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Digest Of Events For 2010-01-06

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Riding to take Denise to the doctor, get books at the college, and going to the Ail House for lunch. 11:12:20 At the bookstore. 13:09:36 Denise is back in the car. The car won't start. Fun times. 15:32:31 Getting some beers and heading to the beach. Gonna take a sip in honor of all my [...]

Illiteracy In The Blind Community

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AT 4 O’CLOCK each morning, Laura J. Sloate begins her daily reading. She calls a phone service that reads newspapers aloud in a synthetic voice, and she listens to The Wall Street Journal at 300 words a minute, which is nearly twice the average pace of speech. Later, an assistant reads The Financial Times to [...]

Digest Of Events For 2010-01-04

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We're going to go to the store to get eggs and milk and other groceries. It's cold, so walking should be fun. 13:12:36 Attempted to park Max and Titan. They know I'm a noob so of course they tried to take advantage. Grin. 14:49:43 I can tell the holidays are over. The assholes are out [...]

Digest Of Events For 2010-01-05

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Illiteracy In The Blind community: http://bit.ly/86Tihn 07:22:45 Illiteracy in the Blind Community: http://customerservant.com/2010/01/05/illiteracy-in-the-blind-community 08:05:12 Apparently the WP upgrade means that I have to update permalink structure again. So try this: http://bit.ly/86Tihn 08:08:13 Yay for .htaccess files. They're awesome. 08:14:42 The dogs are performing. They're talking to their mama. They're cute. 11:07:49

At The End Of a Decade

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We’re fast approaching the end of 2009, and the end of the first decade of the 21st century as well. To say that a lot’s happened in this departing decade would be an understatement. I won’t waste time making resolutions for 2010, because I think they’re a waste of time and would rather spend my [...]

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — The Christmas season in sun-kissed New Zealand is normally a chilled-out, festive time more likely to involve beaches and barbecues than robust debates on the story of Jesus’s birth. But this year, many here are caught up in the latter (on the beach and around the barbecue, of course), because of [...]

In Memphis, Jihad Costs Only $100

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On Friday, Memphis resident Muhammad Ibrahim entered seven businesses and informed them that if they didn’t close, he would blow them up. Then, when the police pull him over, they discover that he has been telling people that he wants to conduct jihad in Memphis. The police arrest him, and he kicks out the back [...]

Digest Of Events For 2009-12-27

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Morning all. 09:41:12 Wil fills the coffee pot with the sprayer. Too bad there are holes at the level on the back. 10:27:28 Denise got Wil more smokes yesterday. I sure as hell wouldn't have. 15:41:34 Wil doesn't know his musical instruments. Everybody tell him how much he sucks. Grin. 19:26:18 Damn! I forgot to [...]

Digest Of Events For 2009-12-26

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John is now on Twitter. They've changed the sign-up process. Don't like having to type words. What the hell were they thinking? 17:46:45 Theresa is making deviled eggs. We will be eating more tonight. The temperature has dropped and so it's nippy out. 18:14:08 John's becoming quite the Twitter jockey. 18:18:11 Wil is sucking down [...]

Digest Of Events For 2009-12-24

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Morning all. It's nice out this morning. 10:02:43 Can't believe I forgot to copy my internet radio directory to the netbook. No WolfFM mp3 stream! Fail! 11:12:42 Need to jump in the shower and get ready to leave. Denise is making cookies. She's osum! 12:39:43 Grabbing some lunch. 15:55:42 Denise belched, and Titan barked and [...]