Archive for January 11th, 2008

No More Television–Ever

Everywhere I look there’s a news story about someone being murdered.  Four children thrown off of an 80 foot high bridge by their Vietnamese fisherman father who hurled them off, admitted it, then denied it.  Or, the four children who were recently found dead in a Washington D.C. building.  How about the scores of women [...]

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How to freak out a new driver

My oldest is nearing the time when teenagers go to the DMV and prove their road-worthy skills to an angry adult who drinks too much coffee and chain-smokes.  Before that time, however, he has to learn the ways of the road.
Yesterday, en route to his job, his 2nd day back since Christmas break, there was [...]

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