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{ Monthly Archives } April 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-30

Listening to The New York Times – NYT Front Page for 04/30/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2pbmhq (last.fm) # Listening to the Bob Edwards show. # Listening to Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour. # Listening to Dick DeBartolo with Leo Laporte – Daily Giz Wiz [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 04.29.2008?

The mailbox contained:

May 5, 2008 issue of Newsweek (Obama’s Bubba Gap) May/June 2008 issue of Foreign Policy (The Israel Myth) May/June 2008 issue of Technology Review (Brain Trauma in Iraq – The Epidemic Among Returning Veterans) May 2008 issue of Current History (US Foreign Policy After Bush) May 15, 2008 issue of The Progressive Populist (Criminals of the World, [...]

Fewer Immigrants Send Money Home

Only 50 percent of some 18.9 million Latino immigrants in this country now send money regularly to relatives in their home countries, compared with 73 percent two years ago, a survey found.

The drop in the number of people sending remittances, as the money transfers are known, is a sign of pressures on Latino immigrants as [...]

Another Netflix Not-in-Stock Email

I received another e-mail from Netflix today stating that the local (Roanoke) distribution center doesn’t have a movie in stock.

  Your Account | Queue | Help Shipping update Dear Stephen, [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-29

Listening to the Bob Edwards show. # iTunes stopped working. I had to uninstall Quicktime & then reinstall it before iTunes would work again. http://tinyurl.com/y6p28u # Listening to Steve Winwood featuring Eric Clapton – Dirty City (Album Version) http://tinyurl.com/6xb7vp (last.fm) # Listening [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 04.28.2008?

The mailbox contained:

May 5, 2008 issue of Business Week (The New Vulture Investors – How Phil Falcone and his fellow scavengers just might kick-start the economy) June 2008 issue of Cuisine at Home (fast & fun Shrimp & Steak on a Stick on a Caesar salad) Issue 18 of Intermezzo (Easy Entertaining Including Over 50 Simple and [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-28

Listening to Morning Edition & running the Monday reports. # Listening to the Bob Edwards show. # Listening to NYT Front Page Podcast for 04/26/2008. # Listening to NYT Front Page Podcast for 04/28/2008. # Listening to Paul Thurrott [...]

Lawn Mower’s Broken

The Yard-Man lawn mower that I bought 2 years ago broke when I tried to mow the grass yesterday.  It worked great when I mowed grass on April 5th, but this time the blade fell off.  The bolt that secures the blade to the mower broke off inside the shaft that comes from the motor.  [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-27

Listening to The Gourds – My Name is Jorge http://tinyurl.com/2wnpqr (last.fm) # Listening to The Gourds – My Name Is Jorge http://tinyurl.com/2wnpqr (last.fm) # Listening to The Gourds – My Name is Jorge http://tinyurl.com/2wnpqr (last.fm) # Listening to The Gourds – The [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 04.26.2008?

The mailbox contained:

A real estate tax bill A personal property tax bill

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-25

Listening to C.J. Chenier – Bow Legged Woman http://tinyurl.com/3bkklk (last.fm) # Listening to Clifton Chenier – Clifton’s Squeeze-Box Boogie http://tinyurl.com/37mx8n (last.fm) # Listening to Boozoo Chavis – Zydeco Hee Haw http://tinyurl.com/3xknrm (last.fm) # Listening to Olympia Brass Band – Should I http://tinyurl.com/5b7bb3 [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 04.25.2008?

The mailbox contained:

May 2008 issue of Smithsonian (Destination America Magical Maine) May 2008 issue of Nuts and Volts (Microcontrollers Give Slot Cars a Boost) May-June 2008 (final) issue of No Depression (Guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer, and a man who loves music:  Buddy Miller is our artist [...]

For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isn’t Over

Stern Pinball Inc. is the last of its kind in the world. A range of companies once mass produced pinball machines, especially in the Chicago area, the one-time capital of the business. Now there is only Stern. And even the dinging and flipping here has slowed: Stern, which used to crank out 27,000 pinball machines [...]

What’s the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 04.25.2008? (up)

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

Grade Price

Regular $3.519

Mid $3.619

Premium $3.759

Diesel $4.099

Kerosene $3.499

Unleaded prices are up another 4 cents per gallon this morning.

What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 04.24.2008?

The mailbox contained:

Craft: 07 (Shoe Time!) May-June 2008 issue of Utne Reader (Reimagining the American Dream – Waking Up from our National Nightmare) May 2008 issue of Sojourners (Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is – When the economy takes a downturn, what happens to the common good?) May 2008 issue of domino (love where you live!) Mother’s Day [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 04.23.2008?

The mailbox contained:

April 28, 2008 issue of The New Yorker (State Secrets – An Islamic charity’s wiretapping case.) May/June 2008 issue of QEX (M0MWA presents a computer-controlled tunable bandpass filter (preselectr) for use with software defined radios. May 2008 issue of Virginia Wildlife (Project Healing Waters – Returning veterans find support in a unique fly fishing program.) April [...]

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Wednesday, 04.23.2008?

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

Grade Price

Regular $3.479

Mid $3.579

Premium $3.719

Diesel $4.099

Kerosene $3.499

Unleaded prices were up 6 cents per gallon.

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 04.22.2008?

The mailbox contained:

April 28, 2008 issue of Newsweek (The Martyr Factory – Why on Lybian city became a pipeline for suicide bombers in Iraq) April 28-May 5, 2008 issue of U.S. News & World Report (Why America Needs an Energy Diet (and So Do You)) Spring 2008 issue of The Wilson Quarterly (Backbone – Infrastructure for America’s [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 04.21.2008?

The mailbox contained:

May 2008 issue of Boys Life (When Things Go Wrong – Plan B!) May-June 2008 issue of Scouting (GPS – A Trailblazer for Trinkets and Treasure) May 2008 issue of QST (The ARRL Homebrew Challenge – If you design it, they will build.) April 28, 2008 issue of Business Week (Most Innovative Companies) May 2008 issue of [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-22

Google Reader Shared Free Grand Canyon Plane Tour: Clicking on the picture above wi.. http://tinyurl.com/6ynwld #

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