The ball used for the final out in the World Series must be valuable. According to Jonathan Papelbon, his dog ate it:
“BOSTON - The World Series ball is gone, and Jonathan Papelbon has an excuse: My dog ate it.
Farfetched or not, that’s what the Red Sox closer insists happened to the souvenir from the [...]
There is a surprise at some airports. It is an airport tax that is collected before leaving and upon arriving. The tax is supposedly for improvements. However, this catches most travelers without any prior notice.
This seems somewhat unfair. The traveler is in a rush to either board the flight or gather [...]
Curt Schilling, the pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, has a blog space. He has been expressing his viewpoint about the Mitchell Report on steroid use in major league baseball. His remarks have been candid and have caused some controversy. For example, some people have taken exception to Mr Schilling’s remarks about [...]
You should check your community bylaws. It may be against the law to gather in small groups and sing carols. Your community may have caroling restrictions:
“…The reasons range from the paranoid (it’s a plot by secularists against Christians) to the prosaic (most people would rather stay home and watch football). Americans are too [...]
The New York Knicks fans have been chanting “Fire Isiah” at home games. Now, some of these Knicks fans are taking to the street:
“…The fans planned to gather outside Madison Square Garden to urge Garden chairman James L. Dolan to fire Thomas, whose Knicks are 7-17 going into Wednesday night’s game with Cleveland. The [...]
For those who like to experiment with the ‘latest and greatest’, the Firefox 3 - Beta 2 - has been released. One of the anticipated issues is that the memory usage has been addressed. This has been a longstanding complaint with Firefox users (myself included):
“…Over 300 individual memory leaks have been [...]
Well, Santa certainly seems to have evidence of who has been naughty and who has been nice:
“…”The security officer at the mall said Santa Claus has been sexually assaulted,” Danbury Detective Lt. Thomas Michael said.”
link: Cops: Woman Groped Mall Santa
And who knew… there is a ’santa school’!
Catherine
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With the ’smart cards’ becoming part of some school systems, it is possible to track students and build a personal data base for each and every student. Movements can be tracked. Activities can be tracked. It is possible to know what a student had for lunch on any specific day. Even [...]
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
[tag]napoleon bonaparte. quote, politics[/tag]
Another stolen laptop means another data breach:
“PITTSBURGH — The names, social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses and patient care information of 42,000 patients were all on a laptop computer stolen from a nurse’s home.”
link: Nurse’s Stolen Laptop May Put Thousands Of Local Patients At Risk
The laptop was stolen on November 24th. Letters of [...]
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