Monthly Archives: September 2006

Top Stories?

Okay, I’m playing with RSS newsfeed widgets in the sidebar and I figure that since I live in the Atlanta area I ought to grab tha AJC Top Stories feed and throw that in here. Here’s the current top five … Continue reading

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Gas Prices

5670 As most of you have noticed the price of gas has fallen. Five months ago I would have sworn we would never see sub $2 gas again. I have heard it has dropped below $2 in some places but … Continue reading

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Offensive Language

Why is it that people who would never think of using a racial epithet have no problem at all using the names of dieties in exclamations? Both are equally offensive so why would anyone be sensitive to one’s racial or … Continue reading

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Ron Paul and the FairTax

I have been a fan of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) for quite some time. I have also been a fan of the FairTax proposal for the last couple of years. I never knew where Rep. Paul stood on the FairTax … Continue reading

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Giving the devil his due.

I have some friends that are extreme critics of the current administration. Nothing George Bush says or does is correct to them. The same goes for any member of the Bush administration. Of course these friends consider themselves good liberals. … Continue reading

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It was only a plot to get our minds off of important stuff.

Charges were dropped against John Mark Karr in the Jon Benet Ramsey case due to lack of no evidence. But he still had the child pornography charges pending in Sonoma County, California. Right? Well, maybe even that case is in … Continue reading

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Pope Benedict and Islam

I recognize that Islam is made up of people and that some will be violent by nature and some will be peacful by nature and that both groups can find justification in their Koran for their violent or peaceful nature. … Continue reading

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Forums

I’ve been running phpBB at forums.larrydburton.com for a while now but I haven’t done much to promote the forums. I installed the software on my webserver just to play with it and to learn what its capabilities are in case … Continue reading

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I went to Mexico last year.

5171 Last year I took my family to Mexico. This is a picture of my oldest son. He was 21 at the time. Does it look like he was having fun? The occassion for the family going to Mexico was … Continue reading

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Embedding Gallery2

1032 I’m playing around with Gallery 2 and attempting to embed it in this site. I sort of like what it’s doing but I’m not sure what all it does right now. Maybe at least you’ll get to see some … Continue reading

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I think I’ve found it…

…. a theme I can really be happy with. I’ve been playing around with banners for the current theme of this website and I really like the way that a simple change in the banner changes the entire feel of … Continue reading

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A shout of support to Ms Mariyah Moten

Young, fit women in tasteful bikinis are always a joy to me. Unlike some, I don’t view a tasteful bikini as clothing meant to objectify women but as a symbol of women’s sufferage. Can you imagine trying to swim in … Continue reading

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Changing the look again

I’m playing with a new theme. There is some tweaking I need to do to make it fit this site but I generally like what I have here. We’ve been having fog the last few mornings. I think I’ll be … Continue reading

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