The four of us went to the Pataskala Street Fair along with my parents-in-law. Both our daughters behaved quite well until it was time to go; we did keep them up past their bedtime.
The fair became embroiled in a controversy where the local fire station was not allowed to continue the fund-raising method [...]
By now you’re probably heard that Lisa Marie Presley has put out a video of “In the Ghetto” featuring Elvis and some voiceover by Lisa Marie.
The video is available at spinner.com and on iTunes.
The NR Wife is the Elvis fan in the family, but I still think the audio performance is pretty good. I [...]
BusinessWeek reports that municipal wireless networking isn’t working very well. Subscribers aren’t signing on as much as expected, and AT&T, Earthlink and others are looking to terminate their agreements if the cities don’t foot more of the bill.
I have not been thrilled with municipal WiFi. I could see the network in Corpus Christi, but I [...]
One of my favorite readers attended a non-denominational church service while camping last weekend. Instead of PowerPoint and praise bands, they simply read the Bible while the minister preached. I (and this person) thought that was rather cool. I was then told that the minister was going through the various parts of the Bible, saying [...]
The Washington Post reports (link down):
The Treasury Department reported on Friday that the government produced a deficit of $157.3 billion for the budget year that began last Oct. 1. That’s a substantial improvement from the red ink figure of $239.6 billion produced for the corresponding 10-month period last year.
The lower year-to-date deficit was the result [...]
