Eric Florack on March 31st, 2007

Gee.. McGehee…. Here, all this time I thought it was because you liked Bruce Willis Movies.

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Eric Florack on March 28th, 2007

From the mailbag:

Dearest friends,

I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing situation I find myself contemplating.  I have selected you as a group to aid me because you have known

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davidl on March 23rd, 2007

House panel votes to issue subpoenas

A House panel authorized subpoenas yesterday for top White House and Justice Department aides, including White House counselor Karl Rove, setting up a constitutional clash with the Bush administration over the U.S. attorneys

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If this is Saint Patrick’s Day, why isn’t the snow green?   When it comes to weather in Rochester, the phrase “Luck of the Irish” just does not seem to apply.   By the way, it was sixty degrees on Wednesday.   Mother

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davidl on March 15th, 2007

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Last week NASA fired that crazy astronaut Lisa Nowak. Apparently there was no place at NASA for an unstable woman. The good news? Today she was hired as co-host of “The View.”  

Jay Leno

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davidl on February 24th, 2007

Duct TapeYet more incontrovertable evidence that duct tape is among the great inventions of all time, trailing only sliced bread and toilet paper on a roll.  Read the report:

What would happen if an astronaut came unglued in space and,

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Eric Florack on February 16th, 2007

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davidl on January 19th, 2007

Bill Bennett, Morning in America, recenty held a contest for the best Sandy Berger parady song. The wiinner:

Sandy Berger Can
(to the tune of “Secret Agent Man”)

Bill and Hillary lookin’ for a legacy
But the national archives

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Eric Florack on January 18th, 2007

noai.jpgLet me put in a word about “American Idol”.

The word is “No”.

Part of my distaste for the show does not rest on the talentless hacks that get paraded through, though that certainly accounts for most of it.

Rather,

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davidl on January 1st, 2007

Who owns American English?

In the morning fish wrapper, I read a version of this article suggesting the banning of several words.  I was tempted to give the LSSU professors the esteemed BB award.  Yet the perfessors at LSSU

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davidl on December 30th, 2006

Scott Ott, Scrabbleface

Mortuary Bob has done it again, another exclusive interview with a dead man, and Scott Ott has all the details: “Woodward Releases Embargoed Chat with Saddam

(2006-12-30) — Reporter Bob Woodward said today he would soon allow his

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davidl on December 29th, 2006

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The head line is provocative but the actual study merely seems to suggest.   I don’t believe we any hard core gender feminist reading the blog, but here is my chance to find out.   Isn’t discovery

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2006

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Signs you might have been going a little fast…

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