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Ball O’ Wreath
ByDerek
It’s a beautiful snowy Sunday out here in the country. Here’s a simply modified photo, using only Picasa’s Focal B&W and soft focus filters. I think it makes a relatively dull photo (below) into something much more interesting.
The Office, American-Style
ByDerek
I’m catching up on my blog-reading and ran across this post on BuffaloPundit’s blog about “The Office”. Personally, British humor just doesn’t jive with me, so when I watched the British version (prior to the American version coming out) I gave it an “eh” and let it go. But I’ve been watching the American version…
Mr. Biden needs a Constitution refresher
ByDerek
via Power Line… For a man of Biden’s experience, this is a surprising series of misstatements. First of all, he gets wrong one of the most basic facts about the Constitution: Article 1 establishes the legislative branch, not, as Biden said, the executive branch. This is not exactly an obscure fact; my 17-year-old daughter pointed…
Free Ride?
ByDerek
I love how The Tax Foundation can put things into perspective so simply and eloquently. “While the oil companies experience record profits, the federal government has been giving them a free ride,” Jeff Rickert, vice president of the Apollo Alliance, charged during a news conference Tuesday. In the most recent flap over “excessive†profits, ExxonMobil…
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Friday Five – April 1, 2011
ByDerek
Welcome to the fool-free edition of Friday Five! #1 – REDACTED I write Friday Five for my internal Praxair blog, and this post was just too specific to something internal to be worth sharing here. Instead, here’s the worst song in the universe. #2 – Amazon Cloud Player goes live, streams music on your computer…
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Oktoberfest a success!
ByDerek
Three weeks in a row, three great events! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out to make Oktoberfest run smoothly this year. And, of course, thanks to all the bloggers for unplugging for awhile and coming out to have some fun! Great seeing you all again!