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Don’t steal gasoline from this guy
From my local paper: Brian Mitchell of Mitchell’s Sheet Metal estimated that about 300 gallons of gasoline had been stolen from his company’s trucks in the last few weeks, so he decided to do something about it. On Monday, Mitchell set up an alert system in his parking lot and waited, gun by his side,…
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Ode
Writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, writer’s block, unoriginal thoughts, writer’s block, writer’s block. Wriiiiiiterrrrrrr’s block.
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The return of the dogs
A fascinating post on the economics of dogs barking by Lee at Marginal Revolution.
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Quote o’ the day
“For every six crappy poems you read, you’ll actually find one or two good ones. And that, believe me, is a very acceptable ratio of trash to treasure.” -Stephen King
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Sorry, CNN.
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report.
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What’s in your Firefox?
After reading this post at 90% Crud, I thought I’d join the fray and post what’s on my Firefox extensions menu. Here goes:
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When favorites converge
In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, one of my favorite writers, Stephen King, reviews the new Jimmy Fallon romantic sports comedy Fever Pitch– adapted for the screen from a book by another one of my favorite writers and directed by my favorite filmmakers. The plot of the movie? It’s a chronicle of the highs and lows…
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Going up iRiver
A gadget coincidence: Recently, I’ve been searching for a portable media player to replace the Toshiba SD-P1400 portable DVD/CD player I gave to my wife for Christmas. The Toshiba never worked- either the audio would cut out or the video would- and after a test run spent lugging it around in its case nearly the…