Archive for April, 2006
“But hybrids don’t really save you any money…”
I’ve been meaning to write a blurb about this for a long time. I am so fed up with all of the articles out there proclaiming that you don’t save money by getting a hybrid, because the fuel economy savings are not enough to make up for the increased price of the [Read More]
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Damn me and my constant news-reading. Inevitably, I come across a story like this (don’t click on link if you don’t want to get angry or depressed), and I’m left numb and can’t focus on anything else. [Read More]
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Senators to push for $100 gas rebate checks This is absurd. I’ve had enough whining from Americans about gas prices. [Read More]
First smoking, now foie gras…what’s next? Sex?
Chicago bans foie gras in restaurants “It’s terrible!” chef Didier Durand, proprietor of Cyrano’s Bistro and a spokesman for the Illinois Restaurant Association, told AFP. “In Chicago they banned smoking (in restaurants) now foie gras – [Read More]
American Idol!
Something different for change–my worthless opinions on American Idol performances. I caught it last week, and just about everyone did a great job with their selections from “The Great American Song Book”. Tonight’s theme was “love [Read More]
Duke on Newsweek’s cover
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12442765/site/newsweek/ Whatever sells magazines, I suppose. It’s a good article, though, covering several angles. I learned some things I didn’t know before, but I still don’t have an overall judgment on what happened. The [Read More]
Duke lacrosse rape suspect into human cloning
My name is Collin Finnerty and I am currently a freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. I am joined here at Duke by my brother Kyle who is currently a junior. I am from Long Island, New York and attended Chaminade High School in Mineola. I am part of a family [Read More]
Spot on Aremid’s head
There’s a small round spot on Aremid’s head, right above one of his eyes, in which there’s no hair. I just noticed it a couple of days ago. There is no evidence of a wound or a scab. The circle is slightly smaller than a pencil eraser It doesn’t look [Read More]
Gmail skins
Another way to make things easier on the eyes…if you use Gmail and Firefox, there’s an extension that lets you customize the color scheme for Gmail. [Read More]
