ginny on June 28th, 2006

CNN.com – Man behind anti-Clinton ad convicted – Jun 28, 2006
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A political consultant whose company was behind a television ad accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of giving away nuclear technology was convicted of child molestation charges. A jury deliberated almost two days before convicting Carey Lee Cramer, 44, of aggravated
sexual assault [...]

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ginny on June 28th, 2006

Obama: Democrats Must Court Evangelicals | Chicago Tribune
Obama ROCKS. Right on. RIGHT on:
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to “acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people,” and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans.
“Not [...]

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ginny on June 27th, 2006

Vt. man creates the backyard Zamboni – Yahoo! News
Recently, a customer in California wanted one of his ride-on ice mowers with a Bambini pull-behind resurfacer to create a 10,000-square-foot skating surface for her children. But the client also wanted to remove snow from the outdoor pond. Renzello, who had been thinking about putting his inventions [...]

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ginny on June 27th, 2006

Officials criticize ‘Hooters for Neuters’ – Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – Several city officials on Tuesday sharply criticized a planned bikini contest to raise money for spaying pets, saying the “Hooters for Neuters” event was degrading to women.

Unacceptable! Incredibly offensive! And completely degrading to OWLS, too!

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ginny on June 26th, 2006

Father Jake pointed out a helpful sermon when he visited a friend’s parish after General Convention’s painful close: the rh[ ] factor: Blowing the “still”
The British Navy has a strange custom. If there’s a sudden disaster aboard shipo, the “still” is blown. It’s a whistle that calls the crew to a moment [...]

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ginny on June 26th, 2006

You know, it’s a little bit funny, as the family joke has it. David and Ginny should never attempt an “easy home installation” without having a backup plan that doesn’t include having to find obsure little details on home-repair troubleshooting websites. Or needing a time out.
Still, we eventually succeeded – at least, David figured [...]

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ginny on June 24th, 2006

Here is a nice, but boring, image of a pretty fountain. It’s not as elaborate as the one at the Bellagio Las Vegas, but it’s in a nice setting.

See? Nice, but static.
Now, try this on for size: 101 two-liter bottles of Diet Coke. 523 Mentos. It’s a little bit art, it’s a little bit [...]

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ginny on June 24th, 2006

I may have to crop this photo down a little. The light that day was good for photographing people outdoors – Mom’s hair looked nice in it.
She was always particular about her hair – it was a luxuriant auburn halo when she was young. I haven’t seen any photos of her with long hair [...]

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ginny on June 22nd, 2006

Boing Boing: Flaming Tuba guy David Silverman on NBC Tonight Show 6/23
If you saw something truly bizarre on The Tonight Show the other night, namely a flaming tuba being played by a genial man in a Utilikilt, here’s somethig REALLY good to watch.
via BoingBoing

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This story came out while I was off in Utah, dealing with the family crisis (or not dealing, depending on whichever day it was). Since then, I’ve seen a few “mainline” news citations in Bloglines. The Seattle P-I wonders if this will be this year’s version of the infamous Downing Street Memo; a story that [...]

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