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{ Monthly Archives } July 2008

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-31

Listening to Wilco – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart http://bit.ly/2ajU52 (last.fm) # Listening to Wilco – War On War # Listening to Wilco – Jesus, Etc. # Listening to Wilco – Ashes Of American Flags # Listening [...]

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-30

Listening to King Biscuit Flower Hour on XM’s Deep Tracks. It’s the J. Geils Band from Detroit’s Cobo Arena & it originally aired 12/8/74 # Listening to BLK JKS – Lakeside http://bit.ly/4zirv (last.fm) # Loading the dishwasher… # Listening to Mugison [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 07.29.2008?

The mailbox contained:

August 15, 2008 issue of The Progressive Populist (The Rise and Fall of an American Beer) Read September 2008 issue of Backpacker (Sweet Solitude! The wildest, quietest, darkest, and least-visited places in the Lower 48.) An advertisement from Sprint An advertisement from Verizon An offer from the Cooking Club of America A notice from the Roanoke Valley YMCA [...]

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-29

Listening to the Bob Edwards Show. The guest is Bruce Hornsby. http://bit.ly/4CcSAf # Listening to the New York Times Front Page Podcast for Monday, 7/29/2008. mp3: http://is.gd/17B3 Actual Front Page: http://is.gd/17AZ # Listening to tech5 – Apple MobileMe Has Issues. http://is.gd/17BT # [...]

What is the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Tuesday, 07.29.2008? (down)

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

Grade Price

Regular $3.699

Mid $3.799

Premium $3.899

Diesel $4.599

Kerosene $3.499

Unleaded prices are down 10 cents per gallon today.

What Was in the Mailbox Monday 07.28.2008?

The mailbox contained:

September & October 2008 issue of Cook’s Illustrated (Herbed Roast Chicken) Summer 2008 issue of Granta (Granta 102: The New Nature Writing) T.O.C. August 2008 issue of Sojourners (‘I have the health care I need. Shouldn’t everyone?’ Elizabeth Edwards on the moral outrage of 47 million Americans without health insurance – and what we can [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 07.26.2008?

The mailbox contained:

August 4, 2008 issue of Business Week (The Real Question About Oil – Should It Be Cheap?) T.O.C. Volume 16, Number 12 of BBC Music (The Proms Start Here – Your Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Classical Music Festival) Summer 2008 issue of Salem Magazine (Annual Sports Issue!) August 2008 issue of Parish Home Companion [...]

What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 07.25.2008?

The mailbox contained:

July 28, 2008 issue of The New Yorker (Dr. Kush – The medical-marijuana economy.) T.O.C. May | June 2008 issue of American Songwriter (The Country Issue) August 2008 issue of Boys’ Life (The Real Speed Racer – Jeremy Wariner Sprints For Olympic Gold) An offer from VeriSign A plea from Barack Obama A video game – Zack & [...]

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-28

Listening to Bob Edwards. The guests are Washington Post reporter David Broder & Steven Greenhouse, author of The Big Squeeze. #

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-27

Listening to The Pixies – No. 13 Baby # Listening to The Pixies – There Goes My Gun # Listening to The Pixies – Hey # Listening to The Pixies – Silver # Listening to The Pixies – Gouge [...]

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-26

Listening to Al Rapone – Chere Duloone http://bit.ly/2KcUVk (last.fm) # Listening to Buckwheat Zydeco – Buck’s Nouvelle Jolie Blon http://bit.ly/4yQDa1 (last.fm) # Listening to Terrance Simien – Don’t Wanna Cry No More http://bit.ly/3H5Wtu (last.fm) # Listening to Boozoo Chavis – Jolie Catan [...]

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Testing from Jott to Wordpress again, we are using WordPress 2.6. We have to make sure xml RPC setting was correct and were also checking to see what makes it out to identica.

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Testing from Jott to Wordpress again, we are using WordPress 2.6. We have to make sure xml RPC setting was correct and were also checking to see what makes it out to identica.

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Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-25

Listening to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad Reputation http://bit.ly/3ssv61 (last.fm) # Listening to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Make Believe # Merger of XM and Sirius Finally Nears Completion http://is.gd/13Fe # Making coffee & listening to Morning Edition – [...]

Identi.ca Updates for 2008-07-25

Listening to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad Reputation http://bit.ly/3ssv61 (last.fm) # Listening to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Make Believe # Merger of XM and Sirius Finally Nears Completion http://is.gd/13Fe # Making coffee & listening to Morning Edition – [...]

Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water

For decades nations in the Mideast and North Africa have drained aquifers, sucked the salt from seawater and diverted the Nile to make the deserts bloom. But those projects were so costly and used so much water that it remained far more practical to import food than to produce it. Today, some countries import 90 [...]

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss

Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer’s market, let alone plant a garden?

That is where an entrepreneur in San Francisco comes in. For a fee, he will build an organic garden in your backyard, weed it weekly and even harvest the bounty, gently placing [...]