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Buying American

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Several times a year, I get on a “buy American” tear — or at least I want to do it but I find it very difficult to accomplish such things. While I can go into any of the major retailers and buy foreign made goods… Finding ones stamped with “Made in the USA” [...]

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if he could do it, why couldn’t GM?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

All this talk of a Detroit bailout has had me angry. Not angry at the idea taxpayers would have to keep Detroit afloat (this is, after all, an opportunity to force Detroit to be more ambitious with CAFE standards and other such things) but it reflects so much on how poorly General Motors, Ford [...]

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Ye Gods! (Take Two)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I continue to believe Roland Deschain (aka Stephen King’s Gunslinger) would go into convulsions if he saw the Burj Dubai:

Somewhere over 700 meters (2,100 feet for metric ignorant Americans) in height. It will be over 800 (from rumors and hersay) when completed.

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(k)needful things

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I guess my most eventful day in Los Angeles in October was my last day in the city. It was not out of enjoyment, but out of “this would only happen to me — lets see how I handle the challenge.”
Yeah, Johnny got himself into a bit of a predicament in La Cuidad de [...]

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Social Nutwork

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Here’s a quick way to either get on my bad side or get yourself flat out removed from my friends list on Facebook: Use status updates for advertising and only advertising.
I hate to break it to bloggers across the Internet but Facebook has a tool built in called Notes and that gives you the [...]

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A lost world — rest in peace, Michael Crichton

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

I started reading the works of Michael Crichton in late middle school and freshman year of High School. I read his stuff voraciously and found myself falling ever so joyfully into his worlds of tension and tech.
While I enjoyed the book version of the movie that had pulled me into Crichton’s world [...]

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Vote Calrissian

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

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My issue is transit

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

The one local issue that I have hit on and written about over various mediums the last ten years is transit and mass transit here in the Tampa Bay area. This post isn’t supposed to be about hyping those letters, blog posts and what not though.
It’s an election year… Early voting is over [...]

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“The Natural” is the surest way to waste money

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I’ve bought from Pizza Hut a total of 2 or 3 times in the last year with thanks to them raising prices and fees and the dropping of quality in their pies. I used to be a regular but now get better quality and better costing pies from other major chains and even the [...]

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