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House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, but a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise. Apparently, the fact the Patriot Act still allows filibustering is one of its weaknesses.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday raised the possibility of reducing U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year. Reducing troops would not be withdrawing, however. Reduced troops would merely be staying course somewhere else.
U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high -- 77.6 years. That's still well below Canada, Japan, and European nations with universal health care, but it's very good for a nation where only congressmen and NBA players can afford to see a doctor.
Friday is Christmas Gift Memory Day, a time to remember the all-time favorite Christmas gift you received and what happened to it. What about the gift you are most glad you gave, and can you top it this year?
Fabtabulous Friday
Friday is Search High and Low For Your Gingerbread Recipe Day.
On December 9th in 1972 Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar" became the #1 song in the U.S. So far, nobody has recorded the answer, "I Am Man, Hear Me Snore."
The former NBA player with the greatest name, World B. Free, is 52 on Friday. Since his retirement from basketball, reportedly he's changing his name to World B. Expensive.
On December 9th in 1792 America's first formal cremation occurred. We don't have many formal cremations anymore. Nobody will rent you a tux.
Phil Appleby was born on December 9th in 1957. Phil set a world record in 1989 by scoring 1,049 points in a Scrabble game. Then he retired from the pro Scrabble tour and became a commentator on the All Scrabble Network.
Love & Learn
Be Cheerful - Do you tend to focus on what is wrong with your life, or what is right?
Diamonds: From Chaos to a Girl's Best Friend - They begin in chaos, 75 miles beneath the Earth's surface, as carbon transformed into crystals by extreme heat and pressure.
Today's cooking tip
Remember, the first rule of preparing a balanced, home-cooked meal: always poke holes in the plastic.
Leftovers
This just in. Once again this year Bob Barker has canceled his "Save the Camels" Christmas trip to Baghdad.
I've stopped sitting next to people when I eat. I'm afraid of second-hand fat.
I asked my proctologist when he started practicing. He said, "Many moons ago."
House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, but a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise. Apparently, the fact the Patriot Act still allows filibustering is one of its weaknesses.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday raised the possibility of reducing U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year. Reducing troops would not be withdrawing, however. Reduced troops would merely be staying course somewhere else.
U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high -- 77.6 years. That's still well below Canada, Japan, and European nations with universal health care, but it's very good for a nation where only congressmen and NBA players can afford to see a doctor.
Friday is Christmas Gift Memory Day, a time to remember the all-time favorite Christmas gift you received and what happened to it. What about the gift you are most glad you gave, and can you top it this year?
Fabtabulous Friday
Friday is Search High and Low For Your Gingerbread Recipe Day.
On December 9th in 1972 Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar" became the #1 song in the U.S. So far, nobody has recorded the answer, "I Am Man, Hear Me Snore."
The former NBA player with the greatest name, World B. Free, is 52 on Friday. Since his retirement from basketball, reportedly he's changing his name to World B. Expensive.
On December 9th in 1792 America's first formal cremation occurred. We don't have many formal cremations anymore. Nobody will rent you a tux.
Phil Appleby was born on December 9th in 1957. Phil set a world record in 1989 by scoring 1,049 points in a Scrabble game. Then he retired from the pro Scrabble tour and became a commentator on the All Scrabble Network.
Love & Learn
Be Cheerful - Do you tend to focus on what is wrong with your life, or what is right?
Diamonds: From Chaos to a Girl's Best Friend - They begin in chaos, 75 miles beneath the Earth's surface, as carbon transformed into crystals by extreme heat and pressure.
Today's cooking tip
Remember, the first rule of preparing a balanced, home-cooked meal: always poke holes in the plastic.
Leftovers
This just in. Once again this year Bob Barker has canceled his "Save the Camels" Christmas trip to Baghdad.
I've stopped sitting next to people when I eat. I'm afraid of second-hand fat.
I asked my proctologist when he started practicing. He said, "Many moons ago."
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