and if you think that's trivial, you clearly hadn't seen my kitchen recently. all it took was a few hours of cleaning sinks, stove tops, counters, dishes, microwave, and stuff, and things, ... so now there's a (mostly) clear floor, and clear counters. still a lot more to do here. step by...
somebody is starting a collection of katrina related video clips. not extensive, mainly a few recordings of criticisms. here's a wmp playlist of seven clips, totaling a bit over an hour. [best to save the list on your computer, then open the saved copy, but you can just click on it if you want] of note...
ok, time for at least a brief statement of my position with respect to things political. i'm neither right nor left, nor laissez faire. over the years, i have been alternately claimed and disowned as all of these things and more. at one early point, to my amusement, it was both left and right simultaneously...
latest thing that's ticking me off (so many ticks, i need fumigating): ... But soldiers who had been brought in over the past few days to help in the search were not seeing that kind of toll. "There's nothing at all in the magnitude we anticipated," said Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell, commander of the Army...
...the events of last week, as a capstone to the continuing appalling failures of the bush administration, don't lead to any impeachment talk, but one inconsequential sexual escapade of clinton had us up in arms ? “Breaking News: President Bush said Tuesday that he will lead an investigation into...
go to gasbuddy.com for lists of locations and prices as submitted by motorists. this is a portal page that links to state and then city or regional sites. they are getting pretty heavily loaded right now, so if you get a "server busy" message, just keep trying. there are also credit cards out there that...
...if the problem with fuel right now is in production and delivery, won't that (temporarily) decrease consumption, both at the pump and at refineries, equating to lower demand for crude, which should drive the prices down ? there should be a slight backlog developing in crude supplies right now. releasing...