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Sherman, Gore, & a Dean Bumpersticker

Look what I spotted on a car recently, in a parking lot outside
of a local Starbucks:

Digital Arms Build-up?

There's
much talk about Net Neutrality these days.  Last week was a bad
week for those on the pro-Neutrality side.   The telcos and
their cable comrades are obviously spending their, er, lobbying money
well.  They sure have practice at it.  Consider how and why
the FCC has gone from dispassionate regulator to bidding-doer of the
monoliths.

Old Home Week



Among the many joys of the web, and perhaps more pointedly search
engines and blogs, is the ability to find people, relocate people,
regain contact or at least be able to keep tabs, even if afar, with
people from the past.



It has been like Old Home Week hereabouts for about a month. 
Maybe that makes it Old Home Month, but why reinvent a new hackneyed
phrase when there's already a workable one that fits?

To Blog or Not To Blog



Can it really be six weeks since the last post?  Surely I've thought
of numerous blog posts since then.  There is a difference, of
course, between ideating a post and actually composing, editing and
eventually hitting the button to publish it.

Pig Stream Returns!

That headline may seem somewhat revolting.  But the truth is wonderful, read on.

After Freedom  . . . Then What?!?!

Wednesday This Week: A Day That Counts



Math, calendar, numerology and planetary alignment fans, take
note.  Okay, scratch planetary alignment and add superstition.



On Wednesday of this week (tomorrow), at two minutes and three seconds
after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be

This will never happen again in our lifetime.

The Elephant Walk



This is one of those Only in New York stories.  Or in this case, New York, Santa Barbara, and then New York again.

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