Posts from September, 2005
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Sep0Utah State
Alex Jones has always been entertaining, but most people don’t buy into his shrill warnings of an emerging police state. But sometimes you have to wonder if he’s on to something. This video footage of a Utah rave bust is pretty terrifying. What may be more surprising than the commando raid is the [...]
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Sep0Tennis, Golf, and the Culture War
Most evenings I go on a “skate.” Since I can’t really shred-it-up with the kids anymore, and it’s no fun to session a bench or manual pad alone, I skate the same line each evening. I ollie the exact same manhole covers, always do manuals down a certain stretch of road, and bomb the [...]
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Sep0Quote of the Day
To hold a sick child in your arms, give her the medicine she needs and then ride into the desert on a beautiful horse under a starry sky to have a fabulous dinner in a fairytale fort is an extraordinary experience. - Caroline Duncan, an actress who went on a Relief Riders International tour
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Sep0No Companion of Mine
Because of the “high probability of confusion” over his t-shirt design that reads, “A Prarie Ho Companion” Garrison Keillor is threatening to sue a Minnesota blogger.
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Sep0Unpredictable Response
A sign in front of Woodland Hills Baptist Church that read “The big easy is the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah” offended Penny Crotty, of Tyler, Texas, so she actually confronted the pastor himself. After all, Woodland Hills is just down the road. My Sep. 8 posting, “Predictable,” also angered Penny. She wrote, “I take [...]
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