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  • "When an Internet application doesn't work as expected, how can you tell whether the problem is caused by your broadband connection, the application or something else? It can be very difficult for professional network administrators, let alone average Internet users, to answer this sort of question today."
  • “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.” re: Obama w/out suit jacket. Quirky little story about changes in the culture in the White House. Also: Dan Bartlett got 15-minute lecture from Bush about wearing khakis & button-down shirt in the Oval Office? Srsly? Reminds me of grandpa chewing me out for being late (I still swear I was on time) when I was in SEVENTH GRADE.
  • "Today, our priest gave a long sermon against FOCA [Freedom of Choice Act] and requested that we fill out post cards to our federal representatives stating our opposition. This is the most politicized mass I've ever attended, one that I hope the origin of was from earnest and well meaning ignorance, not cynical politicing." Bleh. Okay, yeah, now I remember: that's one of the 8917 reasons I left the church. (I had no idea Emmett was Catholic!)
  • "My neglect of the library costs me about $70 per year, and they want permission to tap me for $110. They want 50 cents of your money for every $1,000 the place you own or rent is worth." Dude whining about nobody needs the library. What a jerk. (There was more swearing initially.)

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