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Before last night, Kerry had zero chance. Now he has some chance to win. That means thousands of dollars in increased taxes for me to pay. It would also mean that my daily life, commuting into NYC on public transportation each day - would become more dangerous. I'd seriously think about taking a job away from NYC if Kerry got elected. Heck, I'd seriously think about moving away from the fallout radius.

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Death Tribble gave me a smile in another thread. And here I was worried that in the thread he referenced I was taking too many cheap shots at his (it's?) expense. Hopefully that's just my perception and not anyone elses, but regardless I should work to be more careful about that.

 

Of course on the other hand I tend to worry about too many little things that cause most people to look at me all funny like. Hard for me to tell which is which sometimes, meaningful and real worry or meaningless dribble to be ignored.

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"Nomination for worst political come-on of the year so far: The RNC sent a mailing to West Virginia Republicans that claims banning the Bible is part of the "liberal agenda." It features quite a striking picture of a Bible with the word 'BANNED" across it. No, no, no, fellas. Liberals are the ones who oppose censorship and book burning." -- Molly Ivins

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Someone tell me the substance part of Bush's debate, when his only excuse was "it's hard work!" repeated 12 times.

 

And what wasn't substantive in Kerry's portion of the debate?

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So I was late home last night 10:30 pm local. And still wide awake. Watched a thing on crater lakes which are lakes in volcanoes.

And how dangerous these are. Like filled with gas. One in Africa leaked Carbon Dioxide that killed 1700 people in the valley below in 1986. It had never hinted at anything like this before so the fact it could do this was shocking. It meant watches by vulcanologists at other crater lakes.

 

One in Indonesia has miners working in the crater amongst the dangerous gases as they mine sulphur. 70 Kg of that which the miners have to climb to the crater rim and down again to the mining company below for $2. And they do that trip 3 times a day.

 

Last one they featured was in New Zealand where the crater wall gave way and the water became a dangerous flood that washed out a railway bridge December 24th 1953. 120 odd people on an express train died. There is a monument to them near the rebuilt bridge. Sad stuff. New Zealand's worst railway disaster.

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I watched "I Love the 90s" on VH1 a couple weeks ago, specifically 1993. They brought up the Power Rangers and played the original Power Rangers theme song.

 

 

It took me several years to get that song out of my head.

 

 

Now it's back.

 

 

Damn.

 

However, a friend suggesting listening to Huey Lewis songs over and over and that might do the trick. I think I'll try that tonight, my only worry that Huey Lewis will just replace the Power Rangers.

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I watched "I Love the 90s" on VH1 a couple weeks ago, specifically 1993. They brought up the Power Rangers and played the original Power Rangers theme song.

 

 

It took me several years to get that song out of my head.

 

 

Now it's back.

 

 

Damn.

 

However, a friend suggesting listening to Huey Lewis songs over and over and that might do the trick. I think I'll try that tonight, my only worry that Huey Lewis will just replace the Power Rangers.

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Nightmare College Football scenario for the NCAA and BCS*.

*Bowl Championship Series which puts the #1 and #2 college football teams in a bowl game at end of season.

 

 

Say the University of Southern California (USC) is ranked #1 at the end of the regular season.

 

in and of itself this is not a bad thing...

 

but...

 

If the #2 ranked team happens to sometimes be referred to as USC we might end up with...

 

 

 

"Welcome to Tempe Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl with the USC Trojans facing the USC* Gamecocks!"

*USC=University of South Carolina

 

 

:sneaky:

 

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For some reason, it worries me every time I see one of my players post a question in Steve's FAQ section.

 

It doubly worries me when its Steve Ball asking the question.

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I finally found my Century Station Book.

 

Hmm... what was I going to do with it?

 

Oh yeah. Post conversions to the Champions section and get back into the gamer state-of-mind again. :D

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Okay, if one more miserable, middle-aged, crack addled, self absorbed, over pampered, pile of raw sewage blows a gasket at me or one of my fellow co-workers for asking them to go to the end of the line that they cut in front of; I will personally escort them the the first layer of hell. :mad:

 

Thank you for your business and have a nice weekend :)

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Moving this weekend is going to be 'fun'. But I do get a cool TV out of the deal! :D Already met the obligatory hot downstairs neighbor. Sucks that I have to wait until Wedensday before I get my phone and internet up. But for the unadulterated glory of playing with a 1 Mbps line, it's worth the wait.

 

Hmm... I wonder if the obligatory hot downstairs neighbor likes anime... :snicker:

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