I’m driving home this morning, and on the radio is an OnStar commercial. I’m not really a fan of allowing Big Brother watch where I am or disable my vehicle, so I’m clearly not likely to buy any GM vehicle from the last many years, but that’s beside the point of this post. Edit: or from a handful of others. They have the ability…

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I just watched the State of the Union Address. Sadly, the first I’ve ever watched. Following it, came the GOP response. Why the GOP gets a response when we’re a single government with a single leader is beyond my understanding, but it is what it is; precisely what’s wrong with a bipartisan system. A few points my [girl-like throwing] governor, Bob McDonnell said didn’t…

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If you don’t follow The Big Picture, a regularly updated feature from the Boston Globe, you should start. Their subject this week was “2009 in photos,” a 3-part series. Some really awesome stuff: Part 1Part 2Part 3

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Went to the new sports doc yesterday [more on him later] and received a “Stage 1 Hypertension” result from my blood pressure test. He has to read it on two more occasions before he can actually diagnose me, but it is what it is. Now… what has caused it? According to WebMD, the following are common causes: Smoking – I don’t. Being overweight or…

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The Redskins currently being in a slump, and with outrage toward the owner never being higher, I thought back to the days of the Cooke family. Then I thought “What ever happened to them?” Admittedly, I was not a huge fan of the team growing up. It was an Eagles household, and I was just a kid… I didn’t really have the means to…

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[This is the start of that “most eventful week of my life.”] On Monday, we did the unthinkable; put down our Weimaraner, Amber. I don’t want to touch on that day too much as we should instead celebrate her life, but it was probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. We received Amber in early 1995 [I think?] as we were promised a…

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