Using the Google Cr-48

"I arrived home from work yesterday and found an unexpected package on my back porch. Given the time of year, I didn’t dare open the box, even though it was addressed to me. When my wife arrived home, she was as surprised by the package as I was. I opened it to find a Google Cr-48 netbook!
 
Although I had applied to test the netbook, I had not been notified that I was selected to participate in the testing. My initial excitement waned a bit, however, as I was initially unable to connect to the internet, rendering the netbook unusable. The good news is, the support team was able to help me correct the issue. (A firmware upgrade to my Linksys WRT110 router was required, and after applied all went well.)

I am using the netbook now, my second action using the appliance (the first, of course, was to email the technician who solved the problem.) So far, so good. More about this later."

Poor choices? Really?

Here's a news flash Lindsey: It wasn't just Senate candidates where the GOP made some desperatel­y poor choices.

Unfortunat­ely an astounding number of those "poor choices" ended up getting elected, because people who were disgusted with the choices stayed home. So what does the future hold? The "poor choices" will make poor policy decisions and further wreck not only our economy, but our internatio­nal standing and any semblance of the progress for which so many had hoped. Some day people may realize the consequenc­es of not making the choice among evils and staying home is too high a price to pay.

(Read the referenced article on The Hill: http://bit.ly/hsU1Kk)

I'm back...

I've neglected this blog for the last year or so for a variety of reasons. I am back from hiatus (bet you didn't even know I'd left town!).

Obama Palin Shoe Shining Email Could Get Colorado State Worker In Trouble

I would hesitate to use the "worker" to describe the person who forwarded the email. If there is any "bright" spot in this, it is that the offence took place in Colorado, a state that Obama carried in 2008, and not in one of the southern red states. It shows that racial stereotypes are not the sole property of the South. Of course, if this had happened here in my home state of South Carolina, not only would no one be surprised, but there probably wouldn't have been enough outrage for it make the news. Despite protestations to the contrary, I would posit that most of the opposition to the President's "policies" are race-based. Nothing goes better with a Tea Party than white bread.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Prominent South Carolina Conservative Offers Support For Graham

Lindsey has nothing to worry about in SC. He won't be back on the ballot until 2014. Sadly, he's the closest thing to a Democratic senator that we have at the moment. DeMint does have token opposition for his 2010 campaign, but given the fact that average IQ of SC voters is lower than the average November temperature, I don't see much hope of DeMint departing.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Against 'Demonic' Halloween Candy

I attend a very small Presbyterian church. Last Sunday during the 'children's sermon', the pastor told the three children that sugar was a poison. The Sunday School teacher had given each child a bag of candy that morning. Too bad they didn't get the memo about the witches sooner, it could have been really interesting!!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost