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{ Monthly Archives } March 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-31

Listening to Hanne Hukkelberg – A Cheater’s Armoury http://tinyurl.com/33yx3l (last.fm) # Listening to Bob Schneider – Changing Your Mind http://tinyurl.com/3xljc8 (last.fm) # Listening to Dead Rock West – Highway One http://tinyurl.com/2qz88y (last.fm) # Listening to Headlights – Cherry Tulips http://tinyurl.com/35p9xl (last.fm) # [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Monday, 03.31.2008?

The gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:

Grade Price

Regular $3.159

Mid $3.259

Premium $3.399

Diesel $3.899

Kerosene $3.499

Gas Prices were unchanged today.

For the month of March, regular and mid-grade unleaded prices increased 7 cents, premium increased 6 cents, kerosene increased 10 cents, and diesel increased 30 cents per gallon.

For calendar year 2008, regular and mid-grade unleaded increased 25 cents, [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-03-30

Listening to Boozoo Chavis – Zydeco Homebrew http://tinyurl.com/3xknrm (last.fm) # Listening to C.J. Chenier – Black Snake Blues http://tinyurl.com/3bkklk (last.fm) # Listening to Rosie Ledet – Cutie Pie http://tinyurl.com/39pa3d (last.fm) # Listening to Clifton Chenier – Boppin’ the Rock http://tinyurl.com/37mx8n (last.fm) # [...]

Happy Birthday B.

Yesterday was my middle child’s birthday, and we took him out to eat -he picked Red Lobster-, bought him some presents, and he played and skated at the skating rink while my other son attended a birthday party there. Last night, he gave me a big hug and said, “Thanks Dad. This was [...]

VTech Phone Manuals

VTech Manuals (vtechphones.com)

VTech has manuals for its phones available in pdf format. Just follow the link listed above and select your model.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-03-29

Listening to The Doors – The Soft Parade http://tinyurl.com/2sxdgk (last.fm) # Listening to The Doors – Summer’s Almost Gone http://tinyurl.com/2sxdgk (last.fm) # Listening to The Doors – Love Street http://tinyurl.com/2sxdgk (last.fm) # Listening to The Doors – Riders On The Storm http://tinyurl.com/2sxdgk [...]

What Was in the Postal Mailbox Saturday, 03.29.2008?

The mailbox contained:

April 7, 2008 issue of Business Week (The 50 Best Performers) Summer 2008 L.L.Bean Catalog A Craftsman Club Sale Flyer A subscription offer from The New York Review of Books A Team In Training Brochure Information from Anthem

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-28

Listening to Cake – Excuse Me, I Think I’ve Got a Heartache http://last.fm/music/Cake # Listening to Cake – Conroy http://last.fm/music/Cake # Listening to Cake – Strangers in the Night http://last.fm/music/Cake # Listening to Cake – Multiply the Heartaches http://last.fm/music/Cake # [...]

What Was in the Postal Mailbox Friday, 03.28.2008?

The mailbox contained:

March 2008 issue of RN (Nursing shortage – Looking to the Future) April 2008 issue of Parish Home Companion (From The Rector) A plea from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy A plea from the Washington National Cathedral

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-27

Google Reader Shared Grain prices soar globally: Rice shortages are appearing across.. http://tinyurl.com/25pp7v # Listening to The New York Times – NYT Front Page for 03/27/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2pbmhq (last.fm) # Writing queries, doing laundry, cooking breakfast, making coffee, listening to Morning Edition… # [...]

Odd Crop Prices Defy Economics

Economists note there should not be two prices for one thing at the same place and time. Could a drugstore sell two identical tubes of toothpaste, and charge 50 cents more for one of them? Of course not.

But, in effect, exactly that has been happening, repeatedly and mysteriously, in trading that sets prices for corn, [...]

What Was in the Postal Mailbox Thursday, 03.27.2008?

The mailbox contained:

Volume 13, Number 2 of House to House Heart to Heart (Worthy of Praise) A refund from Carilion

What Was in the Postal Mailbox Wednesday, 03.26.2008?

The mailbox contained:

April/May 2008 issue of Mother Earth News (Choosing Renewal Energy) April 2008 issue of Virginia Wildlife (Franklin’s Blackwater Landing – A new landing helps the city of Franklin continue its remarkable recovery.) March 31, 2008 issue of The New Yorker (Out of Print – What does the Web mean for newspapers?) A plea from America’s Second [...]

Economy may even affect NASCAR

As consumer confidence in the economy falls, bundles of unsold NASCAR tickets grow.

Ticket sales are soft at several International Speedway Corp.-owned tracks, which include Martinsville Speedway. Tickets remain for Sunday’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500.

Track president Clay Campbell, noting the economy, said Wednesday that ticket sales “have been soft this year versus years in the [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-03-26

Google Reader Shared What do Eliot Spitzer, 9/11, and tax evasion have in common?: F.. http://tinyurl.com/278dna # Google Reader Shared What We’re Reading: Preeti Aroon "Looking Towards the Futu.. http://tinyurl.com/yp7coq # Google Reader Shared Kennedy’s not-so-happy Charlottesville anniversary: Although hi.. http://tinyurl.com/2oyqdt # Google [...]

What Was in the Postal Mailbox Tuesday, 03.25.2008?

The mailbox contained:

April 2008 issue of Smithsonian (Illuminating Black Holes – Astronomers aim lasers at the most mysterious objects in the universe) March 31, 2008 issue of Newsweek (When ‘Barry’ Became Barack) Spring 2008 issue of National Pars (Water and Sky – Discovering Alaska’s Glacier Bay) March 10, 2008 issue of Oncology Times (Lombardi Cancer Center Leadership Mixes [...]

Big belly could carry bigger dementia risk

Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests.

It’s not clear why abdominal fat would promote dementia, but it may pump out substances that harm the brain. It’s not just about your weight. While previous research has found evidence that [...]

‘Cheese’ Heroin Hooking Young Users in Dallas

In Dallas, health officials are seeing children that young being brought to hospitals with signs of heroin withdrawal. The city is in its third year of what drug abuse experts call a “mini-epidemic” among young Hispanics snorting a mild but addictive heroin called “cheese.”

Cheese heroin is Mexican black-tar heroin that has been diluted with crushed [...]

Foreclosure Rates Reflect Human Cost of Mortgage Meltdown

The city of Baltimore has lately seen skyrocketing foreclosure rates and slumping home prices. The housing shake-up led the city to sue its largest lender — Wells Fargo — over allegations that it gave black homebuyers higher loan rates than white buyers.

Read, Listen, and/or Watch (PBS Online NewsHour)

A new push to avert cell-tower bird strikes

As many as 50 million birds are killed annually in US cell-tower collisions. As more towers go up, builders and researchers eye solutions.

Today FAA regulations require both steady red lights and flashing red or flashing white ones. What Gehring found: Solid steady red lights were a big problem – creating an aura during cloudy weather [...]