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A quick aside from Kauai’i…

Monday, November 11, 2013

A few for fun and a few to make you think! Ann Margaret on a Triumph! * * * * * * * * * Do kids even know what Yorktown was anymore? ~Curis on Kauai’i! {!-{>

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Day 184: Happy Independence Day!

Friday, July 5, 2013

“This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, […]

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HEY! WAKE UP!

Saturday, January 19, 2013

It is Gun Appreciation Day today, the 19th!  Go wear your gun (legally) and tell everyone you Appreciate the Founders foresight in providing the Second Amendment to the US Constitution! If you CAN’T wear your gun legally, maybe it is time for a Revolution, starting at your local ballot box. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>  

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D@#!%*# Lawyers anyway!

Friday, January 18, 2013

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/hobbit-contract-legal-analysis/   An interesting article! Read a Lawyer’s Amazingly Detailed Analysis of Bilbo’s Contract in The Hobbit   {!-{>

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Katrina on the Hudson

Monday, November 12, 2012

By Glenn Reynolds in the USA Today: “6:18PM EST November 12. 2012 - Is the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy turning into Katrina-on-the-Hudson? Pretty much, and that tells us some things about Sandy, and Katrina, and the press. “One parallel: A late evacuation order….” *** Read the rest! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 315: Maybe this was part of the problem?

Friday, November 9, 2012

Ordered in early September, 2012. Shipped 5 November.  Election 6 November.  Received 8 November. <<sigh>> ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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It looks grim tonight.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

It may turn around, but it is a long shot.  It looks like Romney won the popular vote, and Obama the Electoral College.  I may have to rethink the electoral college.  It saved us with Bush last time, and hurt this time. (Later:  Nope, Romney didn’t get the popular vote from what I see, so […]

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Before and After…

Friday, November 2, 2012

…Photos of the area Sandy hit!   Lots more at the link! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {=-{<

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Self Defense in an office setting…

Monday, October 22, 2012

If you get stuck in an office that denies you your Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and some wacko goes postal (or the Zombie Apocolypse starts) this could be something good to know: *** Business Week has posted a (probably tongue in cheek) article on improvising weapons from office supplies.  Some pretty good ideas, […]

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Absolutely Fascinating!

Friday, October 19, 2012

The Ghosts of World War II: The photographs found at flea markets superimposed on to modern street scenes Images depict almost transparent soldiers racing through our streets as they look today Fascinating series shows contrast between wartorn cities in the 1930s and 1940s and pleasant neighbourhoods now Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html#ixzz29nZpExWP

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