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Newschennel 5 reports:

Man With 18 DUI Convictions Could Set State Record

18 DUIs? How is that even possible?

Why isn’t this guy calling prison his permanent home after so many DUI violations?

Now that the Tree at Rockefeller Center has been lit….does that mean it’s time for the…

War on Christmas? (*dum…dum…dum…)

World’s Largest Atom Smasher Nears Completion

Wow…just wow!

Saw this while at work this morning, and was simply ecstatic:

How Lego bricks are made (w/ pix)

Not only that, but another useless factoid:

LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world

Lego ruled and still rules!
(now if only the brother would take better care of what he was given from yours truly)

(from /.)

U.S. bans sale of iPods to North Korea

Is China able to send some of its knockoff electronics across the border to N. Korea? Wouldn’t that sort of wind up defeating this process.

Scientists urge greater scrutiny of studies

Ironically the cloning study (now shown to have been falsified) was published in the journal Science which is a very highly respected publication. In as much, the study would’ve likely had to have undergone peer review. Were the reviews not thorough enough?

Africa Faces Growing Obesity Problem

This is a good one that’s got me thinking:

Is Our Healthcare System Truly Innovative?

McDonalds wants to patent sandwich construction?

What’s the world coming to?

World’s Baha’i connect with past in Israel

They’ve got some beautiful temples, both in Israel and here in the States. (There’s a nice one in Chicago)

Women talk three times as much as men, says study

The fact that a study was needed to determine this…..rolls eyes

Looks like a slow news day over at USA today…as they’re just catching on to this trend: Latest wave to hit stadiums is kosher food stands

Jacob’s Field in Cleveland has had 2 Kosher Hot dog stands for a few years now. And they cost the same price as a regular hot dog too!

Flying back to NYC tomorrow morning after a whirlwind visit here to Northeast Ohio….

Going straight to work from LaGuardia…lord only knows how big the pile that awaits me on my desk is going to be….

From today’s Plain Dealer Letter’s Section:

This is Browns’ town?

Apparently the letter writers are appalled by the love Clevelanders’ have for their football team (however much they may currently be sucking)

First off, how are you going to get offended by a:

“”Football Friday” at work. One guy held a special gathering called a “Steelers Hate Party” in his cubicle

Gasp! The horrors! Hating the rival team! Who could ever forsee this kind of thing taking place?

Then jumping to the second letter, the writer, who obviously is either very naive/oblivious or didn’t do his homework, talks about being Steelers fans sitting in the Dawg Pound.

First off, the Dawg Pound is home to the most rabid Browns Fans (no pun intended). You don’t wear the enemy’s colors into there. This is the equivalent of: wearing maize and Blue in Columbus during Michigan week, Yankees gear in/around Fenway Park etc. Common sense dictates that you just don’t do it

Now to then claim to be horribly offended by the words coming out of the mouths of (drunk) men, dressed up like Dogs (among other things) is just as silly. One should know what they’re getting into.

Thus, a word of advice for anyone visiting Cleveland during football season: don’t wear an opposing team’s apparel the week we’re playing ‘em or if you do, be prepared for the verbal onslaught.

Do these stories just keep writing themselves?

NYDN: Wild sex 101–S&M clubs, nude parties, porn, X-rated romps rule at Columbia

Not going to show this one to the parents…

Being back home means time to fix the computers. The first machine to be attacked was the main one upstairs, and oh boy, will this be a doozy.

On the plus side, it’s got all of its Windows Updates installed (automatically thankfully). On the downside, have to teach the family how to bookmark websites rather than literally saving the whole thing to the local drive. Speaking of which, they also need to learn how not to save all their documents to the desktop.

Sigh

A Wii Workout: When Videogames Hurt

Any lawyer silly enough to actually bring a lawsuit for the above deserves smacked with a WiiMote.

Back in Cleveland this evening

More tomorrow most likely. Catching up now on all that happened in the world today.

Tech bleg: Anyone know of any good (free?) HDD imaging software?

Greetings from Youngstown Ohio!

Blogging from Grandma’s house via a wifi signal I picked up.

Thanksgiving dinner went very well–too much food though. First there were appetizers, then we had a dinner with too much food.

Is this excessive amounts of food a Jewish thing? Or is it universal?

Then we’ve got even more food for Shabbos dinner. Turkey, meatballs, schnitzel, briscuit, soup and sides galore.

Gave the sister’s computer an examination, her HDD is screwed up. Ironically it was a replacement one from Dell b/c her last drive went dead. Expect a post soon trashing Dell (even though I’m using a dell that I like)

Time to try contacting Dell again.

Back in Cleveland at home Off to Youngstown tomorrow

Lots of screwed up computers needing my attention–oh boy…

Happy Thanksgiving to all!