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Hola Puerto Rico! 3

I don’t want to waste too much time on the Internet, since the weather is absolutely gorgeous out here and I want to get back to the Ocean to body surf the waves, so I’m just going to post a few pictures of the trip thus far. Most of these pictures were taken yesterday. We ...

Gone to Puerto Rico 1

I’m leaving for Puerto Rico this morning, so you probably won’t hear much from me all next week. 

My bizarro world 3

A strange coincidence happened to me today. When I was leaving work, the battery in my Jeep was dead, so I asked a lady nearby if she could help me. She was very friendly and helpful, and spent about 15 minutes with me to get my battery charged up enough to start. I noticed that ...

Who owns your e-mail after you die? 13

A recent legal fight in the U.S. raises many questions about ownership of emails after a person dies. When Lieutenant Corporal Justin Ellsworth was killed in Iraq, his father asked Yahoo! Mail to provide him Justin’s emails in order to create a memorial for his son. Yahoo refused to give up the emails due to ...

Bush cleaning house 1

Not only has Bush cleaned the White House of anyone who doesn’t get on their knees (and polish his shoes 😉 ), he has now managed to get 4 CBS employees axed for running a story on 60 Minutes that questions his military records. Link to article … In other news, US columnist Armstrong Williams ...

US shares blame

When things are going well, the Bush Administration loves to take the solo credit for their accomplishments. But when things go wrong, they love to share the blame with others. The US mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on a house early Saturday, killing at least 5 people. The BBC report calls it an “embarrassing admission ...

Abortion, right or wrong? 7

I was reading an article in the Newspaper this morning about a 24-Year-old mother who has been charged with 2 counts of first degree murder for the killing of two of her infant sons. The first son was murdered 1998 when he was 7 months old, and the second murder was in 2002 when he ...

World becoming one race

The last couple centuries have seen the most significant changes in technology and means of transportation. Before rapid transportation was available, races, cultures and languages were preserved and segregated geographically. In Europe, you could travel a mere 100 kilometers before unveiling a different language and completely different culture. With the many different methods of rapid ...

My Cute Jack Russell

For those of you who haven’t seen my puppy, here is “Mojo”. She is a 2-year-old Jack Russell, and she looks even cuter in real life.

Emo Phillips quotes of the week

This week’s quotes of the week come from comedian Emo Phillips. They’re even funnier when you hear Emo’s voice and the way he talks. “When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked ...