Archive for 2006

  • This article was posted all over the net on Dec 11, 2006.

Arctic may lose all ice by summer 2040
Tuesday Dec 12 11:45 AEDT
Global warming could leave the Arctic without ice during the summer as early as 2040, a study by a team of US and Canadian scientists shows.
“The effects of greenhouse warming are starting to [...]

    Arctic may lose all ice by summer 2040

    This article was posted all over the net on Dec 11, 2006. Arctic may lose all ice by summer 2040 Tuesday Dec 12 11:45 AEDT Global warming could leave the Arctic without ice during the summer as early as 2040, a study by a team of US and Canadian scientists shows. “The effects of greenhouse warming are starting to [...]

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  • A few years ago, I was in the liquor store section of one of my C-stores, hurriedly throwing up a just delivered order, while a wisened assistant manager was training a new clerk.
A customer walked into the liquor store, with about a 10 year old little girl at her heel, and asked the new clerk, [...]

    Are you from Utah?

    A few years ago, I was in the liquor store section of one of my C-stores, hurriedly throwing up a just delivered order, while a wisened assistant manager was training a new clerk. A customer walked into the liquor store, with about a 10 year old little girl at her heel, and asked the new clerk, [...]

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  • A catchy story I came across
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Sat 18 Nov 2006

“Terror at the Mini-Mart”
Posted by Steve B under Creative Writing ,  Fiction ,  Work Avoidance
“Do you take checks?”
“I’m sorry, sir, no checks.”  He felt a sudden tightness in his chest, the first hints of a panicky fear.  Oh please, dear god, no.
“Uhmm….Credit Card?”  he ventured hopefully.
“No, [...]

    Terror at the Mini-Mart

    A catchy story I came across Wisdom Sat 18 Nov 2006 “Terror at the Mini-Mart” Posted by Steve B under Creative Writing , Fiction , Work Avoidance “Do you take checks?” “I’m sorry, sir, no checks.”  He felt a sudden tightness in his chest, the first hints of a panicky fear.  Oh please, dear god, no. “Uhmm….Credit Card?”  he ventured hopefully. “No, [...]

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  • On October 18, members of the Sweetwater County Fire District #1 fire department spent a part of their morning teaching a fire prevention class to a group of preschoolers. The firefighters, mostly volunteers, came to the preschool in Rock Springs at the request of the preschool teachers, who knew that one of the firefighters’ children [...]

    You’re Fired! Preventing Prevention and the First Amendment.

    On October 18, members of the Sweetwater County Fire District #1 fire department spent a part of their morning teaching a fire prevention class to a group of preschoolers. The firefighters, mostly volunteers, came to the preschool in Rock Springs at the request of the preschool teachers, who knew that one of the firefighters’ children [...]

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  • <a href= Which South Park kid are you most like?KyleYou are clever, and often come up with intelligent and funny comebacks to other people’s stupid remarks. Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests. Thanks to Joe over at Western Wisdom for pointing this one out." title="Who Am I?" />

    Who Am I?

    Which South Park kid are you most like?KyleYou are clever, and often come up with intelligent and funny comebacks to other people’s stupid remarks. Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests. Thanks to Joe over at Western Wisdom for pointing this one out.

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  • <a href= Small variations in the Earth’s orbit dictate how much sunlight certain areas of the Earth get. Wobbly Earth causes climate change, extinctions: researchers Updated Fri. Oct. 13 2006 12:14 PM ET Brian Jackson , DiscoveryChannel.ca Earth’s orbit isn’t perfect. In fact, it’s as wobbly as a beach ball floating in a swimming pool, says the latest research. Now scientists [...]" title="Wobbly Earth causes climate change, extinctions: researchers" />

    Wobbly Earth causes climate change, extinctions: researchers

    Small variations in the Earth’s orbit dictate how much sunlight certain areas of the Earth get. Wobbly Earth causes climate change, extinctions: researchers Updated Fri. Oct. 13 2006 12:14 PM ET Brian Jackson , DiscoveryChannel.ca Earth’s orbit isn’t perfect. In fact, it’s as wobbly as a beach ball floating in a swimming pool, says the latest research. Now scientists [...]

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  • It is official. Spanish is now the official language of the United States. Why? Because Wal-Mart says so. Not in so many words maybe, but definitely by their actions. It started innocently enough. First one, then two clerks with little attachments on their name tags that say “Habla Espanol.” Then the headlines of the celebrity [...]

    Hasta la Wal-Mart, Baby!

    It is official. Spanish is now the official language of the United States. Why? Because Wal-Mart says so. Not in so many words maybe, but definitely by their actions. It started innocently enough. First one, then two clerks with little attachments on their name tags that say “Habla Espanol.” Then the headlines of the celebrity [...]

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  • “Yesterday, the devil [President Bush] came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.”
–Hugo Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s use of the U.N. Assembly as a pulpit to spew his psychotic rant against the United States and our president was in short, [...]

    Not In My Country

    “Yesterday, the devil [President Bush] came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.” –Hugo Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s use of the U.N. Assembly as a pulpit to spew his psychotic rant against the United States and our president was in short, [...]

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  • <a href=Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case By DAVID CARR Published: September 15, 2006 Duane Chapman, a bounty hunter and the star of a reality television series, was arrested by federal marshals yesterday morning on charges stemming from a capture three years ago in Mexico. Skip to next paragraph Lucy Pemoni/Associated Press Duane Chapman, “Dog the [...]" title="Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case" />

    Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case

    Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case By DAVID CARR Published: September 15, 2006 Duane Chapman, a bounty hunter and the star of a reality television series, was arrested by federal marshals yesterday morning on charges stemming from a capture three years ago in Mexico. Skip to next paragraph Lucy Pemoni/Associated Press Duane Chapman, “Dog the [...]

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  • A few days ago, during a speach in his home country of Germany, Pope Benedict quoted the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus who said. “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the [...]

    Do Muslims Eat Eggs Benedict?

    A few days ago, during a speach in his home country of Germany, Pope Benedict quoted the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus who said. “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the [...]

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