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The Westclox factory burned. The company's been gone for many years, yet they were a favourite brand of clock. They made the Big Ben alarm clocks that I loved.

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Meanwhile, in the Congo...

A 'grenade error' during a jailbreak. This just breaks my brain. He knew to pull the pin, but not what to do afterward? And the 'mastermind' of the jailbreak was supposed to be an ex-colonel, too.

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Woo... The Daily Mirror has Simon's Cat as a cartoon strip!

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From Reuters, via the BBC - ironing the flag before the caususes begin:



I'll go on the record here that if Santorum ends up as the nominee*, I will vote, and possible even campaign, for Obama. A man who wants the Federal government in people's bedrooms and in the doctor's office is in no sense of a word a conservative.


* next to impossible, but a nightmare scenario still

Lightbulbs!

So, I went to the store an hour ago or so. Among the things I bought were - an eight pack of Sylvania 100 watt incandescent bulbs! It seems a very small thing, but they were supposed to be outlawed on New Year's Day. A small glimmer of progress is still a glimmer of progress.