Category Archives: the weekend

Good thing Walmart never got a Boulder store

If they did, they would have to fire most of their employees. Wal-Mart ‘Sympathetic’ to Man Fired for Using Medical Pot, but Won’t Rehire Him

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Nat “King” Cole

Cool! He was born on St. Patricks Day in 1919 plus or minus. More background and videos at Powerline.

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Hey, she’s not from Boulder!

That would be Shikha Dalmia and her column on Obamacare in Forbes magazine proves it. So why didn’t the Democrats pull back when they still had the chance? The reason is that both the Democratic Party and President Obama have … Continue reading

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Redefining “normal”

Doesn’t sound like such a grand idea. As chairman of the task force that created the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which came out in 1994, I learned from painful experience how small changes in the … Continue reading

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Starlight Award for Glenn Reynolds

Congratulations to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame, not to mention a University of Tennessee law professor. Glenn recently earned the Starlight Award for Distinguished Alumi from Maryville City School Foundation. Commenting on the award.. “It’s kind of weird because I … Continue reading

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Tennessee over Kentucky (74-65)

Home field advantage I guess. I missed the game today, but after watching the same matchup two weeks ago in Kentucky I didn’t think Tennessee would stand a chance. It would be nice if Coach Pearl could get a consistant … Continue reading

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Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer

Wow!More pictures here.

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Cancer killers: I got the dark chocolate thing down no problem but I’ll have to work a little on the red wine.

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Tennessee vs. Kentucky

The Vols meet #2(or 3) ranked Kentucky Wildcats @ Kentucky this evening. Viewers can watch the game in ESPN. Kentucky has to be regarded as the favorite based on ranking and this being a home game for them. They meet … Continue reading

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Rogue wave…

Well a tiny rogue wave, but it was during a surfing competition. Numerous injuries to spectators. A huge wave swept away spectators watching a Northern California surfing contest Saturday morning, causing broken bones and other injuries to people standing on … Continue reading

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Full body scans

Of course this won’t happen in the United States. The revelation that airport security staff are completely abusing any notion of the professionalism promised by authorities by printing out and circulating images of naked body scans should set alarm bells … Continue reading

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Migrating to lighter beers….

damn, I like the darker stuff.

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Melancholy….

Box of Rain… This is one of the first Dead songs I fell in love with. To my knowledge, it wasn’t performed frequently and Phil Lesh, singing it was certainly less common… The story behind the song… …. the bottle … Continue reading

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Bridge design contest

For students age 13 – 12th grade. More info here. h/t to Darren.

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Education mismatch

Turns out education mismatch is leading to women who can’t find a mate. Dr. Helen examines an article by Richard Whitmore, author of Why Boys Fail. Most interesting is her conclusion… So our society has created a mess where men … Continue reading

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Islam, Christianity and Google

Try it yourself, you can’t make this stuff up.

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Non-human persons

Dolphins that is. I expect this terminology to rapidly become part of the Boulder lexicon.

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2010 Watchwords

As readers could probably guess without prompting, I voted for “Hide the Decline”. I did gave serious consideration to “I am to misbehave”. You can vote here.

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Thanks “Uncle Bob”

Thanks to Uncle Bob for his posts during my absence.

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Diamonds are a girls best friend

Hmmm… don’t think I ever envisioned this!

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