Just a quick update to let y'all know I'm still here - I've been getting sucked into some books lately, so it tends to eat into my surfing time. 0 1 8

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Messages like the one quoted below have been floating around trying to claim Barak Obama is ineligible to be elected President because there are questions about his status as a "natural-born citizen" of the US. 0 1 7

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The Story of My Life From XKCD 0 1 0

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I've been contacted by a reporter from ABC News about a story he's working on. 0 1 4

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Way back in 1968, 3 high school friends got together to form a band. 0 1 5

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The Bill of Rights Defence Committee is sponsoring the People's Campaign for the Constitution, which is described at the campaign site as: The People’s Campaign for the Constitution (PCC) was initiated in March 2008 by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC), a national organization based in Northampton, Massachusetts. 0 1 0

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Forbes had a really interesting story today about a forensics lab that has been getting called on by police stations across the US for help, especially when analysis of footage from surveillance cameras is needed or video tape needs to be restored before it can be analyzed, since that's their speciality, though they've also been called on to help with fingerprint analysis and tracking cell phones among other things. 0 1 5

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According to an article in the HeraldSun (an Australian paper,) doctors are now saying that they do not expect Kerstin Fritzl to live. 0 1 0

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Over the last few days, I, like many, have been reading quite a bit about Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who had been held captive by her father for 24 years. 0 1 13

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Well, they finished most of the major work on the house today! 0 1 0

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Well, the guys came out to start the work on our house today. 0 1 3

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This is a great post from a Fat Acceptance blog called "Red No. 0 1 3

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"Art" is one of those things that tends to be hard to define because it's so highly subjective. 0 1 13

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Dogster and Catster.com are fun websites where pet parents can show off their pets (much like our own PetSugar - but we can never show them off in too many places, eh?) and which provides a lot of good information on pets and pet care. 0 1 0

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I saw an extended preview for "27 Dressed" today and it looked kind of cute, but I'm not a real big fan of overly "girly" romcoms, so I'm not sure if its something I would like or not. 0 1 7

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(I promise! I will try to make my next post something more light-hearted! 0 1 2

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If you haven't noticed yet, obesity and the treatment of fat people in general is one of my causes. 0 1 2

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If you're at all a fan of video games, video game based movies and/or horror films, you may well be familiar with the name Uwe Boll, the so-called "director" and "producer" of a number of video game/horror films, including House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne, In the Name of the King (a Dungeon Siege movie) and Posta. 0 1 2

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