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Reading this article about sports jackets from The Art of Manliness makes me want one.  Someone should get me one. Ahem.

The NY Times has an article about the Transportation Department limiting tarmac waits for passengers to three Hours.  We’ve been doing a lot of flying this month – a trip to Las Vegas for Barrett & Lindsay’s wedding and a trip to Reno to see my grandparents for Christmas.  Our flight to Las Vegas was [...]

When your 8 year old son asks you if there is a swear word worse than ‘Fuck’.  Your initial thought should not be ‘Yes’. Your first thought should be “Why the fuck are you saying the word ‘Fuck’?!  You’re eight fuckin’ years old!”  Let alone having a discussion with your child about whether or not [...]

According to an article on CNN, Nicolas Cage is very broke.  Why might he be broke?  Perhaps it was these purchases:
[T]wo castles, 15 palatial homes, a flotilla of yachts and a squadron of Rolls Royces
I do not feel bad for this man.

I always like to look at the “new words” list that Oxford Dictionary puts out each year.  It’s usually somewhat nerdy and well, that’s me.
Word of the Year – unfriend
Is unfriend Word of the Year material? I dunno, perhaps.  I’ve heard the word used before, it’s a Facebook thing, but I don’t know anyone who [...]

I don’t think I ever knew that certain states have a limit to the alcohol content that that they can serve from the tap.  Thankfully, according to this article from USA Today, many states are upping the alcohol content limit.
Unfortunately, while the article does mention a lot of states and their respective limits, it doesn’t [...]

Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) reserved an hour to speak about health care. Republicans didn’t care for the way he was talking and unsuccessfully tried to cut off his speech.
Alan Grayson has become my favorite Congressman. Please clone yourself, have your clone move to Kansas, and successfully run for Congress. Thanks.
Via The Huffington [...]

Apparently the AARP and the AMA have announced their support for the House of Representatives health care bill.  Despite covering more people and lowering the US deficit, there doesn’t seem to be all that many groups announcing support for Health Care reform.  Nice to see that starting to change a bit.
Via CNN.com.

A PGA Tour golfer has been banned for doping. Uh, what? This is particularly odd when you see a picture of the guy, not very, uh, “doped” looking.
Via CNN.com.

Jackie
hey, I have a computer guy question
James Asher
so naturally you think of me
Jackie
How do I take a screen shot and save it as a jpeg
Yes, I know no others
James Asher
what kind of computer are you on? windows i assume?
Jackie
windows
James Asher
XP?
Jackie
xp
James Asher
ok, set up your screen for whatever you want a screen shot of
in the sort [...]