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Campaign signs have arrived, and look great. Printed with purple ink - neither red nor blue, yet both.
Metal H stands for campaign signs remain stuck in the Salt Lake City UPS depot, where they have languished since last Wednesday.
Edit: Okay, okay, pic added. Just the sign, I don't have a pic of the SLC UPS depot.
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Went to the state convention yesterday (it is a looong drive to Salt Lake City). I am now officially a party-endorsed candidate for the Utah House. -
This is another fine mess I've gotten me into.
Today, I filed paperwork to run for the Utah House of Representatives.
This will be ... interesting.
It's not finished by any means, but I have thrown together a rudimentary website. I need to register a proper domain and point it there.
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13 Ways to Cut Government Spending NOW
In the wake of April 15th’s Tea Parties, here are 13 ways you can immediately make an impact toward reducing government spending. Thirteen in tribute to the thirteen original colonies, of course!
- If you work for a government agency, quit. Salaries are the single largest component of government spending.
- If you are a contractor, ( Read more... )
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Tea Party Post Partum
Does anyone else find it ironic that none of yesterday's "Tea Parties" were held on private property?
Just sayin'....
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Paleontology 101
Followed a link on Yahoo to a story about a new fossil find at the La Brea Tar Pits, which of course is pretty interesting in and of itself.
But I found something else there too: the lead blogger about Project 23 at the George C. Page Museum is Andrea Thomer, who used to work for me selling comic books to all the good little boys and girls of ( Read more... ) -
In honor of Abe
In recognition of our 16th President's 200th birthday, the fine folks at Roadside America have put together this wonderful list of
America's Loopiest Lincoln Landmarks
Enjoy!
And if anybody finds item #6, let Roadsie America know!
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Happy 83rd Birthday
To the one and only Soupy Sales!
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Steve Martin in the National Film Registry
A few weeks ago the Library of Congress named 25 more films to the National Film Registry. The one that raised a few eyebrows was Disneyland Dreams, a 1956 home movie of a Connecticut family's trip to Disneyland after winning a contest sponsored by scotch tape. You can see that movie here.
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Minnesota's Lizard People
Compliments of uminomamori:
The Minnesota recount feels like great metaphor to me: our future is being decided by people who are unable to successfully fill in an oval.
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