Inglourious Basterds
Sep 01 2009, 21:09 EDT [updated Sep 02 2009, 20:59 EDT]
So Mrs. PeteDied and I made it out to the movies on Friday night to see Inglourious Basterds. I hadn't read much about it but am a Quentin Tarantino fan so I thought it would be a good choice. First, we have Regal Cinemas down here in PA. Recently Reg
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Moonshine Legal in Tennessee
Aug 31 2009, 21:05 EDT [updated Sep 01 2009, 15:38 EDT]
Our long national nightmare is soon to be over as Tennessee is making distilling spirits legal. Lots of people do it anyway but it is against the law in (I believe) all 50 states. You can buy the equipment to distill over the counter, it is just illegal
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Your week in Quickies
Aug 31 2009, 19:37 EDT
Two People try to evade wild fire in a Hot Tub [jackdied] Aug 31 2009, 19:37 EDT Two people nearly died in California wild fires because
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2 Trillion Dollars More
Aug 22 2009, 20:19 EDT
The Whitehouse just revised the 10-year budget and the deficit will be 9 trillion instead of 7.1 trillion dollars. That is an extra $9,000 for every man, woman, and child in the US - or $18,000 if you are in the half of the population that pays income t
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Unclear Writing, Hopefully
Aug 20 2009, 14:04 EDT [updated Aug 20 2009, 14:05 EDT]
This Wired article on testing mosquito repellent includes what is either an inaccurate description or the process or abuse by mad scientists [emphasis mine]: For one of the tests, brave volunteers dabbed a bit of the substance on a cloth attached to thei
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Obama: Those who oppose Health Care are Sinners
Aug 20 2009, 11:52 EDT [updated Aug 20 2009, 12:44 EDT]
The full transcript isn't yet available but at a conference call with religious leaders Obama explicitly invoked a religious mandate for Nationalized health care and said his opponents were sinning by "frankly bearing false witness." In the same speech h
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Again With the Dollar Coins
Aug 07 2009, 18:23 EDT
The US Mint is at it again. I just received a $1 John Adams coin in change. The newest attempt at popularizing the dollar coins is the Presidential $1 coin campaign. The new attempt is slightly better than past (failed) attempts at introducing a dollar
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