car accident!

No humans were injured. The other person's car, an SUV, had relatively minor damage to it's rear bumper. My beautiful, well-loved 1996 Honda Accord - on which we just spent $1000+ replacing the timing belt, pump, etc. - faired much worse:

I am glad no one was hurt, but at the same time I feel so sad that my wonderful little car was so damaged. No word yet from the auto body shop on how much the repairs might cost. So far my insurance and agent (Brent with Travelers) have been outstanding in handling this situation; within a couple hours I was driving away from the body shop in a (free to me) rental car.

The wife is angling to use this as an excuse to do a little vehicle shuffling. She has her eye on the GMC Acadia - any thoughts on that car?

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16Oct/090

The Daily Show on the Franken Amendment

Make sure to meet the 30 republicans who voted against this amendment.

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16Sep/090

Tea Party Leader on Anderson Cooper

"Tea Party" leader Mark Williams was on CNN"s Anderson Cooper 360 yesterday:

You can see some of the offensive rally signs they are referring to on Huffington Post (which is a far-left blog, so expect heavy bias).

"Tea Party" people are confusing and frustrating to me. Maybe they have something interesting to say, or maybe they have some novel approach to the existing/looming health care problem. But I don't see anything at this protest except hate and willful ignorance.

Additional interviews/footage of the rally.

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19Sep/080

Pike House is Gone

Oh sweet Pike house... we hardly knew you...

This was where my fraternity house once stood. They tore it down because we got kicked off campus and the place was a pit. Now it's just an empty lot between two sorority houses, and that makes me feel a little bit sad.