Monthly Archives: April 2003

No, It Ain’t Coming Back Again

Well, the state legislature did it last night: Democrats and Republicans united Friday to strip away the Confederate battle emblem from Gov. Sonny Perdue’s flag referendum. State lawmakers instead created a single, two-flag contest next March in which voters could … Continue reading

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Munitions Explosion Causes Much Resentment

Stupidity and incompetence does much more to damage the United State’s reputation abroad than any secret imperialistic designs. For Pete’s sake, haul the stuff off into the desert to get rid of it. Keeping this stuff around the civilian population … Continue reading

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Hail Storm in Atlanta

An awesome thunderstorm just raced through Fulton and DeKalb counties here in Georgia dumping a huge amount of hail across the area. Hail is piled up about two feet deep on I75 at West Paces Ferry Road in the southbound … Continue reading

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Those Iraqi Playing Cards

          QUSAY SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI Special Security Organization (SSO) Supervisor/Ba’th Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman Want a deck of those Iraqi playing cards? Lord knows I’ve been inundated with enough spam offereing those cards that some … Continue reading

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Single Referendum May Decide Flag

It looks like it might boil down to a single referendum and the choice of the old "state’s rights" flag won’t be among the choices. The flag to the left is most likely going to be voted on, up or … Continue reading

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Microsoft Announces Dropping Toy Operating Systems

I couldn’t help it. It was the first heading I thought of when I read Steve Ballmer’s remarks on the release of Windows Server 2003. Ballmer joked about the ribbing Microsoft had taken in the past about Windows Server’s capabilities … Continue reading

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Stock Market Panics

It looks like Mark is trying to start a panic. I don’t think I’m going to let it get to me. If I try to dump everything that I have left at once I’m going to hurt the stock price … Continue reading

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Open Source Supports Terrorism

It seems that not only does your use of illicit drugs support terrorism but also your contributions to open source software enables terrorist states. This is about to become as cliché as “for the children.” Oops: It appears that I … Continue reading

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More On the Georgia State Flag

In the next to the last day in the Georgia state legislature the Georgia Senate voted to approve a new, temporary state flag and set things up for Georgians to vote to possibly return to the post-1956 state flag that … Continue reading

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Leap Wireless Files Chapter 11

When my oldest son started driving I bought him a cell phone. “What”, you ask, “How can you afford to give a cell phone to a teenager?” It was a Cricket phone. This service offered only local calling with no … Continue reading

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The 2004 Audi A8 L

It’s out of my reach for now but I think I found the car I would trade my truck in on.

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Steve Sabo’s No Matter What You Heard

I’m still playing around with Blogshares and while looking for some decent buys I came across Steve Sabo’s No Matter What You Heard. This is a ‘blog about the independent music scene and it’s a very interesting read. Steve combines … Continue reading

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An Answer to Everything?

Thank you, Chris, for pointing out the possible answer to all the world’s problems.

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Spring Fever Has Me In It’s Clutches

It’s been a beautiful week here in Lawrenceville. The sky has been clear and the temperature range has been from the mid-60s in the morning to just touching the 80s in the afternoon. Working from home has been less than … Continue reading

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Just Messing Around with Blogshares

I think I’m hooked on Blogshares. I bought 1,000 shares of Zsa Summons You at 1¢ per share and I’m just wondering if linking to her site will increase it’s value. It will probably take someone other than me linking … Continue reading

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