Archive for December 5th, 2009

Weekend Open Thread

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Are you enjoying your weekend so far? Are you snowed in? It’s snowing here but it’s not sticking yet. I’m glad I got my errands done before the snow hit! Do you know what your cat is doing while you’re away? Apparently it’s not sleeping, it’s mainly looking out windows. Fifty house cats were given […]

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Weekend Foodie Thread

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Tis the season for company, so this week I’d like to focus on stupid easy, but delicious, appetizers.   Ideally, these should be recipes you… well… don’t need to look at a recipe to submit here and ingredients you usually have in the house. I’m scheduled for my end of the year Costco run, and I […]

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Bulo Remembers 2009-The Best in Science, i.e. ‘The Cool Stuff’

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OK, a confession. Science class was where I caught up on my sleep in high school. Guess I always intuited that ‘other people’ could handle the ‘science thing’ much better than I ever could. And they have. Today, I proudly present the Popular Science (aka ‘Science for Dummies’?) Best of What’s New List. 100 innovations to […]

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Another Cheatin’ Politician

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It’s a Democrat this time – Max Baucus. Baucus was in the news quite a bit this summer and fall because he heads the Senate Finance Committee. He also indulged in an affair. The details of the affair actually aren’t that scandalous, Baucus was separated when the relationship started and he and his wife subsequently […]

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