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I just returned from the most fascinating trip.  It was a simple ride up to New Jersey from Virginia for a client meeting.  In the past, I went with someone who had a GPS in their car.  I think in NJ, or I guess any state you aren’t familiar with, a GPS is a great tool to have while driving.  New Jersey is especially interesting because of the numerous “jersey” walls where if you miss your turn on the right side of the road, you need to go about four miles up and find a u-turn, then back eight miles to another u-turn and then this time you won’t miss your turn.  I guess you learn quickly not to miss your destination the first go around.  U-Turns aren’t really U-Turns either in NJ.  U-Turns are more of something called a “jug handle” or various other cute names for turns that don’t resemble a “U”, but yield the same results.  The person I went with this trip did not have a GPS so we managed to borrow one at the last minute from someone else at the office.

For Silverton, 54, and the many others like her, she’ll have to start over. “My entire retirement, my kids’ college funds, trust funds, were all invested in this. All I have is my restaurant now. We just can’t believe it.”

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—The popular search engine Google announced plans Friday to launch a new site, TheGoogle.com, to appeal to older adults not able to navigate the original website's single text field and two clearly marked buttons.

This video is fantastic! Peter Schiff is basically predicting with great accuracy what is currently happening in the financial system in the US and pundits are just telling him he's flat out wrong over and over. The clips are from 2006-2007. I found it on boingboing.net.

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This is the view of the side yard from our bedroom window.. Yeah, we put some of the walls on backwards. Everything is 90% done and I've still got almost a week to go! The clown room needs the most work but I'm still distressing the fabric I'm using on the walls and DeWitte needs to put the clown in...

and it feels good! No..I don't have anything to talk about but Halloween, it's taken over my life. Maybe later..today's library Monday. This was the scene at our house yesterday..Lots of manual labor. I wasn't out there with them but I bet they didn't sing Chain Gang once. I don't think I could have...

A few years ago, DeWitte's brother gave Nathan a Victrola, that he'll never be allowed to touch until he grows up, moves out and gets married, so I can give it to his wife to love and protect. Until then, that's my job. Anyway, DeWitte's been shuffling the boxes of records that came with it back and...

If you haven't heard, DeWitte and Nathan had their bikes stolen. When my bike was stolen, from the far back of the yard, it's half an acre, they didn't just step off the side walk, they took a pretty big risk especially with all the rednecks in this neighborhood, it was no big deal. When their bikes...

Here is a really good post about the election and the candidates and their associated experience.

Early speculation has centered on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for McCain’s Veep pick. And I’m surprised, to say the least. I’m surprised that a woman may be getting the nod in the Republican party, I never thought I’d see that day. But Obama is making history, I guess the Republicans were...

By David HelwigSooToday.comFriday, August 29, 2008John McCain has just selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Republican vice-presidential running mate.Palin is a 44-year-old mother of five.She has a journalism degree and enjoys hunting, fishing and mooseburgers.

Interesting Facts about Sarah Palin

A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady 60 miles per hour. The wife is behind the wheel. Her husband suddenly looks across at her and speaks in a clear voice. 'I know we've been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce.' The wife says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead...

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION by Carlos Lascano. Some people are just too talented....

News flash: It's not. I had Sociology class tonight - and found myself leaving pissed off. Which is odd, because normally this is a lecture/special news reports watching class. Tonight, for this first time all semester, we actually had a discussion. Which could have been great....Until, however, in...