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  • Tan Ban?

    Tan Ban?

    In the latest possible waste of tax money, a Food and Drug Administration panel says tighter restrictions on tanning beds are needed to protect teenagers, up to and including preventing those under the age of 18 from tanning without a signed parental consent form.  Yes, you read that right.  They want make sure anyone under [...]

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  • Digg for the iPhone

    Digg for the iPhone

    I’ll join in the choruses of “What took so long?!”  Digg has gone this long without an official app for the most widely used smart phone in the country.  What in the world took them this long?? Amid reports of multiple crashes immediately after start up, I can say I’ve not experienced one problem with [...]

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  • Once Again

    Once Again

    We have one of the outstanding members of the Republican party obstructing the passage of bill that would extend by another month, unemployment benefits for those who have been out of a job for at least six months.  This time it is Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla.  His justification for this latest obstruction by the GOP [...]

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  • Drifting

    Drifting

    I’ve played guitar for the last 15 years or so and I’ve never once owned an acoustic guitar.  I’ve been an electric guitar/rock/power-chord-your-face-off style player the entire time.  It’s not too often I get wowed by someone on an acoustic guitar that’s not my son Braeden, he constantly wows me when he plays. I give [...]

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  • What I Like

    What I Like

    For a refreshing change from a lot of what I see on the internet and in the news, I'd like to tell you what I like about this health care/insurance reform bill that was passed through congress last Sunday. Removal of lifetime benefit caps...The temporary high-risk insurance group formation... Insurance exchanges, why are these bad ideas?

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