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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 0 views
I had a very nice weekend on Lake Michigan, despite some crummy weather for sailing. It was cool - in the 60s for the most part - and overcast for much of time I was there. We did get a bit of sailing in on Saturday afternoon, though there wasn't ...
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006 0 views
An audio post from Lake Michigan.
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Friday, August 25th, 2006 1 views
I'm spending the weekend sailing on Lake Michigan. I'll be headed to Rockford, IL in a bit, then on to Racine, WI to the boat. It'll be a nice break from the tough past few weeks and a good way to clear up the monitor tan.
I should have WiFi at ...
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Friday, August 11th, 2006 0 views
No, it's Iowa.
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Fans of Kevin Costner will have the chance to see the star up close and personal today in Dyersville.
The famed actor who starred in the hit 1989 movie, "Field of Dreams," that was filmed in the small Northeastern Iowa town is making a return visit.
As ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006 0 views
Why am I skeptical?
Aircraft Bomb Plot Thwarted in Britain - New York Times
LONDON - British authorities said Thursday that they had thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up multiple airliners traveling between Britain and the United States, creating "mass murder on an unimaginable scale."
I do hate to be the perpetual ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 0 views
I didn't know if I was going to write about this, or even if I should. But, there's a big deal in my house today, and it's a story I need to tell.
My daughter turns 18 today. Parents and children reach that milestone every day. Our experience with parenthood has ...
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 0 views
It's officially hard drive week at the Steidler-Dennison household.
I replaced a dead old 40 GB drive in my main Ubunutu machine on Saturday. I swapped 40 GB for 160, bringing the total storage on the machine to 400 GB. That's important, because it shares drives via NFS with the other ...
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Monday, June 12th, 2006 0 views
This is a bit surprising from a conservative court.
Justices Open Door to Lethal Injection Challenges [NY Times, free subscription req]
WASHINGTON, June 12 — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that condemned prisoners can challenge the humaneness of the lethal blend of chemicals that are to be used to execute them.
I've ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 0 views
Two dark days in US history that continued an horrific year for public figures. Late in the evening on June 5, 1968, Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He died of his wounds June 6. Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by just ...
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Friday, April 14th, 2006 1 views
When it was 88 degrees yesterday, with humidity in the 90% range, we should have known.
CNN.com - Tornadoes rip through eastern Iowa, killing one - Apr 14, 2006
Tornadoes tore across a university campus overnight, ripping roofs and walls off a sorority house, homes and apartments, crushing cars, and killing a ...
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