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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:25 AM

The Dumbest Christmas Tradition

Merry Christmas. Attending midnight mass last night, (message delayed a bit due to technical difficulties) I was reminded of what is clearly one of the dumbest Christmas traditions practiced by many. Many (probably most) Christians will display a nativity
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:57 AM

2006 Holiday Card

For those of you who weren't on my Christmas card list (or whose name fell after the point where I ran out of envelopes), my Christmas card for 2006 is available here (785K PDF). Download it, print it out (one 8 1/2 x 11 page), fold it into quarters,
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Friday, December 22, 2006 10:14 AM

One reason why it's cool to have WindowsCE on your mobile phone.

Like most Americans (and many others around the world), I've spent a lot of time the passed few weeks shopping for Christmas presents. Actually, I didn't spend that much until this week, which was part of the problem, so this week was a panic. Anyway,
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:34 PM

Ok, One more quiz...Commonly Confused Words Test

English Genius You scored 92% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:08 AM

More Videos

Ok, in this selection we've got politians and Rev Billy. One or the other is not going to forgive me. Music first. The Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir singing "Not For Sale" Now the talking heads. We start with two from Rep Pascrell. Next, we toss
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Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:28 PM

At the Democratic HQ

I volunteer for the Menendez Campaign. He came by the this morning And so was Rep. Pascrell: (Update: I finally got the YouTube links working) Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Readability Stats: Word Count: 31; Sentence Count:
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:26 AM

Rockstar : Recap

OK, now that Rockstar: Supernova has been over for a couple weeks, I guess it's about time for me to review my earlier predictions . My top four were all in the final five. Dilana, who I said was the most talented, made it to the last two, so my sense
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:04 AM

Games Tax Agencies Play

I live in NJ, and last year (and half of this year -- but that's another story) I worked in New York State (Manhattan to be precise). This meant that back in April, in addition to the Federal tax return, I also had to file returns for both NY & NJ.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:58 AM

My Pirate Name (Sorry, I'm a day late.....)

My pirate name is: Dirty James Rackham You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem,
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:08 PM

RockStar : Supernova

My guilty please of the summer of watching the Reality show "RockStar : Supernova". It's the sequel/spin-off/second season of last year's "RockStar : INXS" where the surviving members of the band INXS selected a replacement for Michael Hutchence who had
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:28 PM

Death Forecast

James's Death Forecast: It is estimated that you will die at the age of 77 Years Old . http://deathforecast.com/result.php?record=106381 . However, after I filled that out for myself, I tried it for my father (who died 2000 at age 71). It predicted he
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Monday, April 24, 2006 10:34 AM

Growing & Shrinking Freeze Tag

On Saturdays, I take a class in Improv Comedy. I thought I'd share with you one of the exercises/game we did it class. The game is called "Growing & Shrinking Freeze Tag". In regular Improv Freeze Tag, two people start a scene, and at some point,
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Monday, April 24, 2006 7:41 AM

One thing after another....

The problem started small. I was trying to install a headset on my PC. I'd got a switch, to toggle between the speakers and the headphones. Things were going fine, when suddenly, my keyboard stopped working. I've got 5 PCs using the same keyboard &
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:55 PM

Yes, I'm from Jersey.....

I scored a 71% What about you? Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Readability Stats: Word Count: 15; Sentence Count: 3; Grade Level: K, more info...
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Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:56 AM

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Readability Stats: Word Count: 17; Sentence Count: 2; Grade Level: 2.3, more info...
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