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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Hot Weather Arrives, Yellow Iris Blooms

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews. The original image was my own; this one was shared by Bosela at Morguefile.com.) These are the oldest cluste...

Why I Will Never Consider Using American Express

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews. Probably it belonged on this unsponsored site anyway.) I'm sure everyone else who uses Bubblews has seen t...

Mark Warner on Government Efficiency

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From U.S. Senator Mark Warner, D-VA: " There is one thing in Washington that everyone should be able to agree on, and that is we ...

Robert Hurt on Benghazi Investigation

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From U.S. Representative Robert Hurt, R-VA-5: " May 13, 2014 The House is Leading the Way with a Full...

Morgan Griffith on Insurance Rate Hikes

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Today is an historic first! Gentle Readers, since this web site was launched I've been nominally on the e-mail lists of all three of ...

What I'm Doing These Days

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Will today be the day this web site finally begins its Great Breakdown? For several months now, I've been planning a way to put the diff...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

So Nuts to You!

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This song is dedicated to busybodies (e.g. Mayor Michael Bloomberg) who are currently saturating the U.S. media with nags about what they th...

Tim Kaine on Military Service Members

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From U.S. Senator Tim Kaine: "Dear Friend, With one in three Virginians directly connected to the military, listening to the con...

Morgan Griffith to Discuss Benghazi on TV

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For those who've been following the Benghazi investigation, here's a heads-up from U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith, R-VA-9: ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Bigguns and the Nephews

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Sometimes, such as on the Internet, I think it's not necessarily such a good idea to talk about the children in our lives in such a way ...

Phenology: Storm System

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews.) Today's weather news is that that storm system that pounded the Florida Panhandle has an edge, and once a...

Sweet Violets

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews. Photo by Gracey at Morguefile.com) Does everyone out there remember the song "Sweet Violets"? I t...

Online Censorship?

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You read it in Al Gore's The Future ...Big Business and Big Government don't like the way people like you and me may not get as much...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Phenology for April 28, 2014

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Phenology is the study of natural phenomena, which is still done largely by people logging or blogging about what we've seen outdoors to...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

How to Make Sure I Will Not Buy a Product

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews.) Last week and today, I'm seeing pop-up ads at Bubblews. Ads are actually covering up what I'm trying t...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Redbud Winter

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"Redbud winter" is a local name for a cold snap that usually occurs around the time the redbud trees start to bloom, typically du...

Phenology: Vincas

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews. Photo by Cohdra at Morguefile.com.) Vinca, also known as pervenche, periwinkle, and occasionally myrtle, is...

Bidens: Wildflowers That Become Weeds

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews, where the photo I snapped was destroyed by the system a few months later. Sideshowmom donated this particularly sh...

Pris at an Impasse

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As regular readers remember...for more than two years I slogged out to one computer center or another, every day or two, often spending mor...
Monday, April 14, 2014

What Do You Put in a Taco?

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews.  Yes, this was a quickie post suggested by an ad picture. I hope the sponsors enjoyed it.) A taco is a sort of ...

Paid to Sign Political Petition?

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Technically it's illegal to offer people payment to sign a political petition. But here's a twist...what if the payment is just a fe...

A Wonderful, Terrible Week, with Siamese Kittens

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(Reclaimed from Bubblews...and I found a copy of one of the kitten pictures, although they were snapped two weeks after this "Bubble...