Month: September 2008

Praying For Sarah Palin

Ps 27:2 – When not “if” evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Craigslist Robbery

“I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour,” said Mike, who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe. He said he inquired and was e-mailed back with instructions to meet near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11:00 Tuesday. He also was told to wear certain work clothing. “Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask… and, if possible, a blue shirt”. Mike showed up along with 10 other men dressed like him, but there was no contractor and no road work to be done. He thought they had been stood up until he heard about the bank robbery and the suspect who wore the same attire.

The crowdsourced heist

Americatown

Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the US leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, “Americatown” takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city.

Palin Email

a discreet e-mail system was created from an old campaign account, with access confined to “a group of people, her closest confidants and co-workers and advisers and the person she sleeps with.”

Minority Lending

You can, however, cite the general obsession with extending home ownership as strong evidence that putting Democrats in charge does not suffice to solve our regulatory problems.

US overly religious

When you’re governed as if you’re a banana republic, it’s little wonder that you behave as if you’re one.

Google Search 2001

Results 1 – 58 of about 58 for gregor rothfuss

Google Maps #1

To no one’s surprise, the analyst found that Google Maps is the de facto leader in the space, while its rivals, Yahoo Maps, MapQuest, and Live Search Maps have slipped well behind Google. According to the analyst, much of Google’s success is due to the fact that its competitors simply don’t have what it takes to keep pace.

funny that this is news to anyone.

Mars Snow

Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars, We’ll be looking for signs that the snow may even reach the ground.

Falcon 1 Made it to Space

I don’t know what to say… because my mind is just blown. This is just the first step of many.”