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Fay On The Way – 1

August 18, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 552 Views 0 Comments Tropical Storm, hurricanes, Fay, Ft. Meyers

Tropical Storm Fay has crossed over Cuba, and is making the turn more toward the north, and heading toward Florida (most likely). I thought I’d give you an update on the storm and my preparations so far.

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Monster's Ball – A Movie Review

July 25, 2008 B. John 501 Views 0 Comments Romance, Drama, Heath Ledger, Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Sean Diddy Combs, Thriller

Hank, an embittered prison guard, lives with his aging racist father, Buck, and his own twentysomething son, Sonny. Hank and Sonny work for the local prison where they are preparing the electric chair for a black inmate. After the man is executed, Hank falls in love with Leticia, the inmate’s widow. This emotionally-charged affair forces Hank to re-evaluate how deeply prison work and his father’s infectious hatred have affected his soul.

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Weekly Weirdness for July 4th, 2008

July 5, 2008 B. John 733 Views 0 Comments florida, U.N., Terrorist, Naked, United Nations, Marijuana, DHS, South Africa, Pot, Palmetto, Nelson Mandela, ANC, African National Congress

All the weird stuff from the weekend ending on Friday, July 4th, 2008.

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2008 Hurricane Season Predictions

May 30, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 547 Views 0 Comments National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Season, Colorado State University

According to an article on the Scientific American website, Colorado State University and the National Weather Service are in pretty close agreement on their predictions for this year’s hurricane season. The season starts this Sunday and ends on November 30. They are calling for a very active season again this year.

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News for The Week Ending May 9, 2008

May 9, 2008 B. John 417 Views 0 Comments Canada, Train, Quarantine, Ontario, University of Florida, Football Player, Town and country

A brief roundup of some interesting stories from the past week.

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Been Away and Busy

May 8, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 524 Views 0 Comments Reston, Work, Las Vegas, Minneapolis

Things have been very busy with work, and they will continue that way for a while. I wanted to go home and seem Mom this weekend, but I can’t take the days off for the trip right now. There are several major projects all due next week.

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Mukasey Says They Knew About 9-11 Call

April 1, 2008 B. John 532 Views 0 Comments 9/11, U.S. Intelligence, Keith Olberman, Attorney General, Terrorism, 9-11, Afghanistan, Michael Mukasey

Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last week, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said one of the dumbest things ever to come out of this scandal ridden Administration. He was making a speech trying to stir up support for the FISA bill with telecom immunity, where he basically claimed that U.S. Intelligence apparently knew a call came from Afghanistan safe-house to a phone in the U.S.

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A Retirement Plan for the Current Economy

March 28, 2008 B. John 417 Views 0 Comments Retirement, 401-K, Beer, Investments, Investing, stocks

Now here’s a retirement plan for today’s economic environment that I can get behind.

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News Roundup for the Week Ending March 21, 2008

March 21, 2008 B. John 454 Views 0 Comments LSD, Starbucks, Sweetbay, Tips, Credit Cards, Hacker, Hoe

Here’s the wrap up for some of the interesting stories for the week ending Friday, March 21, 2008. We’ve got a fight featuring beer and a hoe, and other fights using other interesting weapons. Starbucks is in the news, and we have a Mom getting her kid to pick her up some LSD at school, and Polk County deputies are smuggling pot into the jail.

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