Anyone who knows me or reads this site and actually remembers anything I’ve ever said knows that I hate Real products with a passion and won’t install them on my computer. Period. This goes for Rhapsody as well because it’s a Real product.
I was doing some Daring Fireball archive reading, and stumbled across an [...]

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While I have managed to take care of a fair amount of business over the phone since moving to Vienna (schedule doctors’ visits, coordinate closet construction, deal with customer service departments, etc.), and usually in German, I can’t help but feel out of my element a tiny bit whenever I do it.
First, it’s tough to [...]

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I have had my eye on this specific house for a long time. It’s a lustron home from the middle of the 20th Century. From the listing
walk to decatur square! mid century modern! here is your chance to own a rare ‘lustron’ home! check it out at lustron dot org. situated on a great [...]

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The State of Georgia began selling surplus goods on eBay

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This morning, as I got lit on coffee, fed my baby and watched the “Today” show, I witnessed one of those brain-bursting events that makes one want to weep for the future of our nation.
As many may know, “Today” is filmed in New York City. Crowds gather on “the plaza” and the hosts of [...]

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Back in the Autumn, my wife, my friends Rachel and Simmy and their daughter Lily took a trip up to North Georgia to take in the scenery, breathe the fresh air and to buy up all of the locally-produced victuals we could find. To be more specific, we got muscadines, sweet potato butter, local [...]

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Today is Confederate Memorial Day. As I’ve mentioned here before, I had many, many relatives who fought in the Civil War, mostly on the Southern side. To me, I don’t see any reason for a special day to celebrate their service. Why not on Veterans’ Day or Memorial Day along with everybody [...]

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Go away already!
For those not in the know, Georgia has a flag problem. The state’s flag was changed in the 50’s to include the Confederate battle emblem in an effort to intimidate those in the civil rights movement. The last governor decided to change the flag in efforts to head off a South [...]

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It takes all types I suppose. The Nuwaubians’ angle is some sort of neo-Egyptology thing. Ra only knows what is next for the group after the raid by federal and local cops.

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