The current automaker bailout plan saga is reminding me of this tongue-in-cheek joke I posted back in July. Even more on point today. A Japanese company (Toy…

For my birthday I was given a gift certificate to the Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas in Redmond Town Center. Yesterday, we went and saw Quantum of Solac…

A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach th…

I just ordered a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ680. Configured as follows: No Integrated Wireless Wide Area Network Wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g/n) Microsoft Windows Vista Bu…

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign pol…

We ate at P.F. Chang's in Bellevue yesterday afternoon to celebrate Vicki's niece Birthday. The drive down was uneventful. 20 minutes or so. Same as usual. I…

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