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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Statutory Question

The law professors at SLU are urging Ferguson's mayor to forgive all the unpaid tickets on the city's books. Many tickets have been there for several years, accumulating interest, debts owed by residents that they can never pay. Some have even spent time in jail in lieu of money. Forgiving these... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 25, 2014

About that RFID chip story

The guy who complained of manipultion by an Obamacare RFID chip had the story wrong, but he wasn't making it all up out of his own delusional imagination. We did some Googling and found there was fact behind the fantasy. A fake story was planted as a joke and went viral. The writer "documented" a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Politics Unusual.

I talked my daughter into going to the Center on Friday to listen to a talk by Senator Dick Durbin. It began just as you’d expect. Durbin explained he’d grown up in this area, has a lot of friends here, and loves coming back. Then he talked about social security – he said it would be in full force... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Daughters

My baby girl is here from Florida for a long weekend. She got here on the hottest and muggiest day we've had in a month of Sundays - and invited me and her brothers to dinner. Joe's suffering from allergies & a touch of asthma and stayed home. But Guy showed up, brought his fiance and her two sons.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Detante and Tomatoes

Gary next door was being systematically ambushed by the squirrels - Itchy, Mama White Ears, and Harley (the interloper) along with a couple other foreign agitators. Things came to a head during the great fence renovation of ought-fourteen, when the raiders would grab a green orb and cross the border... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Lotsa nothin'

I thought I'd go nuts without my internet - and did get a bit frantic the third time I had to use the 'restore' feature. Finally gave up and put it in the Geek Squad's hands. So far, so good. Even got the printer to work. This morning while waiting for Joey of the Squad to show up, two Jehovah's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 18, 2014

For every purpose under heaven

Turn, turn, turn: for every thing there is a season and a time... It will be a time to heal soon. This chaos will settle down. We only have so much energy to burn. But for now it's ugly. It's recrimination and blame time. It's taking aim shotgun style, blasting away at "the system" or "the man" and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Computer issues

Microsoft did some automatic updates to my computer, which blocked access to the web. Which is why this blogger has been out of touch. And will be more or less out of touch until Wed. the 20th when the Geek Squad is scheduled to take a crack at fixing it. I've done a system restore to an earlier... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Happy Ending?

The Write Your Own Story thing has become a bit of a pain in the rear. If I weren't the one coming up with writing prompts and guiding the sessions, I'd have pretty much dropped out myself this month. It's been a real chore to show up the last two or three weeks. And I'm not alone in this. Last week... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Rain

We had a nice rain a few days ago - a soaker that turned the drying brown grass back to lush green and helped my new sod turn the corner and decide to take root. There's been so much really heavy, apocalyptic rain on the news - washouts and sinkholes and cars caught in flooded streets, flung into... Sign in to see full entry.

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