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The Chicago Whitesox announced on Wednesday that they would change the start time of their home games from 7:07PM to 7:11 PM as part of a sponsorship deal with the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. In other news, the Baltimore Orioles announced that they would no longer be running the bases but would instead be riding Honda Motorcycles fueled with Texaco Gasoline and equipped with Firestone tires.  When asked for comment, Nascar Nextel Cup Driver Jeff Gordon said, "Well, the Dupont, Pepsi, Lowes Chevrolet Monte Carlo Team understands the need for sponsorship agreements.  We wish them all the best.  Speaking of which Best Buy is a great place for all your electronics purchases."  Thanks, Jeff. 

Sorry, was that out loud?  There's a new man in our family.  I don't even know his last name, but I know he's a genius.  He helped me shop for my son's last birthday present and recently assisted me in the bargain find of the year, a new stove and microwave for $100 cash.  Want to know more about him?  Try www.craigslist.org   That's right, my new best friend can be yours too with any internet connection!  

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I'd like to, but I can't.  Yep, I was at Lowes tonight and sho-nuff they have their inflatable Santas and syntha-trees all set up in the garden department.  Sigh.  I'm gonna go cry now.  

The last week of September is “Banned Books Week”. Co-Sponsored by the American Library Association — and picked up on by every organization with a victim complex, but that’s another story — Banned Books Week raises public awareness about books which have been challenged or removed from various public libraries and schools. While the legitimacy of the campaign can be called into question, little doubt remains that Banned Books Week is probably not the time one should choose to file a complaint requesting the removal of a book from curriculum. Especially when that book is “Farenhiet 451″ which has as a central theme the danger of intellectual censorship through banning books!

To quote the source of the complaint, “It’s just all kinds of filth,” said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read “Fahrenheit 451.”

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Quick plug for Becky, Sean and Mason’s Blog. Follows the process of their Chinese adoption. Learning Chinese, random thoughts about the process and lots of information and links. Worth a read, and not just because they are family.

http://masonsmeimei.blogspot.com/

One of the things I try to do here in my little corner of the net is to educate. There are issues out there that get very little attention in the normal world press, and those issues are really very important to all of us. Decisions on issues like net neutrality, freedom of information exchange, copyright and IP law will set precedent now and shape the future of the entire world. October 3rd is the International Day Against DRM which makes this a great time to explain why DRM, something that seems so helpful and benign, is actually capable of eroding the very fabric of freedom. You think that was a little extreme? Read on… (more…)