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Last year, we tried to teach Lydia to ride a bike but she wasn’t very interested (and the bike was just some junk one from a neighbor). This year, we bought a bike pump and aired up the tires on a bike we got for her. Today she gave it a go. And interestingly enough, took right to it. Here are some pictures:
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On the way to work this morning, the sun was out, the air was crisp, and the sky was blue (with no clouds in sight). Here’s two pictures I took on the way to work this morning:
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When the NRA and other defenders of rights specifically enumerated in the constitution say gun control is a slippery slope to outright bans and confiscation, we are told that could never happen…would never happen.
Now when states are trying to make it so women can get access to proper healthcare if something goes wrong the liberals start to worry about bans.
I’ll readily admit I’d like to see abortion banned as nothing but outright murder. Will the liberals admit the same thing? I think not
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/real-goal-of-abortion-limits-bans.html
I think this is a really cool point.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/attorneys-constitution-silver-bullet-for-obamacare/
I’ve never understood this…morally obscene because 50 to 70 percent of domestic water use is spent watering lawns? It isn’t like we can move extra water from Vermont to California or Saudi Arabia. What difference does it make if Bob wants to spend a small fortune to jeep his grass green? As long as his locality isn’t under water restrictions I really don’t care how Bob cares for his lawn.
http://boingboing.net/2014/05/07/the-revenge-of-the-lawn.html
That is just dumb. Has anyone stopped to think there are more of them in jail because they might…gasp…commit more crimes than other people? So what…we need affirmative action for jails now? X number of whites or men for every person of color or woman? Insane
http://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/watch-eric-holder-unveils-plan-fix-americas-racist-justice-system-kt
Last night, we had some friends over. We played Ticket to Ride. I wasn’t playing to win really (most of the people hadn’t played). About 1/2 way through, I thought I really had a chance. Well, everyone else saw 2 choke-points in my router…well, I couldn’t recover. I ended up and finished with 2 routes undone…but they were worth 20 and 21 points. That is -41 off my score.
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While I was in London a few days ago, I saw this sign–often. A bit of background: there’s tons of discussion here around expanding airports, building a new one, or some mix. LGW has these adds running.
The part I don’t get is the environmental angle. Assuming that the elevation, temperature, and other variables are apx the same, wouldn’t a given airplane pollute the same regardless of what airport it took off from? It doesn’t make much sense to me…
This morning it was foggy when I went to London for the AWS Summit. here’s a picture I took in town:
I bought me coffee this morning and it came with a “stupid little biscuit.” Here’s some pictures
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