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Free Speech?

Posted on December 21, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.
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Weird Sex Laws In The U.S. Mapped Out For You

Posted on December 17, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

From the almost benign Iowa law that prevents kissing for more than 5 minutes to the mind-boggling Texas law against owning more than 6 dildos to the “I-don’t-even-want-to-know-WHY-they-had-to-make-THIS-law” in Oklahoma against bar owners allowing simulating animal sex in their bars, … Continue reading →

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What We “Googled” In 2013

Posted on December 17, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Google, which a huge percentage of the world uses to search the Internet (unless you don’t want your searches tracked, in which case you use DuckDuckGo) has released its list of top searched subjects in 2013. You can see the … Continue reading →

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Can You Keep Up?

Posted on December 8, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

My brother sent me this the other day. Can you pick one blue dot and follow it all the way through from beginning to end?

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Inside An Amazon Warehouse

Posted on December 7, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Here are some pretty incredible photos from inside an Amazon warehouse. What is always amazing to me is that in the 8 or 9 years that I’ve been ordering merchandise from them, I’ve never had an order go astray or … Continue reading →

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72 Years Ago Today, Pearl Harbor Attacked

Posted on December 7, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

On this date in 1941, American naval forces at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii were attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was described by President Roosevelt the following day in his Presidential Address to Congress and the American people … Continue reading →

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Why The Weather Channel Names Winter Storms

Posted on December 6, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

Much earlier this year I read from another source the reason that The Weather Channel (TWC) decided to begin naming winter storms, but this is the first acknowledgement I’ve seen from TWC itself that indeed the reason for their move … Continue reading →

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Rest In Peace Nelson Mandela

Posted on December 5, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela You were a courageous man, an inspirational man, and the world will be a little less without you. Rest In Peace, good sir.

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Remembering My Dad

Posted on December 2, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

It was 14 years ago today that my father passed away. The phone call I received while at work from my younger brother was not unexpected, but I still remember the pain of it. When I look at it objectively, … Continue reading →

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This And That

Posted on December 1, 2013 by J.M. Wetherington Sr.

The Internet is now complete! Michael Lyingling has opened the Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine, making it possible to look up everything available on everyone’s favorite little boy and his tiger buddy. When I was 6 and 7, I discovered … Continue reading →

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