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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 @ 09:41 || Two shooting deaths || NewsIn the last few weeks there has been two sets of shootings resulting in death near my company's office. The latest one involved a bank robbery. Westminster deputy chief among 2 officers shot in gun battleAnd the one last week was a road rage shooting. Police say road rage turns deadly Starting to question my judgment on that 1 year lease extension. link to story || 0 comments || Add a comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 @ 15:25 || Ricardo Montalban Dead at 88 || NewsKHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!link to story || 0 comments || Add a comment Sun, 21 Dec 2008 @ 09:48 || 5th Fleet boss: Navy to go after pirates || News"There's no downside to being a pirate right now. It pays pretty well. And it's pretty much risk-free for them", Gortney said Friday.5th Fleet boss: Navy to go after pirates Arrrggh, Looks like we're going after the pirates. link to story || 0 comments || Add a comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 @ 13:17 || Office chair || NewsGerman police seize teens' motorized office chairBERLIN (AP) -- German police have confiscated what may be the world's fastest office chair. Police say officers happened on the contraption - the work of two inventive 17-year-olds - in the western town of Gross-Zimmern on Saturday. The pair had added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes and a metal frame to the revolving chair - making into a go-kart-like vehicle. Not sure why they don't just let the kids go with a warning. this kind of creativity should be encouraged. link to story || 1 comment || Add a comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 @ 08:44 || Flu Season || NewsColorado leads nation in flu casesThis was on the news last night. Mindy is home sick today, not sure if it's the flu or just a cold. I've been dragging the last week or so, but had figured it was because the doctor adjusted my diabetes meds. Doubt it's the flu but it's really getting old.
link to story || 0 comments || Add a comment Fri, 11 Jan 2008 @ 16:05 || Florida Schools Pass Anti-Evolution Resolutions || NewsI wish global warming would hurry up and sink Florida into the ocean already.Twelve school districts in Florida have passed resolutions against the teaching of evolution. Morons... link to story || 3 comments || Add a comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 @ 15:36 || Trolls || NewsLooks like my alma mater is now a Patent Troll. Northeastern University and Waltham, Mass. based company Jarg have brought suit against Google for apparently infringing on a distributed database system developed by Kenneth Baclawski.link to story || 1 comment || Add a comment Tue, 06 Nov 2007 @ 09:23 || Blog breakdowns || NewsLooks like I've put more stuff into my Home category than I have all others. The second set of categories seem to be fairly equally divided. The newer categories, News, Politics don't have much in them, and I guess I should abandon the fiction writing.
link to story || 3 comments || Add a comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 @ 16:42 || Update || NewsThe winner in the powerball ticket that was sold from the safeway I buy water from have come forward.link to story || 1 comment || Add a comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 @ 10:05 || Powerball || NewsThe Safeway supermarket next to my house sold the winning 20 million dollar powerball this week.It wasn't mine :( I only play when the jackpot is over 150 Million, and we mainly only shop at Safeway when we need refills on the water bottles or Shane wants pumpkin seeds. If I buy lotto tickets it's from the gas station. Speaking of which. Next week is my wedding aniversary, Sukki and I will be spending the night up in Blackhawk, the local gambling place, hopefully we don't lose too much. link to story || 0 comments || Add a comment Thu, 11 Oct 2007 @ 09:03 || Ski resorts opening || NewsI think this is the first year we don't have any skiers employed at our company. There's a few semi-regular employees that are casual skiers, but the last hard core one was Robert, who left this spring.The first ski resort opened today.Arapahoe Basin, with others expected to follow soon. They say this is a few days earlier than they opened last year, making it a record. Must be a slow news day for me, I'm not a skier. link to story || 2 comments || Add a comment |
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