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Archive for April, 2006

Only in Tejas

Monday, April 17th, 2006

It is a known fact that I, well, I’m kind of a jerk, at least to strangers. I’m okay with this.
I also have a very, very low tolerance for children acting up in public. I’ve told parents to keep control of them, I’ve told kids to shut up, I’ve talked to managers to have children […]

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We Must Make You Sane Before We Kill You

Monday, April 17th, 2006

I usually don’t pay much attention to the local news, but in the break room at work today this headline caught my eye. First few of ‘graphs:
With his wild-haired Charles Manson look and a long history of delusional thinking, self-inflicted injuries and gibberish speech, Steven Kenneth Staley, when off his anti-psychotic medication, is the […]

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I’m not much for local politics, or for updating my blog regularly, but a headline in today’s Express-News made me angry. Superpowers notwithstanding, I shall blog.
Texas is considering, as part of a tax-reform package, a measure that would charge sales tax to used automobiles based on the “value” of the vehicle rather than its […]

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