After dinner, Breck let me know that his computer crashed while online today, and now it won’t boot. He wasn’t kidding. It wouldn’t even boot into safe mode. Luckily, I still have the install CD, so I tried a repair install. It failed. So then I booted from CD into the recovery console and ran […]
Israel released several prisoners for the bodies of two dead soldiers. One of the prisoners was Samir Kuntar (LGF):
For Hezbollah, the centerpiece is Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese convicted by an Israeli court in a 1979 attack that ended in the deaths of three members of an Israeli family. Kuntar, then 16, shot and killed Danny […]
Really, I had no intentions of chasing today. After yesterday’s bust I intended to spend a quiet evening at home, taking a walk, watering the flowers, and generally taking it easy. Then, I checked the radar…and after a very quick internal debate …
The other week I had the opportunity to experience the joy of traveling after the airlines started charging for the 1st and 2nd bags. Needless to say, trying to finding an overhead bin was “fun”. Just before the trip, I retired my old 21″ carry on. My …
USOC to rescue wayward U.S. Fencing Association – Brian Cazeneuve – SI.com
(tags: fencing)
From the Cable News Network:
Rising fuel prices are putting a pinch on the world’s oldest profession.
Nevada brothels that cater to long-haul truckers are offering gas cards and other promotions after seeing business decline as much as 25 percent from a year ago, industry officials said.
Geoffrey Arnold, president of the Nevada Brothel Owners’ Association, said truckers […]
This is going to be a weekend to celebrate (actually it started this past weekend with fireworks at Spotsylvania Court House). Starting Friday there is the Beach Wop series at the Volvo/Mercedes dealers park. Then on Friday their are a series of events…
This edition is courtesy of Daryl.
Melinda Gates (wife of zillionaire Bill) was asked about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s call for all students to go on to college:
“NPR: I just want to ask you about a statement on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Web site that I read, which is that, “All students […]
Great job, as usual, by Shawn O’Donnell:
It’s been a rough month for city police. They tragically lost one of their own and have had a bit of a problem with duplicate names. However, I must say that I’m impressed with the department. Last night my wife and I took a walk downtown starting at about 9:30. As we walked down William […]
