Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Steve Skojec
I don’t get tagged with many memes, but Hilary passed one on that I thought was worth indulging. I am supposed to name the “Top-Five Critically-Lauded Movies I Simply Detest”.
My initial inclination is to respond:
Forest Gump
Forest Gump
Forest Gump
Forest Gump
Forest Gump
If I can’t do that, I’ll go with:
Forest Gump
Fargo
Titanic
Sin City
Fight Club
There are so many more. It’s hard to [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Steve Skojec
Toshiba has invented a cute robot that learns what you’re doing with your TV remote and will then do it for you on spoken command:
Fed up with increasingly hard-to-use remote controls? Researchers at Japan’s Toshiba have developed a small, talking robot that can learn how to do it for you.
Instead of trying to remember which [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Steve Skojec
I’ve talked about our economic woes a bit, despite the fact that I understand economics only slightly better than advanced physics. Today, I’ll let another knucklehead (Glenn Beck) do the talking:
Let me give you three numbers that will put this economic asteroid into perspective: 200 billion, $14.1 trillion, and $53 trillion.
$200 billion is the approximate [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
The Vatican has announced that Islam officially claims more members than the Catholic Church.
You know what that means. Better start cracking on having more kids.
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
My long time internet pal (we haven’t had a chance to meet yet) James Sullivan is posting with increasing regularity at The Rule.
James and I chat often over IM, and he’s been a great sounding board for a lot of ideas for me. I’m glad to see him writing more, because in my opinion he [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
Any Manassas Catholics in the house? I don’t know any of my neighbors, but I know you’re out there. If you’re reading, and you live in my area, drop me a line.
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
Man Claims to Speak ‘Australian’ After Allegedly Being Raped by Wombat
Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court alcohol played a large role in Cradock’s life.
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
I never thought I’d see it. You’d swear that the two hated each other’s guts. Then all of a sudden, the music fades in, and it’s “So Happy Together“:
In a show of Republican unity, one-time bitter foes John McCain and Mitt Romney raised money and campaigned together Thursday for a single goal - getting McCain [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
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Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Steve Skojec
It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m a huge Murky Coffee fan. It’s the best coffee I’ve ever had, anywhere, and I liked its independent status and the wit and passion of its owner, Nick Cho.
As a patron of their Arlington shop, I never knew much about their problems at the Capitol [...]
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