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Lame Neighbor’s Short-Term Vacation Rental

28 July 2008

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A neighbor turned her house into short-term vacation rental after running into financial problems. We have to deal with the usual lame issues of running the kids out of our yard, listening to the blaring radio, the parade of strangers coming and going. What we did not expect was the group that rented it for [...]

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All Your Base Are Belong To Us

21 July 2008

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Comment spam from Russia was "Please estimate my new blog. Let’s argue on it " Gives me flashbacks to "All your base are belong to us"

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Fake Name Comes In Handy

3 July 2008

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I like the fake name I generated on this site .  Unlike some name generator sites, this one puts together believable names. I started using my fake name for lots of things that don’t need my real name like a Safeway club card, surveys, online forms or registrations.  I think of it as my "altName."  [...]

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Lame: Not Able to Trigger a Green Light

30 June 2008

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It’s frustratingly lame being stuck at a red light and not being able to trigger a green light. If you have ever ridden a motorcycle, scooter or bicycle, you know the routine. Here are two articles on how to change a traffic light to green: one for bicyclists and another for motorcycles, scooters and small [...]

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Lame: Every House “Needs” a Secret Party Room

17 June 2008

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A bizarre story is unraveling about the co-founder of Broadcom, Henry T. Nicholas III. Backdating stock options was just the tip of the iceberg. (Be sure to scan the story linked to if you are not familiar with it.) How can so many people have let this guy get so out of contol for so [...]

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Lame Police Blotter

12 June 2008

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The local police blotter reports: JUNE 8 11:44 a.m. A resident reported his boat and mooring buoy stolen from Agate Pass. He had last seen the boat and buoy June 6. The boat was described as a 14-foot Duroboat skiff with 15 horsepower Nissan outboard valued at $15,000. The resident said he did not believe [...]

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Lame Excuse For a Trip to Save Money on Gas

6 June 2008

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A guy in a powerboat ran out of fuel and had to be towed to Friday Harbor. He had gone to Bellingham (the mainland) to buy fuel in order to save $0.75 a gallon. By the time he got there, the fuel dock was closed. On his way back home (a 10-hour round trip), he [...]

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Canoe Built Out of Chopsticks

8 April 2008

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A man built a 13-foot long, 66-pound canoe out of 7,382 disposable wood chopsticks he took from from his office cafeteria. This is a cool-looking, innovative canoe. Check out the photo. Doesn’t say if they were used chopsticks or brand new ones… Regardless, that works out to roughly 8 packets of chopsticks per workday. Not [...]

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Lame: Yet Another Birth Order Sweeping Generalization

26 March 2008

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According to economics professor Joseph Price at Brigham Young University in a study published in the new issue of The Journal of Human Resources: first-born children get about 3,000 more hours of quality time with their parents between ages 4 and 13 than the next sibling gets when they pass through the same age range. [...]

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Lame: The Anti-Wine Whiners

25 March 2008

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I am an amateur wine buff. I am a wine geek. I am not a wine expert. I am not a wine snob. I am not a wine bore. I used to expect comments that I am therefore a wine snob and bore. Instead, I am surprised by comments and snide remarks about how drinking [...]

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