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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, wherever you are!
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My NFL picks for week 16
Here we are again- it’s time for this week’s NFL Pool wrap-up and preview. Last week: 8-7 Summary: Staying strong…just waiting for an update on overall standings to see how I’m doing. Season to date: 112-100 – Good for 53% My for this week are below. Leave yours in the comments! Min KC Atl Buf…
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links for 2006-12-22
Upscale broadcaster Plum ripe for expansion – Yahoo! News Plum, a small company that is building TV networks in some of the country’s richest neighborhoods, said Thursday that it has raised $20 million in a financing round that included entertainers and former top entertainment executives. (tags: media news toread)
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My NFL picks for week 15
Here we are again- it’s time for this week’s NFL Pool wrap-up and preview. Last week: 7-9 Summary:This past week was a four-way tie between all four of the participants in the pool. So technically, I haven’t lost for two straight weeks now following my win in week 13. Season to date: 104-93 – Good…
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Testing a video plugin
This is a test of Dreamhost’s new free video conversion and display tool:
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My picks for NFL week 14
Here we are again- it’s time for this week’s NFL Pool wrap-up and preview. Last week: 10-6 Summary: Yellow! For the first time in 13 tries, I won the pool last week with a 10-6 record, a tie for my best performance yet (and that was week 1). Although the final tally is not in…
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Dutson on the Maine GOP
My friend and co-host Lance Dutson has an excellent op-ed in today’s Bangor Daily News in which he, ah, encourages the Maine GOP to kickstart itself by using some new technologies. These are topics- Republicans, and new technologies- that are near and dear to my heart, and even if he weren’t my friend I’d say…
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My picks for NFL week 13
Here we are again- it’s time for this week’s NFL Pool wrap-up and preview. Last week: 7-9 Summary: Like most NFL teams, I hover between mediocre (but losing) and average (but winning) each week. 2 weeks ago it was 9-7, last week it was 7-9, and if it weren’t for a couple strong weeks at…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Xmas lights 2006, originally uploaded by jgclarke. The second annual shot of our house on Thanksgiving eve, immediately after the Xmas lighting ceremony for 2006. Unlike last year, it’s not snowing, but we still have much to be thankful for. Here’s to your own traditions, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, wherever you…
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A Maine Impact Thanksgiving
Today, we’ve got a special episode of Maine Impact up in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Three Mainers- State Rep Emily Cain, author Jim Baumer, and blogger Michelle Souliere- were kind enough to call in to the Maine Impact public voice-mail line to submit exclusive audio essays on the topic of “being thankful for Maine.”…