Archive for the ‘General Interest’ Category
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Milan Woollard, the principal of Shasta High School in Northern California, said he will eliminate the student newspaper after it published a front-page photo of a student burning an American flag. He described the latest issue of the student-run Volcano as “embarrassing.”
The newspaper also included an editorial written by ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Best Buy is trying out a free recycling program at stores 117 Best Buy stores scattered across eight states.
The trial will debut at Best Buy stores in Northern California, Minneapolis, Baltimore, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
The program will provide consumers will be a convenient way ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
On Tuesday, I traveled to Black Mountain, NC for a tour of the Stone Mountain School (SMS). Stone Mountain is a unique long-term boarding school for boys that is set in a remote outdoor environment. They specialize in helping pre-adolescent and teen boys with learning differences or disabilities, ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
One of our local television stations (WDBJ 7 - Roanoke) recently did a little investigative reporting to determine how our tax dollars are being distributed. Certain aspects of the distribution surprised me a little. Here’s the breakdown:
35% goes to fund public education.
29% is divided into lots of small ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
My buddy David Wells turned me on to this video which is really incredible. Just when we get to thinking that we are so advanced with our electronic gadgets, some lost art like this is rediscovered and we find out that maybe we aren't as advanced as we think ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
We all have those "pet peeves" - you know those things that we really feel strongly about. I usually enjoy experiencing the work of creative people. In fact, I try never to run the same lap in the same manner myself.
However, I draw the line when it comes ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
This has nothing to do with cops or technology other than the fact that it is on the internet. It would be hilarious if it weren't so close to being true.
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Over the last few years, I have built up quite a sizable group of regular readers here at The Sisyphus Comments. However, many readers just check-in each day to take a look at my daily blog articles and never explore the blog archives.
Well, its time to do a little ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Occasionally, you can find a video on YouTube or Google Video that doesn’t involve dumb people getting hit in the genitals. In fact, you may even get lucky and find something with some educational value. However, if you only watch one video this year, make it Randy Paush’s ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Do you have a camera on your cellphone? If you are like me, you thought it was a big deal when you first bought your phone but the novelty quickly wore off. In fact, I not sure I still remember how to take a picture with my Motorola ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Finally, we will be able to almost totally eliminate those trips to the bank. For those of us who have been using on-line banking for a while, that trip to the bank to deposit a check remained the final impediment to totally on-line banking. Now CheckFree Corporation is ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
A Mississippi politician introduced legislation that would ban obese people from restaurants. He says he was "trying to shed light on the issue." If it was public debate that he wanted, boy did he get it. I wonder how fat you have to be before you are too fat.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
This article actually appeared in the BBC News Magazine Monitor on January 1st but I just came across it. Some of the items are a bit British in nature but the article includes links to a lot of interesting stories. Check out how the Brits kicked off ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
As most of the regular readers know, I have a passion for backpacking and other adventure activities like long distance cycle touring and running. I also enjoy reading stories about the really great adventurers like Sir Edmund Hillary, the true king of the mountain.
Although Hillary had bagged several summits ...
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