Of course it did. Something rather Watergatesque about it all.
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5 Essential Pages For Your Small Business Website - From Small Business Administration,Anita Campbell, Guest Blogger There are certain pages every website can’t be without. A small business’s site needs to g...
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Commuters take aim at greenhouse gas emissions - Q: Friday was Green Your Commute Day, and this year seemed like one of the biggest events yet. I participated, and I’m wondering how many people did as wel...2 days ago
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FTC-IRS Initiative Aims to Make it Easier for Consumers to Report Tax-Related Identity Theft - The Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are teaming up to make it easier for consumers to report tax-related identity theft and...2 weeks ago
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TWO absentee ballots for Albany’s May 15 vote - Each absentee ballot must be returned separately to the organization responsible3 weeks ago
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Goodbye but NOT farewell - Using the words which Roger used in his intro for the last post of round 20--- Z *With joy, we'll dream away each sorrow, With love we'll live for each...
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Library Worker Defends Patron’s Free Speech, Is Brutally Arrested in Library Where He Works - From BORDC: “For someone to be assaulted and then arrested for asking a question, in a public library of all places, is abhorrent. The library should be ...
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Alan Moore's Twilight Proposal - Introduction by Alan David Doane: Honestly I didn't intend the irony, but this week's FMF, looking at Alan Moore's never-published Twilight proposal, also ...
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5/27/18: Today’s Top Tips: Sunday - MUSIC: Jack White @ Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown. In support of his new album Boarding House Reach, Jack White and his band roll into Cooperstown to kick ...15 hours ago
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They Can Swim, Crawl, and Grow Out Of The Ground. Meet the Top 10 New Species of 2018 - From the tiniest of insects to the king of the jungle and everything in between, our planet is rife with tons of animals, plants, and microbes. Whether it’...2 days ago
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Magnolias In The Park - Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming, head’s all empty and I don’t care2 weeks ago
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Puzzled: Ryan Parr at Yates Gallery - *Sunflower Remix Reprise* 2016 - oil on canvas 51 x 51 inchesOne of the hidden gems on the local art scene is the Yates Gallery at Siena College. Tucked i...4 weeks ago
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Rutherford Yard Sale – May 19th - Hello everyone, Hopefully everyone has received their Spring newsletter that contains the details for the Yard Sale, but if not here is a summary: Yard Sal...4 weeks ago
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February Thaw - My friend Phil and I have a tradition of meeting outside his building and going for a walk around his block once a month. Last Wednesday was a great day fo...2 months ago
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Kellyanne Conway named UAlbany graduation commencement speaker - Kellyanne Conway, the pollster who organized the election campaign of President Donald Trump, has been named by the University at Albany to be its keynote ...1 year ago
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Happy Days are Here Again! - What is happiness? There is no definitive meaning to happiness. It means different things to different people. Few are contended with small moments of happ...2 years ago
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We’re Off On An Adventure! - Just now, Marge and I are doing a bit of adventuring. The next adventure will include a whole new online reality and presence for me and my work… See you i...2 years ago
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It Changes - Living with Lupus and Fibro and Asthma is often not so much 'one day at a time.' It is much more like one fifteen minute segment of time - at at time. This...4 years ago
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Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye… - Well, kids, this is it. I’m leaving first thing tomorrow morning. My visits home will be few and far between, and when they happen, they’ll be exclusive...5 years ago
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Spring is here? - As far as the pro peloton goes, it’s on! I watched the Tour of Flanders today, and it was one of the best races I’ve ever seen. “Looking back, you get a b...7 years ago
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Modern Types-Ronald Searle,Geoffrey Gorer - With the recent attention given to Ronald Searle's 90th birthday and new interview,I decided to look at one of his books. The book is titled Modern Ty...8 years ago
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Sunday Round-up - But is it art? A Turin-based artist has spent months sculpting a life-size Fiat 500 car out of a 15-tonne block of white marble that he sees as a critique ...19 hours ago
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Thankful Thursday - Trying out a new blog hop today called Thankful Thursday. I probably need this hop to actively remind myself to look for the positive things in life since ...3 days ago
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Sewer time again - Yesterday, we had to have Watercare come out to clear blocked sewer lines, something we found out about at 7am when Nigel was about to leave for the day a...3 days ago
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Three and a half months - APRIL MAY Evie is growing by the minute. We go to the beach everyday and she is making new friends. What else ha...2 weeks ago
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Not a quinceaƱera to celebrate! - Today is 18 April, which means it's time for my annual post about Mia's accident and her progress over the past year. Today marks the fifteenth (!!!) anniv...5 weeks ago
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AmeriNZ 337 – Resolution - Despite a few obstacles, I’m back. First, though, I give the end of the story I talked about in the previous episode: New Zealand got a government. Mainly,...2 months ago
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The book! The book! - I've been quieter than I'd like to be on this blog, but things have been a bit *crazy-hectic-mad* getting ready for the release of *The Prodigal Tongue: Th...2 months ago
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Retro Y'all! - Believe it or not, I woke up this morning reciting this one as some sort of bizarre Shatneresque spoken word performance. C'mon! C'mon! C'mon! Do. The Loc...2 months ago
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X is for XMAS - *MERRY CHRISTMAS (XMAS) EVERYONE!* I thought I'd put a link to the top 100 Xmas songs for 2017 so you could click on it and play anything your heart de...5 months ago
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Ululation - Some cry Some moan Some bring forth the agonized ululation of ages Songs of mourning How shall we express our grief this day? The heart still beats; life s...5 months ago
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15 years old. - 'Twas on this day, 15 long years ago, that I first took keyboard in hand and created the Johnny Bacardi Show. Though I never write here anymore, I still ...7 months ago
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The Myth Memers - One of those little questionnaires just to dip a toe back into blogging. Took this from Chris Hull's Facebook. 1. Do you make your bed? No. 2. The first c...8 months ago
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Now available in paperback! - *Sharp: A Memoir*. William Morrow & Co, 2012. Print. We lost 4 members of the Guilford High School Class of 84: David Ciardello, Richard Eaton, Ronnie Burn...1 year ago
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ABC Wednesday: The Importance of Being Bored - When I was growing up, you being bored was your problem that you were responsible to rectify. As children we learned never to be bored- or at least not t...1 year ago
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Monday PSA: The Pioneer of the Pole - Click on the image for the full ad As promised, the second of two Antarctica themed PSAs. Today: “Pioneer of the Pole.” Just like last week, this is from D...1 year ago
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Parenting Tips - Posting for the first time in a while to share some parenting advice. So last year, one of my twin daughters mocked a handicapped kid at school, grabbed a ...1 year ago
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Final Act - Dear Followers of Berowne's "Savage Reflections." I'm very sorry to have to inform you that my father, John Savage, passed away on December 26, just a week...2 years ago
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Friday Post - Your services are no longer needed - Heads will roll While the good news fairies of Wall Street would have you believe that everything is just hunky dory the truth is it's not. In order to ma...2 years ago
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Age is a State of Mind, Somewhere Near Nebraska - What a year it has been! After surviving the odometer rolling over to 40, I had a year of sabbatical. That gave me plenty of time to think about my mid-lif...2 years ago
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The End of a Long Day - You know those days where all you really want to do is change into your pajamas and curl up on the couch while you decide which comfort food would mak...3 years ago
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Choosing Blogs To Comment On For Effective Backlinks And Networking - Choosing a blog to comment on should never be taken lightly. These tips will help you make the most of your time and effectiveness of your backlinks. Th...4 years ago
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#Freaking Out -AND! - Calmly completely freaking out about my move. AND! I quit smoking. I feel this qualifies me to have an opinion on how to do it. So I am calmly completel...4 years ago
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Learning on the Web - I'm sometimes humbled when I learn something new, especially when it's a tidbit I either never considered, didn't think possible, or overlooked. This morni...4 years ago
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Gaze Upon My Works and Snicker, Part 53. - [image: DP700-F365028] Another quickie sketch at work, because I wanted to draw Pandora A in a white fuzzy hat (no, I don't know the name for them) and a b...5 years ago
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Superheroes I Love #10: Deathlok - Every red-blooded boy loves cyborgs. Half-man, half-robot, what’s not to love? The Marvel Comics character Deathlok is a bit on the obscure side, but debut...6 years ago
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New Jersey cop caught on camera punching 20-year-old woman drinking beer during beach arrest - New York Daily News - New York Daily News *New Jersey cop caught on camera punching 20-year-old woman drinking beer during beach arrest* *New York Daily News* A hotheaded New ...1 hour ago
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Kickstarting Dream Askew and Dream Apart, no-dice, no-GM RPGs about radical justice, queers and Jewish shtetl life - Dream Askew and Dream Apart are "no-dice, no masters" RPGs where players collaborate to tell stories together without dice or dungeon masters: Dream Aske...12 hours ago
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What is one of my proudest moments in television? - The actual answer is "What is a Zamboni Machine?" but considering one of our episodes became a JEOPARDY question, the subject line could also qualify as a ...13 hours ago
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Oh, Shirt - “My 14 year old daughter forgot it was school picture day. Normally would have fixed her hair and dressed nice. On this day she wore a Nike shirt that ...2 days ago
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The tour of the summer - I’ve updated the “Appearances” page of the site with the book events for the release of Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture, which is now less t...2 weeks ago
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It’s a Wrap, Syracuse, NY 2017-2018 Golden Snowball Champs - Syracuse Wins The Golden Snowball Snow Contest Congratulations Syracuse, New York on winning the 2017-2018 Golden Snowball snow contest. Syracuse is once a...3 weeks ago
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I’d give you the shirt off my back… - The post I’d give you the shirt off my back… appeared first on Coverville | The Cover Music Podcast.5 months ago
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Rex Smith: Free speech, pulpit speech and tax laws - Each school day when I was a little boy began with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by all the students bowing their heads to recite the Lord’s Prayer. T...1 year ago
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Mixed Results for The Rules - Well that was an “interesting” Emmy Awards. There were enough surprises to make the alteration of the voting rules to a single round plurality rather than ...1 year ago
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Mom Has Stacked Dinner Party Roster - GOLDEN, CO—Their eyes widening in amazement as the 43-year-old rattled off the names of heavy hitter after heavy hitter, impressed members of the Dreesh...2 years ago
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AAAHIPTY: finally - I learned this word 5 years ago, when my wife and I vacationed in Cancun and got to eat it. Finally got to play it.2 years ago
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Play reveals how Paul got Fixing a Hole from Mal Evans - The play "Beatle Mal," based on Beatles roadie Mal Evans, was performed for one night only in Liverpool, Sept 28th. In the play, it is revealed how Paul go...4 years ago
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Week 17 NFL Picks - Last week’s 10 wins leaves me with 153 wins. Weak season. Sorry. Week 17 picks NFL Picks Away Home Chicago Detroit NY Jets Buffalo Tampa Bay Atlanta Caroli...5 years ago
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Obama’s speech coverage on NPR - What were the people at NPR thinking? The coverage of President Obama’s speech on National Public Radio on Wednesday was just awful. I’ve never minded anal...7 years ago
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Second 1000-Year Flood in Two Years Slams into Historic Maryland City - Common Dreams staff Residents said Sunday’s flood seemed even worse than the storm in July 2016 -- which was called an extremely rare, once every 1000 years...4 hours ago
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Midday open thread: Puerto Rico to close 25% of its public schools; 60 years of CO2 measurements - 213 days remain until the November midterm elections Today’s comic by Mark Fiore is *Drive the all-new Megalosaurus!* [image: Cartoon by Mark Fiore - Dri...1 month ago
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How to take care of your hair this winter - During cold weather, doing less to your hair will benefit it more.3 months ago
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Documents Referenced in “The Doomsday Machine” - Referenced in: Introduction Strategic Objectives and Command and Control Problems by Daniel Ellsberg (1960) “A Year of Disobedience and a Criticality of C...6 months ago
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2PP125 – 4 October 2017 - This is an old-fashioned episode—we talked about all sorts of stuff just like we did all those many years ago when we were just kids! We begin with Arthur ...7 months ago
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My New Venture: Top Flight Family - You may have noticed that you haven’t heard much from me lately. That’s because I’ve been quietly working on new passion of mine, a digital media startup o...2 years ago
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First blog post - This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started t...2 years ago
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‘I’m a verb’: An MTA worker responds to criticism of Leslie Jones’ Ghostbusters role - By Arturo R. GarcĆa The most hopeful — and poignant — commentary surrounding Leslie Jones’… The post ‘I’m a verb’: An MTA worker responds to criticism of...2 years ago
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10.29.15 GOOGLE UBER ALLES - This article originally appeared in the 10.29.15 issue of Metroland. You may have heard that the New York federal appeals court granted Google a big win ...2 years ago
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The Long-term Consequences of WLS - Rich & Heather's Story - My name is Rich, but I may be better known to some of you as richie79 of the UK who used to post prolifically here on Big Fat Blog and elsewhere in the F...5 years ago
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This Is Not A Joke - A new ball game - with tasers. Hat-tip : The Volokh Conspiracy According to The Daily Caller, Eric Prum, one of the founders of Ultimate Tak Ball, said, “I...6 years ago
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No, no...I am sure they have a perfectly good and honest reason for it. Really. ;)
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