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Archive for July 7th, 2007

As things have gotten worse for Iraqi’s, not better, it seems that there might be a “no-confidence” vote in the Iraqi Parliment, the start of bringing down the al-Maliki government.
That has led senior Iraqi leaders to demand drastic change. CBS News has learned that on July 15, they plan to ask for a no-confidence vote [...]

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Early this morning the mother of one of my son’s friends passed away.  She was still young, mid-50’s. She was in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, and one of the about 10% of Alzheimer patients that are stricken in their 40’s and 50’s. For a number of years, her growing dementia did not allow her [...]

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Regardless of the massive propoganda campaign (Randy sums it up nicely)to discredit Live Earth, I am enjoying the coverage.
And who can argue that the Scientists on Antarctica didn’t steal the whole world-wide show.
I have to say that it isn’t the headliners that are gaining my attention, musically. It’s the local bands that I’m really [...]

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Personally, we’ve had Nextel service shortly after they first entered the market in Knoxville.  All the contractors, lumber yards, anyone involved in construction had Nextel.  The two-way was *the* way to keep in touch.
Beep
Framer: “Hey, you shorted me on 2 X 10’s, by 4″
Beep
Beep
Lumber yard representative: “The sheet says 24, isn’t that what was on [...]

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