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Halloween Economics

Posted in Musings, Politics on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A friend posted on Twitter tonight how some brat (my choice of terms) came to his door, “sees candy in my hand, says ‘I can take bigger handful.’ I tell him, ‘but that would be greedy’- so he digs in & grabs a big handful anyway.” And all this, with his father silently watching on!
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Sarah Palin makes Pro-Choice Speech in Pittsburgh

Posted in Parenting, Politics, tagged , , , on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This morning, Gov. Sarah Palin made one of her most stirring pro-choice/pro-life speeches of the campaign, underscoring the need to give parents and caregivers maximum choice in choosing the educational path of their special-needs children.
She pledged that a McCain-Palin administration would make the federal government an advocate in making funds “portable” so that parents can [...]

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Now found on Alltop!

Posted in Fathering, Home, Life, tagged , , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Steve’s Leave’s now appears on Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop site, in the “Life” category. W00t!

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The Worst Birthday Ever

Posted in Boys, Fathering, Home, Life, Parenting on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It was shaping up to be a reasonably pleasant birthday some years back. A co-worker had treated me to a nice lunch. I was working out of a remote office, so I was only 10 minutes away from home instead of the usual 1 hour+. My wife, accomplished in the kitchen, had the cake in [...]

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ACORN goes Nuts: 1 Republican registration uncovered

Posted in Fun, Politics, Spoof, tagged , , , , , on October 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »

A massive investigation in the Baltimore office of ACORN was kicked off when it was found that one of its thousands of registration cards actually showed “Republican” written in.
“We don’t know how it could have happened!” cringed Sally Green, Regional Head of Fraudulent Registrations. “Our cards give people the choice of registering as Democrats or [...]

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