I just wanted to throw up some cool pictures that I took in 2007. These are a small sampling of pics that I took, but I would consider them some of my best. Please click on the pic for a better version. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WxmRNY4sqGQ/R5qr0TeqppI/AAAAAAAAABU/7vN_y_p7pso/s1600-h/
Amen to that Dr. Guy!
Spot on!
I just wanted to write a quick comment on the proposed stimulus package that the Congress and the President have come to agree on. The just of it seems to be a $300-$600 check per person, with an income cap. There are also going to be measures that allow businesses to write off depreciation faster then normal. I think the fact that we are resorting to this
I personally think we should just go back to the conventions being big brawlfests. Then you could watch them with interest, instead of them being a big pep rally. Although I see merit in a regional system, we still run into the problem of only a few states (the same few) setting the early momentum. People can say that these early contests don't decide anything, but the fact is they do. They in a large part dictate who and what gets talked about. Do you
I wanted to write a note about why I think we need a new primary system and what I think would be a good idea. Now I know that this has absolutely no bearing on reality and is not about to spur a national discussion, but I am willing to give it a go anyway. The primary system as set up now completely stinks. I don't feel that I need to elaborate on this, as
Man.... I just got home from some serious Christmas shopping. I always have a couple of things that I need to get right before Christmas, so inevitably I am running around close to the holiday. My trip after work today consisted of a few stores and then the dreaded final stop....Briarwood Mall. Just to give you a reference here is an aerial view of what getting into t
Christmas cards should not be this hard. Not only do you have to go out and purchase the cards, you also have to come up with a list of people to send them to and take time to fill them out. Then there is the postage and the mailing. Quite a process just to spread some holiday cheer. Unfortunately for JD, the process of figuring out who to send cards to is a
I know what you are saying Raeki. I am pretty sure my graphics card just melted and reformed into a plastic Elvis Bobblehead after seeing those screenshots.
Yeah, it doesn't seem fair to them. It is built into the pricing structure of many things that they pay more. Just look at a magazine subscription. I bet the companies don't change that, and just pocket the difference as a tidy profit.
Gideon, I have immense respect for the Libertarian point of view, because it makes the most sense logically. The problem I always have is my stupid bleeding heart and care for the environment. I just don;t think that people in general are smart enough to live the Libertarian way. I wish you the best of luck as your posts are always incitefull, and you are not condemning of others opinions. I will keep an eye out on Dr. Paul's campaign thou
Ron Paul is the kind of guy you want to cheer for. He is the proverbial underdog who has caught a huge wave of young energetic support. He is the Howard Dean of the 2008 campaign. In fact I sincerely admire the man and the fact that he has stuck to his convictions over his 20+ years in public service. For those of you who don't know who this Ron Paul guy is,
So one of my goals in this blog is to point out the amazing variety of useless products that get presented to the American public every year. I pointed out a great product called Colonblow in a blog a while ago. Now I bring you the latest and greatest to hit our store shelves: Odor Alert Cat Litter. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} ca
Well folks, the Canadian Dollar is worth the exact same as the US dollar. Is this scary or what? For all of us Michiganders, we used to make fun of our neighbors to the north for having such a laughingly cheap dollar. When I was in high school, you could routinely get $1.50 Cn for $1 US. So this idea that it is all the same is quite strange. The reported reas
Quite a while ago, I watched a movie about an apple farmer in Washington titled " Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture and the new American Farmer. " This was an excellent documentary that pointed out the plight that many apple farmers face from new stiff overseas competition. It also dove a little into agribusiness, a
I have to admit, I have been unmotivated to blog as of late. It is not for lack of interesting or weird things taking place in these United States of ours. It is strictly the same thing felt by many American's this time of year... a midsummer lull. It has been so very hot up here in MI (take that global warming skeptics), that all you feel like doing after work is com
Dan, How can you say that this is the dems trying to sneak universal health care onto the national agenda? Please give me one concrete example of how this legislation is that....please, cause I in no way see that. This is taking a bunch of WORKING parents, and helping them pay for their kids health care. I cannot think of anything more American then rewarding hard work and effort with making sure your life is not ruined by your kid breaking his
On the 19th of July, the Senate Finance Committee voted 17-4 to reauthorize and expand the CHIP Program. This is a program that allocates monies to help low income working families get health care for their children. It now heads to the full Senate for debate. A similar bill was vetoed by President Bush last year. This is exactly the kind of work that the Con
Well talk about a evolution of an idea or concept. I was over my brothers apartment last week and we were playing Guitar Hero 2 for Xbox 360. Now I had never played this game before, but let me tell you... it is a blast. I am not the best fake guitar player out there, and I still had a great time and made my left hand nice and sore. Anyway, one of the songs on th
I was waiting for it to pick that quarter up and throw it back at me....
Glad to see that you had a good first experience. I tend to like the caches that are more remote and require a good hike to get to. Enjoy your new GPS, and geocaching. It is a great activity.
I was over helping my parents pack for their big move to Arkansas. Now why they are moving to Arkansas could possibly fill a novel the size of War and Peace, but I am not here to write about that. I am here to write about a giant spider that we found in the garage while moving some stuff. Now some people who read this might be from down south where this size spid
I understand what you are saying about morals and issues. But, as it is in the modern context, the two often are confused. I am not speaking to a utopian ideal where we have real morals and follow them, but rather to the reality of 21st century America. The current administrations uses the terms democracy and freedom as if they were morals, and some may say they are, as guiding principals of this country. My point was that by taking the lead on an issu
America has lost it's global imperative. It is not hiding around the corner, or on vacation, it is completely MIA. It went on permanent leave when the Communist bloc fell, and suddenly we were the sole superpower in a world accustomed to two ideologies going toe to toe all over the world. The problem with this is that America likes to have the moral high ground, and t
I'll post it tonight when i get home....it's not a shortie!
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