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{ Monthly Archives } May 2009

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-30

Listening to the Grateful Dead and Friends Show on WNRN – http://tr.im/mTcz #

2009 05 31 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-29

Waiting in line to pay personal property taxes & get city stickers. # Taxes have been paid & decals purchased. # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, 05/12/09. The guests were Martin Smith & Christopher McDougall. http://tr.im/mGe7 # Listening to [...]

2009 05 30 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 29th

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2009 05 29 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-28

GoogleReader Shared: Weiner stand on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke has closed: Shared by Steve .. http://tr.im/mFIN # GoogleReader Shared: Oops! Firing range bullets hit Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant http://tr.im/mFIP # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Monday, 05/11/09. The guests were James Carville & [...]

2009 05 29 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 28th

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2009 05 28 Tweets Comments

Once Famed for Horse Breeding, Virginia is Losing Its Thoroughbred Operations

In 1973, when Secretariat, a stallion born and raised in Caroline County, Va., won the Triple Crown, the state was a regular contender in the nation’s highest-profile races. Virginia has been famous as a producer of great horses since before the Civil War. But this month, not one Virginia horse ran in the Kentucky [...]

2009 05 28 Agriculture Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-27

Making coffee & listening to Morning Edition. # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Friday, 05/08/09. The guests were David Broder, Kenneth Branagh & Dan Gediman. http://tr.im/mctX # Listening to 5-25-09 Fresh Air: Redux: ‘Joker One’: A Marine’s Memoir Of Iraq War. http://tr.im/mztr # [...]

2009 05 28 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 27th

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2009 05 27 Tweets Comments

As Detroit Crumbles, China Emerges as Auto Epicenter

America’s auto titans are dismantling their global empires. But across the Pacific, it’s as if the global economic forces that have pummeled Detroit never struck. Chinese auto sales are up, and this year China is projected to displace Japan as the world’s largest car producer.

Now, the auto world is buzzing that China’s auto industry may [...]

2009 05 27 Economy Comments

Clues to the common man – Washington and Lee students search for Monticello overseer’s artifacts

In a quiet patch of forest about a mile east of Monticello, 13 Washington & Lee University students are uncovering the story of a figure largely forgotten since the days of Thomas Jefferson.

As part of a six-week course, the students are excavating thousands of tiny artifacts that illustrate the life of Edmund Bacon, who supervised [...]

2009 05 27 History Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-26

Amazon Wish List: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work:

Book — $15.5.. http://tr.im/mqkz # GoogleReader Shared: The Case for Working With Your Hands: Matthew B. Crawford, motorcycle m.. http://tr.im/mqmV # GoogleReader Shared: Gallery: 23 photos of soldiers looking completely badass: [...]

2009 05 27 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 26th

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2009 05 26 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-25

Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Wednesday, 05/06/09. The guests were Kirstin Downey, Arthur Phillips & David Kipen. http://tr.im/mctX # Folding laundry & watching the Trailer Park Boys movie. # Why isn’t the most recent episode of Breaking Bad available to watch @ AMC [...]

2009 05 26 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 25th

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2009 05 25 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-24

I broke my French Press this morning. # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, 05/05/09. The guests were Michael Walsh & Sally Ride. http://tr.im/mctX # GoogleReader Shared: Dell now offering Studio XPS 13 with Ubuntu: Dell’s been showing Ubunt.. http://tr.im/mh3y # [...]

2009 05 25 Tweets Comments

Playlist for May 24th

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2009 05 24 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-23

GoogleReader Shared: Roanoke News Feeds: Roanoke News Feeds Roanoke News Feeds ABC 13 – Loca.. http://tr.im/mckJ # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Monday, 05/02/09. The guests was Jonah Lehrer, the editor of Seed magazine. http://tr.im/mctX # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for [...]

2009 05 24 Tweets Comments

What Was the Price of Gas in Salem, VA Friday, 05.22.2009? (down)

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

Grade Price

Regular $2.299

Mid $2.399

Premium $2.499

Diesel $2.299

Kerosene $3.499

Unleaded prices were down 6 cents per gallon.

2009 05 23 Salem Gas Prices Comments

Playlist for May 23rd

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2009 05 23 Tweets Comments

Identi.ca Updates for 2009-05-22

Listening to the Bob Edwards Show for Friday, 05/01/09. The guests were David Broder, David Zirin & Dan Gediman. http://tr.im/lLrz # FriendFeed Like: AJ Batac: Disconnected http://tr.im/m7Ju # Listening to NPR – One Family’s ‘Extreme Frugality’ Experiment. http://tr.im/m7Sq # Listening to NPR [...]

2009 05 23 Tweets Comments