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Entries for March, 2007

White House lists cuts to pay for more troops

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Bush wants to pay for his plan to send 8,200 more U.S. troops to Iraq and Afghanistan by cutting money for agriculture, education and other programs, budget records show. Bush’s $3.2 billion plan, submitted to Congress over the weekend, includes 3,500 new troops for Afghanistan to train that nation’s army and […]

The best way to sleep at work

Too funny Technorati Tags: funny, sleep, work

New Camper?

Looks like there is a pretty good possibility that I finally upgraded to a 5th wheel camper. (gotta wait for all the paperwork before it’s official) More to come, enjoy the nice weather this weekend. Oh and we are undefeated so far going into the finals of the sponsor tournament this weekend for darts. Wish […]

Too Busy to post today

This should keep you occupied: Why Don’t Men Have a Birth Control Pill? See you tomorrow… Technorati Tags: men, birth, control, choices

How Come?

We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America , but we haven’t a clue as to where thousands of Illegal immigrants and Terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration. Technorati Tags: immigration, funny, humor

Code for Monthly Payment Calculator

Stewart asked if I could provide the code for the Payment Calculator I wrote last week. I suppose I can… Classic ASP DotNet v2 **This code is not to be used for commercial gain, unless approved by the author…** Enjoy Technorati Tags: calculator, code, program, dotnet, asp

Knock, Knock, Evolution here…

I don’t know about you but this scares the crap out of me: Chimpanzees are known to use tools. Many scientific studies, including Jane Goodall’s famous work with chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, have documented chimps using tools to complete or simplify tasks like cracking nuts open and getting termites out of logs. They’ve been observed […]

Bush has no Plan B

I think we’ve known this for awhile. Personally, I was surprised to learn he had a plan at all… Technorati Tags: Bush, George, war, Iraq

How to Win any Argument

DRINK LIQUOR Suppose you are at a party and some hotshot intellectual is expounding on the economy of Peru, a subject you know nothing about. If you’re drinking some health-fanatic drink like grapefruit juice, you’ll hang back, afraid to display your ignorance, while the hotshot enthralls your date. But if you drink several large martinis, […]

What class was that?

Another teacher caught having sex with her students. How come you never heard of this happening when I was in school? Probably had something to do with the fact that most of our teachers were close to retirement… Anyway, it couldn’t have happened in a more appropriately named town: CLINTON, S.C. (WLTX, AP) — Authorities […]