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DOTs and "road theft"

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I used to work for a state DOT, and was very amused to find out that it considered truckers who fueled up just shy of the state line (where gas taxes were ... Read More

Media used to like China

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I am old enough to remember how the media treated China in the seventies. There was a simplistic fascination bordering on romanticism towards China, even ... Read More

Down (East) Lobster

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I, too, was recently in Maine on a vacation, visiting family, though we seemed to have chosen the monsoon season there. And the TV newscastsbemoaned three ... Read More

SD abortion law

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Once again, women are being underestimated. Having known other women who have had abortions, I've never known one who was a dewy-eyed innocent when it ... Read More

Bruce Reed = Economically Illiterate

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Hillary as VP

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Courage in Georgia

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In 2003 with the courage which Americans can identify with in retrospect to the American Revolution, the people of Georgia held what is known as the Rose ... Read More

From My Orbit

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LW#1: Your mom really donated eggs? You have to be, max, 35 for this. Take it from someone who picked a less-thsn-lucrative career and briefly considered ... Read More

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Come on Prudie! That was the worst advice Ever! That kid is being completely irrational and self involved to think that he's jealous because his mom decided ... Read More

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Video LW: We know what movie Prudie's been watching

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I did this experiment.

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It was before my wedding, and after I had quit a job that entailed traveling around and eating in restaurants 3 meals a day 4 days a week. Also, copious ... Read More

10 hours a week?

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I'm not a trainer but 10 hours a week lifting weights, 5 times a week, 2 hours a day, is not necessary to get in shape. It's close to being counter-productive. ... Read More

Scooter for three miles?

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Want to save gas? Get in shape? Assuage hubbie's fear of motorcycles? Save the environment? Forget the scooter, RIDE A BICYCLE!!! ... Read More

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I Just Couldn't Wait!

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...To leave my comment, I mean... My dad died on a motorcycle. After working for 40 years at the same job, he was planning a post-retirement month-long ... Read More

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Of Corsi Lied

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It was hot evening in East Cleveland, Ohio on the thirty-first of August in 1946. Alice Corsi (nee Hanlon) squatted over the toilet in the bathroom of ... Read More

From Donor Parents to Our Children…

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Dear Jealous and Confused; Being in the somewhat unique position of having three children all of which are the result of donor IVF to lesser or greater ... Read More

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No, the world doesn't revolve around any of you.

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1. Oh, for crying out loud! Get over yourself! Is your mother in the havit of inviting these kids to fly to visit without their parents? Of having them ... Read More

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How do you view people of faith?

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There are many of us here who have that faith. Faith is more than hope, it is a function of the mind and the heart. It is an awakening of a spritual cognizance...unless ... Read More

SHADDAP!

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In search of some serenity, I was in my office on the comfy chair reading last night, when I came upon a work by my literary hero, archy the cockroach. ... Read More

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From My Orbit

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My wandering mind...

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... somebody stole the frickin' tomatoes off my plant. They were almost red and I was waiting for just the right color and whammo, someone helped themselves ... Read More

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How to circumvent the constitution in one easy lesson

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Like we need more. Turns out Health and Human Services is drafting a regulation to redefine birth contro l methods like the pill, Plan b and IUDs as forms ... Read More